Nick Wiggins
Nick Wiggins is an ABC journalist based in Brisbane. He reports for ABC radio, television and online. Nick joined the ABC in 2015 after four years working in commercial radio, including just short of three years covering state politics. He won a Queensland Clarion Award for his radio coverage of the 2015 state election campaign. Nick can be found on Twitter at @nick__w.
'I'm extremely humbled': Palaszczuk to form majority Labor government
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Annastacia Palaszczuk's new government will be sworn in next Tuesday, with the beaming Premier-elect vowing to focus on generating jobs and boosting health and education in her next term in office.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, political-parties, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, one-nation, minor-parties, greens, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Contenders line up to replace Tim Nicholls
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Rising LNP star Deb Frecklington and John-Paul Langbroek have already started making their pitches for the party's leadership, hours after Tim Nicholls conceded defeat in the election and stepped down from the top job.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, alp, political-parties, one-nation, liberal-national-party-queensland, minor-parties, greens, parliament, state-parliament, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Queensland on the cusp of an election result
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Annastacia Palaszczuk could make a visit to Queensland's Governor today as the Electoral Commission officially declares the results in the last handful of seats, 13 days after voters went to the polls.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, elections, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Fraser Coast Mayor charged with misconduct, computer hacking
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Chris Loft is arrested and charged over multiple alleged offences by the Crime and Corruption Commission including hacking, misconduct, and disclosure of official secrets relating to his time in the job.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, local-government, hervey-bay-4655, maryborough-4650, qld, bundaberg-4670, australia, brisbane-4000
The new faces set to shake up Queensland's Parliament
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The results are going down to the wire, and a final count could be days away, but the Queensland election looks to deliver a set of new faces for Parliament's crossbench.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, greens, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, minor-parties, one-nation, political-parties, brisbane-4000, indooroopilly-4068, qld, australia
Palaszczuk to win Queensland election with Labor confident of majority
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Annastacia Palaszczuk will be returned as Premier with her government likely to win up to 48 seats, giving it a slim majority, ABC election analyst Antony Green says.
Topics: alp, parliament, liberal-national-party-queensland, government-and-politics, state-parliament, elections, greens, political-parties, minor-parties, one-nation, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
As it happened: Labor falls short of majority, but Palaszczuk confident
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Labor makes a number of gains in south-east Queensland, but losses in the north are preventing it from securing 47 seats, the number Annastacia Palaszczuk needs to form a majority state government. Look back at how events unfolded.
Palaszczuk's plea to LNP supporters: Vote Labor 'just this time'
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk continues to frame the election as a choice between Labor or a minority LNP-One Nation government, pleading pointedly to LNP supporters to make their vote count, as political parties make their final pitches to Queenslanders ahead of today's election.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, elections, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Hanson headache for Qld Premier as rogue MP gets close with Pauline
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Outspoken Labor backbencher Jo-Ann Miller exchanges baby booties and a hug with One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson, creating an unwelcome distraction for the Premier just four days out from the state election.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, political-parties, alp, one-nation, qld, ipswich-4305, australia
'We're the underdog,' Palaszczuk claims on election trail
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Queensland's Premier is claiming underdog status for Saturday's state election despite some polls suggesting Labor is ahead, while the LNP leader dodges a definitive answer on whether he would govern with help from One Nation.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, elections, mackay-4740, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Minor parties won't get a word in, Premier says
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Annastacia Palaszczuk says she won't hold discussions with any crossbenchers if she fails to get enough seats to govern on her own in this Saturday's election, doubling down on her all-or-nothing strategy.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, elections, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, state-parliament, parliament, cairns-4870, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
One Nation threat pains Labor and the LNP
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Both major party leaders are focusing their campaigns on potential One Nation voters in the last week of the campaign, as the minor party leader grabs attention with a baby announcement.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, political-parties, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
In the red corner: Horn launches Labor's campaign, PM the LNP's (photos)
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World welterweight champion Jeff Horn and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull open the respective Labor and LNP leaders' campaign launches, with Horn saying Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk backed him when many others wouldn't.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, political-parties, housing, unemployment, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, broadbeach-4218, qld, australia
Here are the big-ticket Queensland election promises from the major parties
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Not sure what's on offer in this Queensland election? We've made it easy with a list of the biggest campaign promises offered up by the major parties so far.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, liberal-national-party-queensland, alp, political-parties, state-parliament, parliament, activism-and-lobbying, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810, mount-isa-4825, longreach-4730, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350
Bakers should have choice over supplying cakes for gay weddings: LNP leader
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Queenslanders resoundingly back a Yes vote in the same-sex marriage survey, but LNP leader Tim Nicholls says florists and bakers should be able to choose whether they provide goods for gay couples' weddings.
Topics: government-and-politics, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, marriage, family-and-children, laws, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, federal-government, federal-parliament, parliament, cairns-4870, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Leaders tight lipped on hung parliament plans
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls repeatedly refuse to say what they would do if Queenslanders deliver another hung parliament, and whether voters could be sent back to the polls.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, political-parties, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Book a doctor online, Labor plan to cut wait lists
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As nearly 40,000 Queenslanders wait to see a specialist in the public system, Labor has announced a $145 million cash injection in a bid to reduce the time Queenslanders spend on the "waiting list for the waiting list".
Topics: health-policy, health-administration, health, elections, government-and-politics, political-parties, townsville-4810, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Six new south-east Queensland schools under Labor promise (photos)
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk again draws on her opponent's role in the former Newman government as she promises to spend $500 million building and refurbishing schools.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, political-parties, everton-park-4053, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Fresh headache as Premier's pick for Rockhampton runs against Labor
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A mayor rejected in a Labor pre-selection stoush will run as an independent for the seat of Rockhampton, in a move ABC election analyst Antony Green says will create an unwelcome distraction for the party.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, political-parties, rockhampton-4700, qld, australia
Helicopters, hecklers, and high vis as Queensland politicians make their pitch (photos)
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Haven't been paying super close attention to the Queensland election? We'll catch you up on the things you need to know from the first week of the campaign.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, political-parties, unemployment, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Queensland election looms as Premier dumps controversial MP
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Queenslanders are all but guaranteed to go to the polls this year after the Premier disendorses MP Rick Williams, prompting him to quit the Labor Party, a move which costs the Government its advantage in Parliament.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, qld, bribie-island-4507
Ousted senator Malcolm Roberts to run in Queensland state election
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Former One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts will run for the party in the seat of Ipswich at the upcoming Queensland state election, after the High Court found he was ineligible to sit in Federal Parliament.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, elections, minor-parties, ipswich-4305, qld, australia
Malcolm Roberts was a UK citizen at time of nomination, High Court finds
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One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts was a citizen of the United Kingdom by descent at the time of his nomination, the High Court finds.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, federal-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, one-nation, political-parties, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
Towing fees to be capped in Queensland after complaints about dodgy operators
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Queensland's tow truck industry will be regulated and fees capped at $250 under new fast-tracked laws. It comes after complaints that people who parked on private property were being charged exorbitant fees to get their cars back.
Topics: laws, state-parliament, alp, regulation, public-sector, road-transport, qld, brisbane-4000
Rogue Brisbane tyre company ordered to clean up
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A rogue tyre recycling operator, who has had two fires at his business in Brisbane's south, is handed clean-up notices.
Topics: environmental-policy, environment, environmental-management, rocklea-4106, qld, brisbane-4000
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