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Breaking: Labor on track to win by-election in Brisbane seat of Stafford
Key takeaways
- Luke Richmond has been assistant state secretary of Queensland Labor since November.
- At the end of counting on Saturday night, there has been a 4.1 per cent swing against Labor after preferences, with additional postal votes still to be counted.
- For the LNP to win from here, those postal votes would need to break very strongly in the LNP's favour.
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Luke Richmond has been assistant state secretary of Queensland Labor since November. (ABC News: Lucas Hill)
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At the end of counting on Saturday night, there has been a 4.1 per cent swing against Labor after preferences, with additional postal votes still to be counted.
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