Queensland election results face long delays
Queensland won’t have an official election result for at least another week. It comes as six southeast seats remain too close to call.
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Queensland won’t have an official election result until at least late next week as counting slows and the last of the postal votes arrive.
Scrutineers yesterday transferred absentee votes to their electorates for counting while postal votes coming in were scrutineered.
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It meant counting in six southeast Queensland seats that remain too close to call could not get underway until the afternoon.
But official results are not expected in them and several others until preferences can be distributed, which won’t start to happen until 10 days after the polls close on November 10.
Labor remains ahead in two of six of the LNP seats that are still on a knife’s edge.
The Palaszczuk Government is on track to win 50 seats but was still hopeful it might claim Bundaberg and potentially a second Sunshine Coast seat in Nicklin after recording swings of around 5 per cent towards them.
But the LNP remain ahead in the Sunshine Coast seat of Glass House and the three outstanding Gold Coast seats of Burleigh, Coomera and Currumbin.
The results follow Labor gains in Caloundra, Hervey Bay and Pumicestone, all north of Brisbane, and the loss of South Brisbane to the Greens.
But it will keep Cook, in Cairns, after briefly being threatened by the Katter’s Australian Party challenger.
The counting continued as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk met with Deputy Steven Miles, Treasurer Cameron Dick and their directors-general to start on Budget discussions yesterday.
Ms Palaszczuk has said it is her “intention” to bring the Budget down on the week beginning November 30, followed by two weeks of Budget Estimates.
Originally published as Queensland election results face long delays