| In 2007 Queensland and Labor were wedded at the hip. Kevin Rudd even celebrated the nuptials at Brisbane’s holiest site — Suncorp Stadium. But since then the Sunshine State has steadily cooled on the federal ALP, like a steamy whirlwind romance in which it turns out the participants have nothing in common. Today Anthony Albanese sought to relight that flame and got very hot and heavy at a rally of the Labor faithful in Rudd’s old seat of Griffith. The location was particularly poignant because Labor lost Griffith to the Greens in a shock result at the last election. They say that if you love something set it free but that definitely does not apply in politics, which has more of a “if you love something kill anybody who looks at it sideways” kind of vibe. ANALYSIS: The issue Albo and Dutton have ignored … until now Cartoonist Sean Leahy's take on the fallout from Donald Trump's tariffs. CHECK OUT MORE GREAT CARTOONS HERE Now Labor wants Griffith back but insiders fear it has moved on and the ALP has a better chance of winning the inner-city seat of Brisbane, which flipped from Liberal to Green at the last election without so much as a peck on the cheek for Labor on the way past. Meanwhile the third Green seat of Ryan is tipped to return to the LNP, which is generally accepted as being part of God’s plan. But all of these three-cornered contests are notoriously hard to poll and thus notoriously hard to call — it all depends on which party finishes in third place and how their preferences flow. It is messier than a menage a trois and this makes Brisbane a hotbed of political intrigue. READ JOE HILDEBRAND'S FULL ANALYSIS HERE | 