Queensland held its local council elections Saturday, which would normally be a big yawn outside the Sunshine State, except for two reasons: Brisbane City Council is now the largest government held by the Liberal Party in Australia, and there were two state by-elections held concurrently that yielded unexpectedly bad results for the ALP.
The elections sent mixed messages to the Liberal-National Party which, if they are interpreted badly by the party’s strategists, could lead them in completely the wrong direction in the Queensland state and federal elections.
The state by-elections were caused by the resignations of two MPs: former Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk...
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