Queensland Labor confirms its replacement candidate for outgoing minister Kate Jones, but there is still no word on who will run in the seats left empty by two other ministers.
Outgoing minister Kate Jones has described her replacement and newly announced Labor candidate for Cooper Jonty Bush as an "amazing woman who has already done so much for Queenslanders"."This week I made the extremely difficult decision to move on from state politics, but I don't think I could have done that if I didn't know there was someone like Jonty ready to step up.
"There's no denying I have some massive shoes to try to fill in terms of Kate Jones's contribution to our community and I'm extremely grateful for her support," she said. "I am feeling really overwhelmed, it's great to have Kate's support, it means a lot to me," she said. Mines Minister Mark Bailey would not confirm today who would run in place of the two other long-serving members, but welcomed Ms Bush as the new Cooper candidate.
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