Queensland’s Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk increased her popularity in last year’s state election, largely due to her handling of the first half of the pandemic which saw the state left relatively unscathed by the virus.

But as the border arrangements caused economic struggles throughout the state and left families unable to see each other, has that popularity remained intact?

Today on Please Explain, Brisbane Times editor Sean Parnell joins Nathanael Cooper to bring us up to speed from the other side of the border.

Queensland&rsquo;s Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk increased her popularity in last year&rsquo;s state election, largely due to her handling of the first half of the pandemic which saw the state left relatively unscathed by the virus.
But as the border arrangements caused economic struggles throughout the state and left families unable to see each other, has that popularity remained intact?
Today on Please Explain, Brisbane Times editor Sean Parnell joins Nathanael Cooper to bring us up to speed from the other side of the border.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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