Melinda Howells

Dec 11, 2023 | abc.net.au | Melinda Howells

For two weeks at the start of 2015, nobody knew who the next premier of Queensland would be. We knew it wouldn't be Campbell Newman. The Liberal National Party leader who had presided over a landslide victory three years earlier had already lost his seat in parliament, conceding defeat to Labor's Kate Jones in Ashgrove on election night. But would Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk secure enough seats to govern the state — either in minority or majority?