Vietnamese Public Servant to Battle for Palaszczuk’s Old Seat in Queensland

Published on February 5, 2024

The Queensland Liberal National Party has selected a Vietnamese public servant to run in former Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s old seat of Inala. Trang Yen, 28, will run in the 2024 Inala state by-election on March 16, triggered by the resignation of Ms. Palaszczuk in December. She will bid for the seat against Labor’s Margie Nightingale, a staffer to Treasurer Cameron Dick who previously worked as a teacher and nurse. A by-election will also be held in the state of Ipswich West following the resignation of  Labor MP Jim Madden. The voting on March 16 will be the first major electoral test for new Queensland Premier Steven Miles ahead of the 2024 Queensland state election on Oct. 24....