Labor has won majority in Queensland: Green


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Labor has almost certainly won the 47 seats it needs to form majority government in Queensland, the ABC’s veteran election analyst Antony Green says.


Mr Green has called the Gold Coast hinterland seat of Gaven for Labor, the final seat Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to govern without crossbench support.


The election expert added that there was still an outside chance that independent candidate Hetty Johnston could snatch the seat of Macalister, south of Brisbane, from Labor despite being currently in third place.


But Mr Green believes that’s unlikely.


An LNP spokesman was unmoved by Mr Green’s forecast.





“Good luck to Antony Green, but he’s just one commentator, and the count is still ongoing,” he said.


Of the four undecided seats, Mr Green expects the LNP to take Burdekin and Townsville, the Greens to take Maiwar, and while it’s extremely difficult to call, Katter’s Australian Party to take Hinchinbrook.


Asked if the premier should be preparing to head to Government House on Friday, Mr Green told ABC radio said he expected her to wait for the formal declaration.


The Electoral Commission of Queensland has again defended the length of time it’s taken to count the votes.


Almost a week on from polling day, close to 100,000 postal votes are still in the hand of Australia Post. They have to be in by Tuesday next week.


“People sometimes don’t think it’s happening fast enough, but it’s happening as fast as it can,” Assistant Electoral Commissioner Dermot Tiernan told the ABC, saying ballot papers were still coming in from remote parts of Queensland, interstate and overseas.


Almost 85 per cent of the vote has been counted so far.








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