By any measure, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is now the most successful female politician in Australian history, poised to take government for a second term.
Labor is on track to win at least 47 seats following Saturday's election, which would give it a majority in Queensland's new 93 seat parliament.
It's a long way from the seven MPs Labor was left with following their decimation in 2012 at the hands of Campbell Newman's Liberal National Party, and it would even be a step-up from the minority government Labor managed against the odds to unseat the LNP after just one term in 2015.
Ms Palaszczuk on Sunday drew a strong line under any suggestions her win over the LNP against the odds in 2015 was a fluke, throwing away the unflattering moniker of the "accidental premier."
"We were coming from a base of seven, then eight then nine, that's a big jump," Ms Palaszczuk said.
"But apparently that was an accident. Well it was no accident."
And she rejected suggestions Labor had performed poorly in the regions, despite losing Bundaberg MP Leanne Donaldson to the LNP and being at risk of losing Mirani MP Jim Pearce to One Nation.
"We have seats from the Torres Strait right through regional Queensland and down to the Gold Coast," she told reporters.
"I think you'll see that where the seats end up landing is a good mix for Labor right across the state."
If Labor does get a majority it conveniently sidesteps a tricky issue for the premier, after she repeatedly ruled out forming minority government with any of the minor parties or independents during the campaign.
Ms Palaszczuk was joined at Rocks Riverside Park at Seventeen Mile Rocks in Brisbane's west by seven of her new Labor MPs from nearby electorates, including Mount Ommaney's Jess Pugh and Aspley's Bart Mellish.
She said it was too early to decide which, if any, of her new colleagues would be given cabinet positions, and she would wait for the final count from the Electoral Commission Queensland.
In 2015 that took two weeks to finalise, but Ms Palaszczuk on Sunday seemed happy to wait for the dust to settle before taking the next step.
"Because, at the end of the day, this is Queenslanders having their say on who they believe is best to run their state," she said.
"I want a Labor majority and I am confident I will get a Labor majority."
