Queenslanders have long been in the habit of backing one major party at state elections and the other major party in federal elections.
They’d never admit it publicly but federal Labor has been preparing for more than a year for the defeat of the Queensland state government, which has been in power since Annastacia Palaszczuk’s extraordinary win in 2015.
Labor looked likely to lose its majority but it remained to be seen if Crisafulli has done enough to win 13 seats to secure a majority of 47 seats in the unicameral Queensland parliament - after his underwhelming performance on the campaign trail and a damaging debate over the state’s abortion laws. Miles has outperformed expectations and limited the swing against Labor, particularly in Brisbane, where federal Labor has its sights set on the seats of Longman, Brisbane and Bonner .
Since December 1989, the Liberal and National parties in Queensland have had a premier in office for just a touch over five years - a woeful record that puts even the accident-prone Victorian Liberal party to shame.
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