Queensland election 2015: Annastacia Palaszczuk sworn in as Premier

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Queensland Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk has been sworn in as the state's 39th Premier at Government House in Brisbane.

Ms Palaszczuk took the oath of allegiance at a ceremony which began at 9:00am, two weeks to the day after Queenslanders went to the polls.

"I congratulate you on your appointment," Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey said as Ms Palaszczuk signed the paperwork to install her as the new Premier.

Ms Palaszczuk's swearing in was followed by two others - Jackie Trad as Deputy Premier and Curtis Pitt as Treasurer.

Ms Trad said the new Premier's priority would be creating jobs.

"She will be absolutely driving up jobs growth in this state because Queenslanders need jobs, working Queensland families need that income so they can lead decent lives," Ms Trad said.

"And I know Annastacia's passionate about it, we all are."

Ms Palaszczuk, Ms Trad and Mr Pitt will share all portfolios until a full ministry is sworn in the coming days.

Ms Trad said she was ready to do what was asked of her.

"It's up to Annastacia to allocate those portfolios and I look forward to working with her in whatever capacity, in whatever portfolio she gives me," she said.

"There's a lot of work to do in Queensland and I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it with Annastacia and Curtis and the rest of the Labor team."

With her appointment, Ms Palaszczuk became the first woman to be elected as Premier from Opposition.

It was also the first time the top two jobs have gone to women.

Following this morning's ceremony, the Premier made her way north to the Wide Bay region for the funeral of Bundaberg's first female mayor, Nita Cunningham.

Ms Cunningham died in hospital a week ago, aged 75.

After bring appointed to the role of Bundaberg mayor in 1991 she entered state Parliament as the Labor member for Bundaberg in 1998.

In 2000 she joined Peter Beattie's cabinet as minister for Local Government and Planning.

She left politics in 2006 for health reasons.

Ms Palaszczuk was commissioned as Queensland Premier following a meeting with the Queensland Governor on Friday.

Mr de Jersey invited her to form government after the Electoral Commission of Queensland declared the 89 seats that make up state Parliament earlier that day.

"It's an extremely humbling experience," she said outside Government House on Friday.

Labor won 44 seats and will have the crucial 45 to form a minority government with the support of independent Peter Wellington.

The MP for Nicklin on the Sunshine Coast said on Friday he was proud to be backing Ms Palaszczuk to form a minority government.

The Liberal National Party finished the election with 42 seats and Katter's Australian Party (KAP) with two seats - although it has yet to announce which party it will back.

KAP MP Rob Katter said he and Shane Knuth wanted to work with Labor to achieve positive changes in the state.

"We sit on the cross benches for a purpose cause we are not aligned with the LNP we are not aligned with the ALP but I guess in the context of the previous parliament where we were all treated like rubbish by the government I think we can quite easily have a happy working relationship with the ALP."

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