Nothing Really Stands out From Palaszczuk’s Near-9 Years in Office

Published on December 13, 2023

Commentary I was probably the only political analyst who predicted Annastacia Palaszczuk would beat Campbell Newman in 2015. That fact alone can explain a lot of her long career. The expectation that former Premier Campbell Newman would win was huge. It shaped the way the Liberal National Party (LNP) and the Labor both ran their campaigns. It also meant that many ambitious Labor wannabes didn’t run for preselection for the 35 seats that changed from LNP to Labor that election. Ms. Palaszczuk became the accidental premier, with a mediocre team, deposing a government that had its problems but was heading in the right direction and making impressive gains, and that has shaped the last eight years of government....

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