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Federal election latest: Which seats are still in doubt?

A week on from last Saturday's federal election and Labor is still one seat shy of forming majority government, with three seats remaining in doubt.

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Socialist Alliance candidate Pat O'Shane reflects on shifting the debate in far north Queensland

Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O'Shane's primary vote of just over 4 per cent may appear modest, but it is the Socialist Alliance's best-ever result in a seat outside Victoria and its best anywhere at this year's election.

ABC News

Coalition ‘dropped the ball’ on Pacific, Albanese says as Samoa signs China agreement – as it happened

Prime minister says Labor ‘won’t drop the ball’ as Samoa signs agreement with China; the Greens’ Stephen Bates claims victory in seat of Brisbane. Follow all the day’s news

The Guardian - AU

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Queensland Labor turning green at the prospect of losing city stronghold

Analysis: Implications of Greens wins could be decades-long - for both Labor and the LNP

The Guardian - AU

The Ferguson Report: Dutton to see here, just the Leader of the Opposition. Move along

Dutton to worry about: The Labor Party has admitted it is not acceptable to mock an individual for their demeanour of gloomy and fearsome dread.

The New Daily

When will we know who wins the seat of Brisbane in the federal election? Will Pauline Hanson win a Queensland Senate seat?

It's one of only four seats in Australia still in doubt and Queensland's last seat to be called — so who will win the electoral race for the federal seat of Brisbane?

ABC News

Federal election latest: Which seats are still in doubt? Has Labor reached a majority?

Labor is one seat away from forming a majority government. And days on from Saturday’s election, five seats now remain in doubt.

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Qld journalists sources partially shielded

Queensland journalists won't face prosecution for refusing to name confidential sources in court after the state passed media shield laws.

AAP

Central Queensland's LNP voters wait and watch new Labor government's policies on coal

Liberal National Party voters in central Queensland coal country are worried about the impacts of a Labor government on their livelihoods.

ABC News

Letters: Video referee technology has a lot to answer for

Newcastle Herald readers have their say.

Newcastle Herald

Groom was the LNP's second-safest seat in Queensland, but the swing shows change

When one of the LNP's safest seats in the country suffers the biggest swing against a sitting LNP member, you know the times are changing in Queensland.

ABC News

New Coalition MP was founding member of club promoting climate science denial

LNP member for Flynn, Colin Boyce, signed international statement rejecting climate crisis and criticised science in state parliament

The Guardian - AU

Qld premier defends legal cost secrecy

The Queensland premier has denied ordering three Labor MPs to suppress the legal costs of the former treasurer's case against the corruption watchdog.

AAP

Qld passes rental bond, debt recovery laws

The Queensland government says new laws guarantee funding for the tenancy authority, while the LNP claims renters' bonds will be used for "dodgy accounting".

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Regional Queensland voted for the Liberal National Party. What do they make of the Labor government and 'greenslide'?

The Liberal National Party has retained 70 per cent of federal seats in Queensland, leaving many in the agriculture and mining sectors worried the inner-city electorates' embrace of the Greens could deepen the regional divide between city and country.

The Guardian - AU

The Noosa yacht club member who led the hemp party to its best result yet in Queensland

Legalise Cannabis Australia’s Bernie Bradley is competing against Pauline Hanson for the final Senate spot

ABC News

Queensland's LNP questions Labor move to veto publication of CCC's legal costs in Jackie Trad court case

Labor members of a parliamentary committee prevent legal costs incurred by Queensland's anti-corruption watchdog in court action taken by former deputy premier Jackie Trad from being made public.

AAP

Qld govt MPs block release of documents

A bid to publish the corruption watchdog's legal costs in its case against former Labor treasurer Jackie Trad has been vetoed by Queensland government MPs.

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Queensland’s newest LNP MP sparks glee – from his former state politics opponents

Election of Colin Boyce to federal parliament leads to a series of taunts from state Labor frontbenchers

AAP

Qld by-election set after LNP MP's switch

The central Queensland electorate of Callide will go to the polls after Liberal National MP Colin Boyce was elected to federal parliament.

ABC News

Power of the youth vote changes Queensland's political landscape

Young voters like 28-year-old Hugh Thomas changed Queensland's political landscape in the weekend's federal election. The ABC examines three Brisbane seats that swung to the Greens and the power of the youth vote in the results.

The Conversation

Why Labor is likely to win a House of Representatives majority despite a 33% primary vote

With 73% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is calling 73 of the 151 House of Representatives seats for Labor, 54 for the Coalition, 15 Others and nine in doubt. Labor is likely to win Lyons, while the Coalition should win Bass, Cowper and Sturt. The Coalition is currently just…

ABC News

Hinkler election winner Keith Pitt says Nationals not to blame for Coalition loss

Keith Pitt says the Nationals take no responsibility for the Coalition losing government and he believes the cashless debit card is not necessarily on the way out.

The Conversation

The election showed Australia's huge appetite for stronger climate action. What levers can the new government pull?

As the polls closed on Saturday night, most election commentary focused on the dispiriting campaign where both major parties avoided any substantial division on policy issues and instead focused on negatively framing the opposing leader.

AAP

Voters sick of party fights: Palaszczuk

Queensland's premier says voters rejected the outgoing Morrison government's climate change policies and warned that voters are sick of adversarial politics.

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