Queensland Labor turning green at the prospect of losing city stronghold
by Ben Smee from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZQK9)
Analysis: Implications of Greens wins could be decades-long - for both Labor and the LNP
A few days before the 2019 federal election, a group of regional Queensland state MPs held crisis talks with the premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, and her then deputy, Jackie Trad.
They brought advance news of the thrashing that Labor was about to receive in the state's regional areas. Some had copped abuse from voters at polling stations. They said delays approving the Adani Carmichael coalmine would ultimately cost them their seats.
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