Gleeso Confidential: All the post-election news and gossip

One of Annastacia Palaszczuk’s first orders of business after being re-elected premier will be to hold talks with an international VIP whose support will prove crucial to Queensland.

Expect Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to hold talks soon with the International Olympic Committee on the state’s 2032 Olympic bid.

IOC president Thomas Bach is a huge fan of Ms Palaszczuk.

With Qatar the only likely serious rival, and its human rights record under the microscope, the Games are ours if we remain keen.

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TRUE BELIEVER

For months, Sky News commentator and Labor luminary Graham Richardson never wavered in his belief that the party would win the Queensland election.

He is a close confidante of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

NON-ISSUE

It’s official. Crime will never bend the needle on the outcome of elections. Townsville is a basket case, with youth crime out of control, but Labor held all three seats in the state’s north despite a massive campaign by the LNP.

PRE-POLL PULSE

There are big questions around the merits of early polling. This was a COVID-19 election where people voted en masse early to avoid queues. But is it likely to be permanent?

It makes the last week of the campaign nebulous. There’s an argument that the leaders’ debates should be two weeks out, not a few days out from the election.

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM

Labor hardheads believe they should not get carried away at federal level over this result.

“ScoMo is very popular in Queensland and he’d wipe the floor with Albo here, so don’t read too much into those figures at a federal level,’’ said an influential Labor backroom boy.

Federal Labor leader Albanese did not even enter Queensland during the campaign.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk with IOC president Thomas Bach in Lausanne, Switzerland

SMART MONEY

The punters knew. Labor was $1.80 to $1.20, a massive plunge in the last 10 days of the campaign.

Looking to the US, Sportsbet has taken $15 million for US president Donald Trump, meaning they will take more for Trump than is wagered on the Melbourne Cup.

MINOR KERFUFFLE

Katter’s Australian Party state leader Robbie Katter is very worried about the likely influence of the Greens in the new Parliament. With two seats secured, expect the Greens to ramp up their anti-coal agenda.

HANSONITES NO MORE

The collapse of the One Nation vote was extraordinary. Most of those who deserted One Nation went to Labor.

CONTINUING THEME

COVID-19 is clearly a powerful poll driver. Expect WA’s Labor premier Mark McGowan to win easily in March next year.

CABINET CLEAROUT

Jostling has begun for the new Labor ministry. Cameron Dick will remain Treasurer and Sports Minister Mick de Brenni will get carriage of Cross River Rail.

Originally published as Gleeso Confidential: All the post-election news and gossip