David Crisafulli has narrowly won the Queensland election but the real fight has only just begun

David Crisafulli speaks to the media. Voters in Brisbane largely rejected the LNP, after a campaign that came to focus on abortion rights. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

David Crisafulli will almost certainly cobble together enough seats to become Queensland’s new premier. He now looks set to become only the second Liberal or National to win a state election since 1989.

And yet election night doesn’t feel euphoric for the LNP.