Queensland waits....

So.......you may be surprised to learn that even over a week after last Saturday's State election we are still waiting to find out who has won!There are still some counts going on. I cannot get my head around this coming from the UK where pretty much, even though the polling stations do not shut until 10.00 pm at night, all the votes have been counted by breakfast time at the latest.I know Australia is big compared to the UK but it doesn't have as many people.....and yet here we are over a week later waiting for the voting in some areas still to be confirmed. Granted the counting is more complicated when you have to take into consideration people's second, third, fourth etc preferred choices....but it still seems very slow to me.As it stands the Labour Party have 42 seats, the Liberals 39......either needs 45 seats to form a Government. There are three independent candidates one of whom has come out on the side of Labour, but apart from all this 5 seats are still in doubt.Ferny Grove may need to hold a by-election since one of the candidates last week was declared bankrupt and therefore ineligible as a candidate. Lockyer, where Pauline Hanson was standing, somehow is still not decided.....(yikes, she is still in with a chance though it appears the Liberals are ahead there). Mt Ommaney and Whitsunday are still being counted, but the Liberals appear to be ahead and counting is still going on in Maryborough, but here Labour are ahead.We do have a new leader of the State Liberal Party, Lawrence Springborg, who has taken over the leadership from former Premier Campbell Newman since his defeat. Mr Springborn's seat is The Southern Downs which is the area around Stanthorpe where Frogknot is. His appointment was only decided yesterday. Annastacia Palaszczuk is still confident she will form a Government.....let's just hope her friend Elaine is not in it as Minister for Blue Care and Buffalo Wresting!As for Federal politics, the Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been under pressure and is facing a vote of confidence, originally slated for Tuesday but brought forward to tomorrow by Tony himself. I am not sure I agree with the frequency of and the way Australia seems to change leaders like football clubs change managers  but in Tony's case, his gaining office was and is a huge mistake.Life here seems to be one long thumb twiddle at the moment.