{"id":32068,"date":"2016-04-26T19:40:54","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T09:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=32068"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:54:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:54:15","slug":"redclaw-politics-in-the-unicameral-state-analysis-qldaah-qldpol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/redclaw-politics-in-the-unicameral-state-analysis-qldaah-qldpol\/","title":{"rendered":"Redclaw politics in the unicameral state – Analysis: @Qldaah #qldpol"},"content":{"rendered":"
How Queensland’s electoral voting system was reformed within the space of a month.<\/h6>\n

\"Redclaw<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Table of contents<\/h6>\n
Jump to comments section.<\/a><\/h6>\n
Redclaw politics.<\/a><\/h6>\n
Post-Fitzgerald Inquiry era.<\/a><\/h6>\n
The Representation Bill.<\/a><\/h6>\n
Eighteen minutes in Hell.<\/a><\/h6>\n
Blood, teeth and claws.<\/a><\/h6>\n
.<\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n

Redclaw politics<\/h2>\n

Call it a Coup d’\u00e9tat, a reform, an upheaval or the trashing of the legacy of the Fitzgerald Inquiry, Queensland now has a new set of election rules. The Queensland Liberal National Party’s (LNP) dogmatic quest for more electorates has led to the unexpected reintroduction of compulsory preferential voting (CPV) by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s<\/a>\u00a0minority Labor Government.<\/p>\n

The changes mean an additional four electorates will be created taking the total number of state MPs to ninety-three. Also, for the ballot paper to be valid, Queensland voters must\u00a0number all of the boxes. It switches the system from\u00a0optional preferential voting (OPV) which allowed voters to number as many boxes as they liked.<\/p>\n

This change also shuts down the “Just Vote 1” election campaign which, tended to advantage the government of the day by exhausting the vote through OPV. Both Labor and the LNP have utilised the\u00a0“Just Vote 1” scheme\u00a0during\u00a0the Peter Beattie<\/a> Labor Government, the Anna Bligh<\/a> Labor government, and most recently, the Campbell Newman<\/a> LNP Government.<\/p>\n

Both of the modifications will ultimately join a March public referendum<\/a>\u00a0amendment taking Queensland to fixed four year terms from the\u00a0flexible three.<\/p>\n

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Naked, Red Claw Politics, proving 4yr terms minus upper house a joke. Government trumps LNP on election law https:\/\/t.co\/uCXUEmN6Yp<\/a> #qldpol<\/a><\/p>\n

— Graeme Orr (@Graeme_Orr) April 21, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n