Queensland election 2015: Annastacia Palaszczuk sworn in as new Premier

Extract from ABC News

Updated 8 minutes ago Sat 14 Feb 2015, 9:35am

Photo: Treasurer Curtis Pitt, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey and Kaye de Jersey with Deputy Premier Jackie Trad following this morning's ceremony. (ABC News: Chris O'Brien)

Queensland Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk has been sworn in as the state's 39th Premier at Government House in Brisbane this morning.

Ms Palaszczuk took the oaths of allegiance at a ceremony which began at 9:00am, coming two weeks to the day after Queenslanders went to the polls.
"I congratulate you on your appointment," Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey said as Ms Palaszczuk signed the paperwork to install her as the new Premier.
Ms Palaszczuk's swearing in was followed by two others - Jackie Trad as Deputy Premier and Curtis Pitt as the Treasurer.
The three will share all portfolios over the coming days until a full ministry is sworn in sometime in the coming days.
Ms Palaszczuk was commissioned as the state's next premier following a meeting with the Queensland Governor yesterday.
He invited her to form government following the Electoral Commission of Queensland declaring the 89 seats which make up state parliament earlier that day.

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"It's an extremely humbling experience," she said outside Government House on Friday.
An interim ministry will also be sworn in this morning.
Labor won 44 electorates and will have the crucial 45 to form a minority government with the support of independent Peter Wellington.

The MP for Nicklin on the Sunshine Coast yesterday said he was proud to be backing Ms Palaszczuk to form a minority government.
The Liberal National Party finished the election with 42 seats and Katter's Australian Party (KAP) with two seats - although they have yet to announce which party they would back.
KAP MP Rob Katter said he and Shane Knuth wanted to work with Labor to achieve positive changes in the state.

"We sit on the cross benches for a purpose cause we are not aligned with the LNP we are not aligned with the ALP but I guess in the context of the previous parliament where we were all treated like rubbish by the government I think we can quite easily have a happy working relationship with the ALP."