{"id":36366,"date":"2017-05-03T18:21:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T08:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=36366"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:49:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:49:40","slug":"at-her-discretion-queensland-election-speculation-qldaah-qldpol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/at-her-discretion-queensland-election-speculation-qldaah-qldpol\/","title":{"rendered":"At her discretion: Queensland election speculation – @Qldaah #qldpol"},"content":{"rendered":"
A short blog for those who like to speculate on the Queensland election date.<\/h6>\n

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May\u00a03, 2017<\/h2>\n

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk<\/a>\u00a0is loving keeping everyone guessing as to when\u00a0the next state election will be. The last possible date is Saturday, May 5, 2018. The 45th Queensland parliament is the final three year flexible term before Queensland transitions to four year fixed. It means the premier has at her discretion when to visit the Queensland Governor<\/a>.\u00a0Complicating things further, Queensland has undergone an electoral redistribution and increased the number of seats from eighty-nine to ninety three.<\/p>\n

Tardy for a media conference on this subject in February, the premier mischievously joked with reporters as to her\u00a0reason.<\/p>\n

“Sorry I’m late. I’ve just been up to see the governor,” she announced,\u00a0pausing for effect. “We had a really good regular catch-up.”<\/p>\n