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Jim Chalmers says One Nation and United Australia Party losses in the Queensland election were ‘satisfying’
Federal Labor is celebrating the collapse in support for One Nation in the Queensland election, with Pauline Hanson’s party experiencing a close to 7 per cent swing away from it at Saturday’s poll.
Key points:
- One Nation will hold just one seat in Queensland’s Parliament, something Federal Labor’s Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers describes as “heartening”
- Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party did not pick up any seats
- Former Queensland deputy premier Jackie Trad lost to Greens candidate Amy MacMahon in the electorate of South Brisbane
One Nation will hold one seat in Queensland’s Parliament, but failed to make a mark in other electorates across a state usually considered to be the party’s heartland.
Controversial businessman Clive Palmer did…
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