One senior LNP figure said Albanese’s focus on the Voice last year amid a youth crime wave and cost of living crisis damaged federal Labor in Queensland more than anywhere else.
Already a subscriber?Just in case we needed a reminder, Queensland voters are a fickle bunch. They swing like few others. And thus was the case on Saturday asthe entrenched view within Labor that Steven Miles is in deep trouble come the October 26 election.
Anthony Albanese has been to Queensland just once this year – in late January to survey cyclone damage in Townsville. With an election due by May next year, he will need to get his skates on. Saturday’s concurrent Queensland local government elections also held little joy for Labor. Both major parties were looking for clues regarding the Brisbane City Council results, given the Greens took three federal seats in that zone at the 2022 federal election – Ryan, Brisbane and Griffith.
Last year, at the federal byelection for Fadden on the Gold Coast, Labor, which was never going to win the seat, nonetheless suffered a swing of 2.5 per cent against it.
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