LNP, Premier Celebrate Huge Swing in By-Election Win

Hinchinbrook by-election result no crystal ball for LNP government's future

A week is a long time in politics, let alone three years, and the LNP's success at the next election is by no means assured, writes Jack McKay.

LNP, Premier Celebrate Huge Swing in By-Election Win

For the first time in almost three decades, one state government has bucked the by-election hoodoo to win back a seat thanks to a big swing from voters. Queensland’s Liberal-National Party (LNP) has claimed victory in the Hinchinbrook by-election in the state’s north after an aggressive campaign. It is a major vote of confidence for Premier David Crisafulli, after his boyhood mate Wayde Chiesa took what had been a very safe Katter’s Australian P…

Comments on the Hinchinbrook By-election Result

Predictions ahead of Saturday’s by-election in the north Queensland seat of Hinchinbrook generally hinted the seat would be retained by Katter’s Australian Party. The LNP mounted a vigo…