Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has now joined Premier Steven Miles in ruling out a new Brisbane stadium. His alternative is to,again,reset planning.
The Nationals leader was flown to the controversial Carmichael mine last October. It took him nearly six months to declare it.
The state Opposition Leader has ticked off a key pledge for party renewal and taken a seat from Labor within days. Focus now turns to the biggest looming test.
It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see the 124-year-old Labor Party is in terminal decline in Queensland and eventually in wider Australia.
There was not a lot of good news for Labor after Saturday’s polls,with major swings to the LNP in two byelections and to the Greens in several Brisbane council wards.
While the election dust settles on a re-elected LNP administration,the century-old two-party system in Brisbane’s City Hall has firmly been turned on its head.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner is confident he will not have to contend with a hostile council chamber,as the LNP remained on track to win a majority in City Hall.
Voters in the once-safe Labor seats of Inala and Ipswich West have sent the government a strong message ahead of October’s state poll – and it wasn’t positive.
With a deadline three years after the next election,much of the heavy lifting will need to be done by the next class in City Hall – whatever its shape.
Queensland’s two major political parties have spent almost $2 million each in their attempts to win over Brisbane voters.
As all Queenslanders elect councillors and mayors on Saturday,two contests for empty seats in parliament will draw focus for reasons beyond their borders.