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Queensland election 2015: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson takes lead in vote count of Lockyer

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson may be set for a political comeback, as she leads the Queensland election count in the seat of Lockyer by more than 300 votes.

Counting in the electorate in rural southern Queensland has now put that seat in doubt, ABC election analyst Antony Green says.

"She's had a significant swing to her and is in the running to win the seat," he said.

Liberal National Party candidate Ian Rickuss has held the seat since 2004.

About 6:45pm (AEST), Ms Hanson was leading by about 365 votes after preferences.

If she wins, she would be the fourth crossbench MP, with a hung parliament in Queensland still a possibility as tight contests continue in several seats.

The ALP achieved one of the biggest swings in Australian political history in Saturday's state election, which saw LNP leader and Premier Campbell Newman, along with a swag of his MPs, lose their seats.

However, Green said he expected further counting would weaken Ms Hanson's position.

"It is likely her preference flows will be weaker in polling places with a higher Labor vote," he said.

"That means the LNP could still be favoured to win Lockyer, but as I do in all electorates, I have classified the current total in the seat by who my calculations suggest is ahead, and at this stage that is One Nation's Pauline Hanson."

One Nation previously held Lockyer from 1998 to 2004, first by local vet Peter Prenzler and then Bill Flynn from 2001.

The seat covers more than 3,000 square kilometres between Toowoomba and Ipswich, taking in Grandchester, Laidley, Gatton and Helidon.

The electorate also has a panhandle that stretches east on the southern side of Ipswich as far as Greenbank.

Counting continues as Gaven and Whitsunday remain in doubt
The latest figures suggest Labor could still make it to the 45 seats needed to govern in its own right, but counting could drag on for days.

Green said there had been a big swing to Labor in the Gold Coast seat of Gaven, which could give the ALP enough seats to claim a majority in Parliament if it also won Maryborough.

"At this stage it's impossible to see how the LNP can end up with more seats than Labor," he said.

"Labor has a definite 43 seats - it remains in a strong position to win Maryborough, which would take Labor to 44 seats, while Whitsunday remains in doubt and Gaven is now also in doubt.

"A victory in either seat would deliver Labor a 45th seat and majority government.

"Mansfield now appears to be a victory for the LNP, though the lead may narrow with the counting of absent votes.

"So it seems that Gaven and Whitsunday are now the two seats that will determine whether Labor falls short of, or achieves, majority government."

Wellington, KAP MPs willing to negotiate
If Labor cannot govern in its own right, leader Annastacia Palaszczuk would need support to form a minority government.

Independent MP Peter Wellington and the two Katter Party MPs have said they were willing to talk to both sides.

Rob Katter said he and fellow KAP MP Shane Knuth still hoped to wield influence in the new Parliament.

Mr Katter said Labor should talk to him and Mr Knuth even if it managed to get across the line.

"They may not need us but they're one scandal away, or someone resigning due to ill health away, from not having government, so they'll certainly be a lot kinder to us than the last government was and I think they'll be a lot kinder listeners," Mr Katter said.

Mr Wellington said while he was willing to negotiate with the LNP, he would not be if former treasurer Tim Nicholls was leader.

"I am already on the parliamentary record making some very critical comments to some of the Campbell Newman leadership team," he said.

"It would be very, very difficult for me to support some of those people to continue another two and half or three years of government in Queensland

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FORMER POWER RANGER FATALLY STABS ROOMMATE WITH SWORD IN GREEN VALLEY, LASD CONFIRMS

Former Power Ranger fatally stabs roommate with sword in Green Valley
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have arrested Ricardo Medina, Jr., who is best known for his role as the red Power Ranger, in connection with fatally stabbing his roommate with a sword in their Green Valley home.

Medina, 36, was booked for murder at Palmdale Sheriff's Station. He was being held in lieu of $1 million.

"He is a great friend and a great client. It's something I can't even conceive. I don't see that in him. He was a very helpful guy and great with his dog. It's such a shock," said Gar Lester, Medina's former agent who has known the actor for 12 years.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies said Medina called 911 at about 3:50 p.m. to report the stabbing in his home in the 38000 block of San Francisquito Canyon Road.

Sheriff's deputies said Medina got into an argument that turned into a physical fight with his roommate Joshua Sutter, 36. Sutter allegedly followed Medina and his girlfriend into their room by forcing the door open. Medina then stabbed Sutter in the abdomen with a sword kept next to the bedroom door.

Sutter was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

Neighbors say Medina, who has only lived in the home for about two months, kept to himself.

"We brought him some bread and just tried to interact a little bit with him, but he was more of the, you know, the type of guy that didn't really want to communicate," said neighbor Justin Adamson.

Medina played the Red Lion Wild Force Ranger in 2002, according to IMDB.

Jason Faunt, a fellow Power Ranger and close friend, says he's stunned by the alleged crime.

"I was just with him a couple of months ago and he seemed great. He seemed like himself," Faunt said.

Sutter's sister, who didn't want to talk on camera, says her brother told her Medina was a little crazy and that the two of them had been having problems.

Faunt and Lester, Medina's former agent, believe there is more to the story.

"You're just shocked by it cause you think he's not capable of that. He seems too gentle of a person to be that way," Faunt said.

Medina is set to make his first appearance in court Tuesday morning.

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As for the Jeep Wrangler, the petrol model is ok but I'm not fussed on the diesel, which is made by VM in Italy. Not terribly gutsy or reliable.

is it shorter than prado? or same same

Gable Tostee jailed in NSW for high-speed cross-border police chase in dad’s car

Gable Tostee has been jailed for 10 months for his role in a police pursuit on July 27 last year.

GABLE Tostee is back behind bars after being sent to jail in NSW for a a drunken, high-speed cross-border police pursuit in his dad’s car.
Tostee, who is on bail for for murder in Queensland, looked shocked as he was jailed for 10 months for the unrelated offence in Tweed Heads Local Court.
He will serve six months before being released on parole.
He waved to his visibly stunned parents as he was led to the cells by police.
Tostee, 28, pleaded guilty to speeding and being involved in a police pursuit which the court heard reached speeds of almost 200km/h and ended with sparks flying from Tostee’s tyre rims after officers deployed road spikes.
The charges relate to an incident on July 27 last year, three weeks before he was charged with the Queensland murder.
He had been at the Splendour in the Grass music festival at Byron Bay and was sleeping in his father’s car when friends woke him and asked him to drive them back to the Gold Coast to get into a nightclub before the 3am lockout.
The court was told that about 2.20am, police saw the Ford Falcon travelling without number plates on the Pacific Highway at about 150km/h.
A pursuit commenced and reached 195km/h before road spikes were deployed near the Queensland-NSW border.
But Tostee continued to drive with sparks flying from the rims before being stopped about 1km into Queensland.
He registered a blood alcohol reading of .2 per cent, four times the legal limit.
Defence barrister Peter O’Connor said Tostee had been ‘brutalised’ during three months spent in jail in Queensland before bring granted bail, and was ‘terrified’ of going back inside.
He tendered several psychiatric reports, references and a letter from Tostee to the court which heard he suffered from a range of psychological problems including attention deficits disorder,
obsessive compulsive disorder and and alcohol abuse issues.
But magistrate Michael Dakin said it was the second time Tostee had been charged over a police pursuit and noted he also had four drink-driving convictions.
He said Tostee had travelled at ‘grossly high’ speeds while highly intoxicated and he and his passengers were at ‘great risk’.
He said although Tostee had shown ‘genuine remorse and contrition’, a full-time custodial sentence was the only option.
Mr Dakin sentenced Tostee to 10 months’ jail and disqualified him from driving for three years.
Tostee is due to face Southport Magistrates Court in March on the drink-driving charge as that alleged offence happened in Queensland.