With the Premier flying home from holidays tomorrow and returning to work on Monday, new polling shows Labor is on track to losing next year's election. It's the lowest poll results in a decade for Labor since the Campbell Newman wipeout in 2012.
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00:00 Stephen Miles was all smiles despite Labor's popularity plunging in the polls.
00:07 David Christopher Lee has basically sworn himself in as Premier. He thinks he's already there. Well, I think he's got a long way to go.
00:14 The latest polls show otherwise. On a primary vote, the LNP is sitting on 41%, Labor languishing at just 26%.
00:23 That actually approximates the vote that Anna Bly got when her government was thrown from office by Campbell Newman in 2012.
00:30 And Labor could lose at least 26, possibly more.
00:32 The Greens are also gaining ground with 14% of more than 2,000 people surveyed saying they'd vote for them.
00:40 The Greens could easily double the representation from two to four and possibly a fifth seat.
00:44 And of course most of those voters moving to the Greens are coming from the Labor Party.
00:48 On a two-party preferred basis, the LNP is sitting on 55% compared to Labor's 45%.
00:55 And with people over 65, they have a staggering lead with 71% of voters preferring them.
01:02 For those aged between 18 and 34, Labor has a strong lead with 60%.
01:08 The constant repeat of blaming everyone else but the state is wearing thin on Queenslanders who are really struggling to trust these guys at the moment.
01:17 The Redbridge poll, conducted while Anastasia Palaszczuk has been on holiday in Europe,
01:23 will no doubt add to the problems the Premier faces when she returns to work on Monday, with pressure mounting for her to step aside.
01:31 It's unlikely that any successor to Anastasia Palaszczuk on the Labor side can save the party.
01:36 Today, touting the completion of the first escalator in the Cross River Rail project, Acting Premier Stephen Miles denies he's after the top job.
01:45 It's a real honour to serve the state as Deputy Premier, as the Minister for State Development and when I get the chance as Acting Premier.
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