Newman appears to have lost his seat.

From Sky, state wide;
LNP 39.4%
ALP 39.4%
GRN 8.8%
IND whatever's left :\.

Sure seats (Sky's assumption, not declared as such):
LNP 25
ALP 34
IND 5

There are 89 seats in the House.

Mal Brough urged to challenge Tony Abbott for leadership

The plot thickens :suspect:

Ah well, perhaps Queensland, and quite possibly Australia as a whole need another period of Labor profligacy and incompetence to really bring the message home that you cannot spend more than you earn.:*

Pity it took Liberal/National incompetence (and arrogance) to bring such a situation about though.:rolleyes:

And how much further damage will be done as a result?:sad:

And that's what's happened. If they hadn't been so awful they would have won this term easily. Despite Brisbane being Labor, Queensland has usually been overall conservative over the past fifty years. They effed up, big time. Let that be a lesson to the federal government...

From Sky; Newman has just conceded Ashgrove via a phone call to Jones. George Brandis looks like he needs a stiff drink.

Agreed. A very sad state of affairs politically indeed when you could even conceive of a government losing an election after one term, with a 71-seat margin :ugh:

Has Labor improved significantly since they were bulldozed at the last election? Probably not, and yet here we are. Take your pick from a bowl of rotten fruit.

My nuts in a thought shell. :(

I hate to say this, it maybe a state election, but this result is going to have huge ramifications for Tony Abbott.

Don't you just love the way the people speak in a democracy.

I think I would prefer Dum Dum than Brough believe it or not. Isn't Pyne good buddies with Brough. Beware the eides of March!

Yes, IMO.
Have the LNP been incredibly disappointing?
Also yes, IMO.
Feel free to drop Brandis a line, because at the moment denial is a river in Egypt, even though his two fellow on-air Libs (including Albretsen's partner whatshisname) are agreeing with you.

Whatever the final outcome, it's a simple message for the federal government and any other government from either side of politics (and a message the Qld ALP under Blight copped loudly and clearly from the electorate);
Don't be a bunch of liars, and don't be a bunch of arrogant c:mad:ts.
To quote the insurance loving Meerkats, Seemples. :rolleyes:

Yes; It just might make the (expletive deleted) wake up, stop being such a stupid (further expletive deleted) and actually govern like a Prime Minister who was elected with a fairly large majority; ie actually keep a few promises he made!:*:mad:

Pinky the pilot is now going to retire to bed. He has had quite enough to drink tonight!!:= BTW< Worrals, how are ya?

But please dont comparethem.com

ABC is calling it for Labor, this is simply incredible.

Perhaps more people listen to Alan Jones than meets the eye?

Nah, worse than that. They listened to Newman! :eek:
2-3% is the usual 'Jones' effect according to people who spend too much time following elections. Not 10%; that takes real political ineptitude.
Personally I think a lot of people were amused by Jones, but didn't listen too hard. Needless to say the Sky Team are currently disagreeing with me.

Maybe the federal Libs need to buy a bunch of I'm NOT With Stupid t-shirts.
Queensland Election: 'I'm with stupid' t-shirt man's lawyer says arrest unjustified

Edit: More Brandis magic on Sky... 'Everyone' wants Tony Abbott to succeed. He's plucked! Brandis is plucked. If they keep it up, the government is plucked. Federally the Coalition have a much smaller majority than the LNP did in Queensland, but even with that historic majority Queensland is now going to bed unsure who'll be running the joint.
Newman and Abbott have a lot more in common than Brandis et al would like to admit, even to themselves.

LNP 40.2
ALP 38.6
GRN 8.5

A lot rides on how many Greens preferenced (and who to; Qld Green voters preference LNP at low but valid rates).
Total swing is currently 11.6 to the ALP.

As I said earlier, shame that the Australian people, as a whole, can accept all the good news, ignore the fact that they are being mortgaged out of existence by the ALP but can't handle the medicine when an effort is made to get the ship back on course. Seriously sad.

I pity the young people looking for jobs now and the older ones trying to hold on. (I mean real jobs, not govt handout positions)

Queensland had a low jobless rate until the LNP got in. :yuk:

Be fair Worrals, as the figures will show, just like all Labour governments, be they state or federal, just about the first thing they do, on gaining office, is to double the size of the civil service, why?

Worrals .... maybe many of the jobs were as, Takan says, government supplied. Or should that be taxpayer supplied.