The path to re-election for Queensland Labor looks like a narrowing goat track after its ‘Super Saturday’ losses

Steven Miles's government is fighting battles on multiple fronts - and shifting right or left will only create new problems elsewhere

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Seven months before Campbell Newman was tossed from office by angry Queensland voters, he called a press conference, flanked by members of his cabinet, and apologised.

I just want to say I am sorry today if we have done things that have upset people," Newman said, days after his government was humbled, with a 19% swing, at a Brisbane byelection. We will be doing a lot better in the future."

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