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| UpdatedNew Redcliffe MP Yvette D'Ath says voters were far more angry with Queensland Premier Campbell Newman than with disgraced former MP Scott Driscoll as she claimed victory in the Queensland seat.
LNP candidate Kerri-Anne Dooley has conceded defeat in the Redcliffe by-election.
ABC election analyst Antony Green said Ms D'Ath "easily" won the by-election.
He says with more than 56 per cent of ballots counted, the projected two-party preferred swing is more than 16 per cent.
Topics: elections, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, state-parliament, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedLabor's Yvette D'Ath has won the by-election for the Queensland seat of Redcliffe, ABC election analyst Antony Green says.
The by-election for the seat, located north of Brisbane, was held to elect a replacement for disgraced former LNP state parliamentarian Scott Driscoll.
It was also being cast as a both a judgment on Mr Driscoll's performance and the government of Premier Campbell Newman.
Mr Green says that with more than 56 per cent of ballots counted, Ms D'Ath is ahead of the LNP's Kerri-Anne Dooley and on track to win "easily"
With 11 booths counted, the projected two-party preferred swing is more than 16 per cent, he says.
The win follows a dramatic day of campaigning, during which Mr Newman was heckled and jeered at one polling booth.
Topics: elections, liberal-national-party-queensland, alp, minor-parties, state-parliament, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedIt has been a dramatic day of campaigning in Queensland's Redcliffe by-election, with Premier Campbell Newman heckled and jeered at one polling booth.
The by-election in the seat, north of Brisbane, will elect a replacement for disgraced former MP Scott Driscoll.
The poll is being seen as a both a judgment on Mr Driscoll's performance and on Mr Newman's LNP Government.
Labor's candidate, Yvette D'Ath, will need to achieve a 10 per cent swing to win the seat.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, liberal-national-party-queensland, alp, state-parliament, states-and-territories, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedCandidates are making last-ditch bids for votes ahead of Saturday's Redcliffe by-election, north of Brisbane.
Topics: state-parliament, elections, liberal-national-party-queensland, minor-parties, alp, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedThe body of a missing jet ski rider has been found in waters off Redcliffe, north of Brisbane.
Topics: missing-person, emergency-incidents, redcliffe-4020, tangalooma-4025, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA search is underway off Brisbane for a missing jet ski rider in Moreton Bay.
Topics: maritime, redcliffe-4020, tangalooma-4025, qld
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| UpdatedDisgraced former Queensland MP Scott Driscoll paid a $90,000 fine for contempt of State Parliament, just one day after he appeared to defend the charges.
Topics: state-parliament, liberal-national-party-queensland, brisbane-4000, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedThe young Australian man killed in Syria last week, Yusuf Ali, was reported to federal anti-terror authorities by a close family friend who feared he would die fighting in the war-torn country.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, syrian-arab-republic, redcliffe-4020, sydney-2000, united-states
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| UpdatedA young Australian man killed with his wife in Syria last week was recruited to fight against the Assad regime, allegedly for Al Qaeda and its affiliate Jabh at al Nusra.
Yusuf Ali, 22, and his young wife Amira Ali died near Aleppo in northern Syria last weekend.
The ABC can reveal that court documents filed late last month allege Yusuf – born Tyler Casey – was in Syria to "engage in hostile activity", contrary to reports that the couple was in Syria for humanitarian reasons.
He faces seven charges under the Crimes Act relating to foreign incursions and recruitments.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, syrian-arab-republic, nsw, redcliffe-4020, qld, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedCourt documents allege Australian Yusuf Ali, who was killed in Syria, had links to Al Qaeda.
Topics: terrorism, religion-and-beliefs, islam, unrest-conflict-and-war, syrian-arab-republic, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedVoters in the Queensland seat of Redcliffe will return to the polls next month to select a replacement for former MP Scott Driscoll.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, redcliffe-4020, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe wife of former Queensland MP Scott Driscoll has been charged with more than a dozen fraud-related offences.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, fraud-and-corporate-crime, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, redcliffe-4020, qld, australia
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Former federal MP Yvette D'Ath has confirmed she will seek Labor preselection for the Queensland seat of Redcliffe.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, redcliffe-4020, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedFormer Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll has appeared before the Bar of Queensland Parliament over contempt charges, but did not speak in his own defence.
Topics: state-parliament, public-sector, brisbane-4000, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedFormer Queensland MP Scott Driscoll is due to answer contempt charges at the Bar of Parliament today.
Topics: state-parliament, public-sector, brisbane-4000, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedFormer Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll has become the first Queensland MP since jailed former minister Gordon Nuttall to be summoned to answer charges at the Bar of Parliament.
Topics: state-parliament, public-sector, law-crime-and-justice, redcliffe-4020, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedEmbattled Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll has resigned from Queensland Parliament.
His decision comes in the wake of Parliament's ethics committee today recommending that he be expelled and his seat declared vacant.
The committee says Mr Driscoll failed to declare a total of 14 different interests on the parliamentary register.
Topics: state-parliament, brisbane-4000, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedEmbattled Queensland MP Scott Driscoll says he is suffering from bipolar disorder.
The Member for Redcliffe has made only a few appearances in State Parliament this year.
Mr Driscoll has previously said his absences from Parliament have been due to a medical condition.
Premier Campbell Newman had called on him to resign.
Mr Driscoll has now written an open letter to Mr Newman revealing he is suffering from bipolar disorder.
Topics: state-parliament, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedControversial Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll has made another brief night-time appearance in Queensland Parliament.
Topics: state-parliament, public-sector, redcliffe-4020, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedEmbattled Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll has dismissed repeated calls for him to resign and says he plans to attend Queensland Parliament again today.
Topics: liberal-national-party-queensland, minor-parties, state-parliament, redcliffe-4020, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedQueensland Premier Campbell Newman says he is disgusted by the latest appearance of Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll in State Parliament.
Topics: state-parliament, liberal-national-party-queensland, minor-parties, redcliffe-4020, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedEmbattled Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll has appeared in Queensland Parliament for only the second time since March.
Topics: state-parliament, liberal-national-party-queensland, redcliffe-4020, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedTwo men missing in a boat adrift in Moreton Bay in south-east Queensland have been found safe.
Topics: emergency-incidents, redcliffe-4020, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedIt appears a return to Queensland Parliament by controversial Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll could have been short-lived after he was a no-show again yesterday.
Topics: state-parliament, redcliffe-4020, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedFormer Liberal National Party (LNP) MP turned independent, Scott Driscoll, has ended his four month absence from Queensland Parliament, quietly returning to the chamber about 8pm (AEST) last night.
Topics: state-parliament, public-sector, liberal-national-party-queensland, brisbane-4000, redcliffe-4020