Queensland state election 2024: what we know so far
The LNP leader, David Crisafulli, has claimed election victory to become the 41st premier of Queensland and form a majority government.
The outgoing premier and Labor leader, Steven Miles, conceded that his party could not form majority government.
In his victory speech, Crisafulli said he hoped to achieve “generational government” and that the LNP had achieved its biggest achievement in more than a decade.
Crisafulli batted away criticism of the party’s handling of abortion – refusing to rule out a conscience vote if the KAP brings forward a private member’s bill on the matter. He told the crowd in Brisbane the “scare” campaign wouldn’t “come to fruition” because “this isn’t America, we don’t pander to extremes”.
Miles told the party faithful in his electorate of Murrumba he had “no regrets about the campaign or [his] last 10 months as premier”. He also took aim at the LNP and said: “This election finishes with many more questions about [their] plans than answers.”
As it now stands, the ABC’s Antony Green is projecting that the LNP has secured 49 seats to form a majority and Labor 30 seats. He projects that Katter’s Australian party has picked up three seats, and that One Nation and the Greens might have no representation in the next parliament.
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Labor senator says inner-city voters turning away from Greens
The Labor senator for Queensland Murray Watt has weighed in on the state election results, arguing that voters in the inner city had turned against the Greens:
Inner-city voters have turned against an arrogant and aggressive Greens party more interested in grandstanding than delivering progressive change.
An incredible campaign from Dr Barbara O’Shea and the @QLDLabor team who’ve taken it up to the Greens Party in South Brisbane. Inner city voters have turned against an arrogant and aggressive Greens Party more interested in grandstanding than delivering progressive change. pic.twitter.com/PYZ1uL4BZG
— Senator Murray Watt (@MurrayWatt) October 26, 2024
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