Chalk another one up for the incumbents in good news for PM
There was some good news and bad news for Scott Morrison in Queensland’s state election.
Incumbent Australian leaders appear to be benefiting from their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic at the ballot box.
But also for the Liberal prime minister, elections so far this year have all gone to Labor ā the Northern Territory, the ACT and now Queensland ā and he appears to have wasted a week campaigning in the Sunshine State with losing LNP leader Deb Frecklington.
While voting in Queensland continues, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been swept back to power for a historic third term in government, becoming the first Australian woman political leader to secure three successive victories.
āFederally we are going to take a lot of heart from last nightās result,ā Federal Labor MP and Queenslander Terri Butler told ABC televisionās Insiders program.
āIncredible result from Annastacia Palaszczuk, who has been a strong leader, who has kept people safe through her resilience.ā
She said there was a lot of concern in the seats of Cairns and Townsville but once the PM got involved it really strengthened Laborās vote there.
āI think people didnāt like what they saw from the prime minister and did like what they saw from Labor,ā Butler said.
Late on Saturday, Labor was on track to hold as many as 49 votes, compared with 36 for LNP in the 93-seat single-chamber parliament.
There has been bitter inter-state debate about Queenslandās handling of the pandemic, particularly closing its state borders.
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Outgoing state Labor MP Kate Jones, who decided to retire from politics before the election, said the Premier was a very strong leader, who was upfront and honest with the people of Queensland.
āCertainly the sentiment about Annastacia being bullied by the Prime Minister, by Peter Dutton, by those Liberal leaders coming up to Queensland telling us how to suck eggs up here did resonate,ā she told Sky Newsā Sunday Agenda program.
āQueenslanders hate it when southerners come up north and tell us what to do.ā
-AAP
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