By Lauren Ferri For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 02:11 BST, 26 May 2019 | Updated: 02:11 BST, 26 May 2019
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Inner-city voters have been slammed for opposing the implementation of the Adani mine and calling for a 'Quexit', separating Queensland from the rest of the country following the result of the shock federal election.
Thousands of Australians took to social media to joke that the nation should 'cut Queensland loose' after support for Labor collapsed in the state, costing the party and Bill Shorten the election.
Posts on Twitter showed a map of the country, however Queensland was replaced with the ocean, accompanied by the word 'Quexit' - in reference to Britain's Brexit from the European Union.
Liberal National MP Ken O'Dowd, who managed to retain his marginal seat of Flynn, has since slammed 'ignorant' inner-city voters for their reaction to the election result.
Inner-city voters have been slammed for opposing the implementation of the Adani mine and calling for a 'Quexit'
Thousands of Australians took to social media to joke that the nation should 'cut Queensland loose' after the Coalition claimed victory
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, voters have blamed the Labor party's failure to connect with voters in Queensland for the loss.
'These people don't even know where central Queensland is,' Mr O'Dowd said.
'They should come and have a look and see what this country is about.'
Traditional Labor voters deserted their party at the ballot box after Bill Shorten vowed to change the nation and take 'real action' on climate
