Queensland Labour Day turns into a victory march for ALP after big election win

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Union members have celebrated Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s thumping election win as thousands took the streets to mark Labour Day while the LNP reflects on its losses.

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00:00A victory lap after a victorious weekend.

00:06Winners of Greenwich, Ali French!

00:09The crowd embracing a new Labor legend.

00:12The new member for Dixon heralded as a giant slayer at Brisbane's Labor Day March.

00:17This is really not a me thing, this is a team thing.

00:20A federal Labor team that's significantly swelled in size in Queensland.

00:25We have made a huge contribution to this victory, massive contribution.

00:29I don't know about a victory rally but certainly a win for the movement.

00:33There's a truck with my photo on it and my name and someone crawled up and wrote MP after my name and that was a bit of a moment.

00:40Union members revelled in the moment.

00:42It's electric, it's fantastic, everybody's extremely excited after the election.

00:47It's lovely, we're all celebrating aren't we? It's wonderful.

00:50The weather's been a bit grey and gloomy with a bit of rain here and there but it hasn't deterred the crowds from turning out in their thousands.

00:58The 260,000 public sector workers, their enterprise agreements are up and they deserve to have a fair, decent and funded wage rise.

01:08We're continuing to negotiate and we're doing it in good faith.

01:11The Premier's side of politics also continues to mull over its disastrous federal poll loss.

01:17Elections are bruising and at the moment the federal, liberal and national parties have got soul searching to do.

01:24That's part of the democratic process.

01:26It is gut wrenching for all of us.

01:29Michelle Landry also dismissed suggestions from within her own party that Nationals leader David Littleproud should go.

01:36I do not back those calls. I think David's done a fantastic job.

01:40I think the nuclear is a good policy and we should stick with nuclear.

01:43It's not just the coalition licking their wounds.

01:46It's bittersweet in Queensland.

01:48The Greens are hopeful of holding one Queensland seat.

01:52We're looking to retain Ryan. The counting's still underway but it's looking really positive there.

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