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Queensland election live, rolling updates, results: Polls close in election night cliffhanger, Palaszczuk says 'I gave Miles enough time in the top job to set Labor for a fourth victory'
In a veiled swipe at four-term premier Peter Beattie and Queensland’s top union powerbroker Gary Bullock – who have both said she should have quit earlier – Annastacia Palaszczuk insisted her December resignation did not hamper her replacement.
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