Queenslanders will be hoping the same resolve that led to the premier’s election win is applied to her economic recovery plan
Momentum is everything in politics. Defined as the ability to keep increasing or developing, or a force that is gained by movement, right now it is with Annastacia Palaszczuk, whose success at Queensland’s weekend poll gives the three-time election winner political capital and personal authority that proved elusive in her first two terms.
Now Australia’s most successful female leader, Palaszczuk is ascendant. Her appeal for Queenslanders “to stick with me – you know me” and to deliver the ALP majority government, was rewarded with a 5.3 % swing and a net gain of two seats (Labor lost South Brisbane to the Greens). At the time of writing, Labor is ahead in three of the five seats that are still in doubt. Palaszczuk has transformed from the “accidental” premier to Labor legend alongside former premiers Wayne Goss and Peter Beattie.
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