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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is visiting the Governor after winning the Queensland election, with Labor securing at least 47 seats and majority government.
She is the first female Premier in Australia to be returned to office at an election.
Ms Palaszczuk is currently visiting Governor Paul de Jersey.
She will address the media later this afternoon.
This morning Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls called Ms Palaszczuk to concede and wish her well for the future.
He also announced he would stand down from the LNP leadership.
Labor has won at least 47 seats in the expanded 93-seat Parliament, the LNP has at least 37.
The two-seat majority gives Ms Palaszczuk some breathing room — in 2015 she relied on crossbenchers to govern.
This campaign she repeatedly promised not to form government with crossbench support even if it meant going into opposition.
Queensland's 56th Parliament will have one of the most diverse crossbenches in years.
The state has its first elected Greens MP, the Katter's Australian Party's ranks expand to three, while One Nation has an MP for the first time since 2009.
Cabinet positions will be decided in the next few days, with the full ministry to be sworn in on Tuesday.
More to come.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, political-parties, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, one-nation, minor-parties, greens, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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