Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she is deeply disappointed over Labor's election loss in Queensland and the party needs to respect the message sent by the state's voters.
Gillard, who is in Seoul for nuclear disarmament talks, says she had telephoned incoming Liberal National Party premier Campbell Newman to congratulate him.
She also had spoken with outgoing Labor premier Anna Bligh, who she described as a "woman of great capacity with a great heart".
Gillard says she's a Labor person so obviously to see an election loss like that for Labor is a deep, deep disappointment.
She says the people of Queensland have not only spoken a message to Queensland Labor, they have shouted it and that message needs to be respected.
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