Queensland Premier Steven Miles Expects Swings Against Labor in By-elections

Labor has retained the seat of Inala but is in danger of losing Ipswich West following two by-elections that give new premier Steven Miles a gauge of his chances in the upcoming state election. Counting continued on Saturday night, March 17, in the Labor heartland seats but on early projections ABC chief elections analyst Antony Green called Labor to hold Inala, which was held by former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. On projections based on preference counts, Labor’s Margie Nightingale had 55.5 percent with the Liberal National’s Trang Yen on 44.5 percent, but the swing to the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) was more than 20 percent....