Queensland Election 2017: Annastacia Palaszczuk refuses to contemplate Labor loss
ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk has refused to speculate on whether she will stick around in opposition should she fail to lead Labor to victory at the November 25 poll.
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PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk has refused to speculate on whether she will stick around in opposition should she fail to lead Labor to victory at the November 25 poll.
Her predecessor, Anna Bligh, quit politics altogether in the aftermath of Labor’s historic drubbing at the 2012 state election, despite initial insistence that she would remain in the House.
Voters made the decision for former premier Campbell Newman in 2015, when they voted him out alongside his government, delivering minority rule to Ms Palaszczuk with the help of independent Peter Wellington.
Ms Palaszczuk, however, said she was focused on winning.
“I’m not even contemplating that. I am in this to win it,” she said.
She also dismissed any suggestion that she was concerned about Health Minister Cameron Dick’s refusal to rule out harbouring leadership ambitions.
A loss at the ballot box would trigger a leadership vote for Labor.
“Not at all. Cameron is like a brother to me,” she said when asked if she was worried.
“Most of you would know that Cameron, Milton (his brother, a federal MP) and I all went to university together and we are great friends.
“That’s just ridiculous.”
Originally published as Queensland Election 2017: Annastacia Palaszczuk refuses to contemplate Labor loss
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