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Help back in proportional representation for QLD councils
The Queensland government has recently announced plans to introduce proportional representation to some council elections as part of a broad set of reforms. This proposal is a significant improvement...
View ArticleHow many numbers is too many?
I wrote yesterday about the Queensland government’s slate of reforms to Queensland local government elections, most of which I think are excellent. I focused on the shift to proportional representation...
View ArticleBrisbane City – draft redistribution margins
The Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) last Friday released the draft boundaries for the Brisbane City Council election, due in March 2020. I’ve now put together a map of the electoral...
View ArticleVoting system change boosts Labor and Greens in Brisbane City
I posted back in March about the Queensland government’s proposed reforms to local government in that state. The reforms include a bunch of other changes to electoral finance and council procedures,...
View ArticleQueensland government backflips on compulsory preferences for councils
The Queensland government has dropped the key piece of its council reform package, by abandoning plans to change the council voting system, a change that would have likely boosted Labor’s chances of...
View ArticleBy-election coming up in Currumbin
There will be a by-election in a marginal LNP seat in Queensland in the next few months after Liberal National MP Jann Stuckey announced her resignation. Stuckey has held Currumbin since 2004 and won...
View ArticleBundamba by-election scheduled for March 28
Another election in Queensland has been scheduled for the final weekend in March, with a second state by-election announced for that date. March 28 is already the election date for council elections...
View ArticlePodcast #34: COVID-19 and Queensland elections
Ben is joined by Glenn Kefford and Chris Salisbury from the University of Queensland to discuss the Queensland state by-elections and the City of Brisbane election, as well as the impact of the...
View ArticleStretton by-election guide
There is a by-election coming up this Saturday in the Queensland state seat of Stretton, following the death of Labor MP Duncan Pegg in early June. The seat covers the southern fringe of the City of...
View ArticleQueensland ward boundary changes concluded
Queensland’s local councils will be up for election next March. Numerous Queensland councils, including the urban councils of the south-east, use single-member wards (called “divisions” in Queensland)....
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