Australia news live: Queensland Labor ahead in Stafford byelection despite large swing

<p>Follow the day’s news live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Good morning and welcome to our Sunday live news blog. I’m <strong>Stephanie Convery</strong> and I’ll be bringing you all the top stories today.</p><p>First up, Labor has likely won a Queensland byelection despite a 4.1% swing against them. The party was ahead with almost 80% of ballots counted for the inner northern Brisbane seat of Stafford late on Saturday evening, but the final determination could come down to postal votes. More on that shortly.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/may/17/australia-news-live-stafford-queensland-labor-lnp-jim-chalmers-federal-budget-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-aukus-coalition-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>