Huge Swings Further Dent Queensland Labor’s Election Chances

‘It’s usual to expect swings against governments in by-elections,’ Miles said.

Queensland Premier Steven Miles speaks to media during a press conference in Brisbane, Australia on Jan. 29, 2024 AAP Image/Jono Searle

Enormous swings against Queensland Labor in two by-elections have highlighted Premier Steven Miles’s difficult challenge to retain power in October.

The Miles government appears certain to have lost the safe seat of Ipswich West after an 18 percent swing gave Ipswich Show Society president Darren Zanow and the Liberal National Party a 2.9 percent margin.