Labor would face an electoral wipe-out in Queensland if last weekend's by-election results were repeated in the October state election, but the LNP isn't taking anything for granted.
If the swings against Labor in the weekend's two by-elections were repeated in the October general election, Labor would be staring at a wipe-out.
Former Labor minister John Mickel describes this as a "good chance to kick the government in the pants".'I believe we do have a chance'Take the 2014 by-elections in the seats of Stafford and Redcliffe. The post-mortem for Labor well and truly gets underway today, with the Caucus meeting in Brisbane ahead of a parliamentary sitting week.Mr Miles insists his team "is not spooked".West Ipswich'Vaguely terrifying': When heatwaves hit my city, the media downplayed the role of climate changeA popular Aussie spread could be solution to our e-waste problem
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