#qldvotes - who will form government?

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https://twitter.com/MarkRobinsonMP/status/939491687801405441

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^ I will say one thing for Mark.  He has certainly stood up for the very poorly treated Cleveland Line punters. 
He did very well in the election.  Comfortably returned.

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Couriermail --> Queensland Election results 2017: Curtis Pitt confirmed as Speaker

FORMER Treasurer Curtis Pitt is the first casualty of Annastacia Palaszczuk's Cabinet reshuffle, with the Premier revealing she will nominate him for the role of Speaker.

Despite claiming publicly during the election campaign that Mr Pitt would keep his role, Ms Palaszczuk moved quickly yesterday to shunt him from her frontbench within a day of being returned to power.

He is expected to be replaced as Treasurer by Deputy Premier Jackie Trad as the Premier reshapes her Cabinet, with the new line-up being taken to the Labor caucus tomorrow.

The Premier's office confirmed Steven Miles, Grace Grace and Yvette D'Ath were in line for promotions.

The Sunday Mail understands Ms Grace will take over the Education portfolio from Kate Jones while Dr Miles is tipped to take on Health.

Ms D'Ath will add Leader of the House to her title while remaining as Attorney-General.

It is understood Leeanne Enoch will take over Environment. Shannon Fentiman is expected to pick up Ms D'Ath's training portfolio, with new cabinet member Di Farmer taking on the fraught Child Safety ministry.

There is speculation Cameron Dick will move from Health to State Development. Anthony Lynham will keep the Agriculture portfolio he took on when former minister Bill Byrne resigned through illness, helping to trigger the election.

Stirling Hinchliffe, who quit as transport minister amid the Rail Fail crisis in February, is set to return to Cabinet possibly as Mines minister.

Mark Bailey is tipped to add Transport to his Main Roads role.

Di Farmer will take over the tough child cafety portfolio from Shannon Fentiman, with Fentiman moving to training.

Barron River MP Craig Crawford will be promoted to the Cabinet to ensure the Far North is represented in Cabinet following Mr Pitt's switch.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said: "The Parliament needs a person of integrity and experience as its Speaker and I know Curtis will bring his well-known diligence, fairness and attention to detail to the role of Speaker."

The Courier-Mail revealed during the campaign that the knives were out for Mr Pitt among colleagues disappointed by his gaffe-prone performance. Ms Palaszcuk said at the time his job was safe and yesterday again praised his record in the role.

But Deb Frecklington, who will seek the LNP leadership after Tim Nicholls' decision to step down, tweeted that the Premier had ''broken her first promise'' less than 24 hours after seeing the Governor by being forced by the ALP factions to dump Mr Pitt. "Massive snub for the north, it means he doesn't even sit in Cabinet."

Mr Pitt said he was honoured to be nominated as Speaker. "I have always been willing to serve Queenslanders in any capacity, both in government and opposition."

Ms Frecklington will face off against John-Paul Langbroek on Tuesday in a party room vote to become Opposition leader.

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https://twitter.com/COBrienBris/status/939673947506860032

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https://twitter.com/AnnastaciaMP/status/939682605800161280

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10 December 2017

Media Release
Premier and Minister for the Arts
The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk

Premier announces Cabinet economic team to drive job growth across Qld

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will lead a four-member economic team of senior Ministers in State Cabinet to drive job growth across Queensland.

The Premier will add Trade to her own responsibilities and she will chair the Cabinet Budget Review Committee, with senior Ministers to hold key economic roles.

    Deputy Premier Jackie Trad will be appointed Treasurer and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships
    Cameron Dick will be appointed Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Manufacturing, with responsibility for Economic Development Queensland and Queensland Reconstruction Authority.
    Kate Jones will be appointed Minister for Innovation, Minister for Tourism Industry Development and Minister for the Commonwealth Games. Minister Jones will also have responsibility for International Education.

"Almost one in three new jobs created in Australia this year have been created in Queensland.  Indeed, working with business and industry, we have created more than 130,000 jobs in our first term in office – an average of 130 new jobs every day," she said.

"Key drivers in our jobs' record have been record exports and tourism, turnarounds for major industries like resources and agriculture, and the development of new industries including large-scale renewables, bio-futures and becoming a major launch pad and drawcard for start-ups."

"We are making the investments in our roads, ports and other key infrastructure to strengthen the channels for exports and tourists.  We are investing in new industries and breaking new ground through Advance Queensland initiatives."

"These investments are paying dividends in new jobs and new opportunities for Queenslanders."

The Premier said the economic team would work with the Cabinet and across the government to ensure it was pulling every lever, including access to fair funding from Canberra for infrastructure, health and education, to:

    deliver our election promises commitments;
    invest in key infrastructure to support local jobs, overseas exports, international and interstate tourism;
    continue to set new frontiers for jobs and investment through our Advance Queensland innovation agenda; and
    maintain our strong budget position and continue to pay down debt.

Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirmed Queensland's jobs growth gathers pace with last month's trend unemployment rate adjusted down from 5.9% to 5.8%.  The unemployment rate after the 2015 State election was 6.6%.

The ABS has also confirmed Queensland's record-breaking export performance continues to strengthen with $71.4 billion in overseas sales over the 12 months – an increase of 61% during our first term.  Exports for the 12 months before the 2015 State election were $44.6 billion.

The Premier has also announced she has invited Member for Sandgate Stirling Hinchliffe, Member for Barron River Craig Crawford and Member for Bulimba Di Farmer to serve in a Cabinet of 18.

The Premier's allocation of all portfolios will be publicly announced ahead of the swearing-in ceremony at Government House on Tuesday. 

The Labor Caucus will meet in Brisbane tomorrow.