The issue of abortion has dogged the LNP during the campaign, with LNP leader David Crisafulli refusing to rule out a conscience vote where MPs are not forced to toe the party line should they win government.
Linzi Wilson-Wilde has submitted a business case to the state government for a new building, which she says could be constructed on the existing precinct.
Labor would face an electoral wipe-out in Queensland if last weekend's by-election results were repeated in the October state election, but the LNP isn't taking anything for granted.
Just like excited schoolkids, newly-minted ministers looked for their seats. The buzz was also due to one big change — for the first time in 40 years, there was no Palaszczuk in the house.
As a state government, sometimes a good old-fashioned fight with the feds can pay off politically, especially in a parochial state like Queensland, writes Jessica van Vonderen.