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Lydia Lynch is The Australian’s overnight homepage editor, based in London. She most recently covered state and federal politics for the paper in Queensland. She has won multiple Clarion Awards for her political coverage and was a Walkley Award finalist in 2023 for her work on the investigative podcast Shandee’s Story. Before joining The Australian in 2021, Lydia worked for newspapers in Katherine, Mount Isa and Brisbane.

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QUEENSLAND ELECTIONPolitics

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA Tuesday 5th November 2024 Queensland Labor caucus meeting for the first time after the recent State election with Steven Miles being elected leader and Cameron Dick as Deputy Leader Picture David Clark

Miles admits Labor was too slow on crime

Steven Miles has conceded his government was too slow to respond to crime in key regional Queensland seats.

Lydia Lynch

PIONEER BURDEKINPolitics

4/11/2024: QLD Labor Opposition Leader, Steven Miles holds a press conference at the Parliamentary Annex, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

Miles didn’t check if hydro project was needed

Ousted Labor premier Steven Miles denies he deliberately misled voters about the multibillion-dollar cost blowout on his government’s centrepiece energy project, despite knowing other options were being investigated.

Michael McKenna and Lydia Lynch

FEEDING THE CHOOKSFeeding the Chooks

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 1, 2024: Queensland Premier David Crisafulli speaks to the media after the new ministers were sworn in. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Trad lashes Labor elder as Crisafulli breaks first election promise

It’s taken David Crisafulli just six days to break an election pledge; Cameron Dick hosts drinks with comrades to divvy-up the spoils of defeat.

Michael McKenna, Lydia Lynch and Sarah Elks

QUEENSLAND POLITICSNation

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie an Premier David Crisafulli, with Governor Dr Jeannette Young, during the swearing in Following swearing in and private cup of tea with Governor, door stop on the lawn,Government House, Bardon - on Monday 28th of October 2024 - Photo Steve Pohlner

Crisafulli ’breaks promise’ in naming new cabinet

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has tasked former Liberal National Party leaders Deb Frecklington and Tim Nicholls with delivering on his key election promises of resolving crime and health ‘crises’, as he unveiled his new cabinet on Friday.

Lydia Lynch

QueenslandPolitics

David Crisafulli at the home of Victor White and daughter Cindy Micallef, Thursday, October 31, 2024 - Picture: Richard Walker

Crisafulli axes truth-telling inquiry, pumped hydro scheme

The new Queensland Premier has cancelled a landmark ‘truth-telling’ inquiry, as his newly elected LNP government immediately shuts down work on a mega pumped hydro project.

Lydia Lynch and Mackenzie Scott

EXCLUSIVENation

Crisafulli moves to shore up the regions

Senior LNP sources have told The Australian David Crisafulli is ‘highly likely’ to appoint assistant ministers for north and central Queensland.

Lydia Lynch

2024 electionPolitics

State member for Stafford Jimmy Sullivan. Picture Lachie Millard

Police called to Labor MP’s home

Police were called to the home of Labor state MP Jimmy Sullivan the night after the Queensland state election.

Lydia Lynch and Michael McKenna

QueenslandPolitics

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 28, 2024: Government Swearing in at Government House. New premier of Queensland David Crisafulli and Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM. Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

‘No cuts’: Crisafulli tells public service

New Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has written to the state’s 260,000 public servants assuring them that their jobs are safe after Labor accused him of having ‘secret plans’ to inflict widespread cuts.

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Queensland electionPolitics

27/10/2024: New QLD Premier and LNP leader, David Crisafulli, holds his first press conference as Premier, with deputy leader Jarrod Bleijie , at the State Parliament building on the Speakers Green, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen / The Australian

Premier-elect urged to axe ‘dead wood’ from frontbench

David Crisafulli is under pressure to promote more women and regional MPs into his cabinet, as he vowed to push Anthony Albanese’s federal government for extra funding.

Lydia Lynch and Sarah Elks

INSIDE STORYPolitics

David Crisafulli, left, was on then-premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's mind during a 2019 trip to bid for the Brisbane Olympics.

Labor feared Crisafulli was a threat years ago

At a celebratory 2019 dinner in Switzerland after her pitch to the IOC, Annastacia Palaszczuk took a senior journalist aside. While Brisbane had essentially secured the 2032 Games, all she wanted to discuss was David Crisafulli.

Jamie Walker, Lydia Lynch, Michael McKenna and Sarah Elks

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