Katter, Greens want more state MPs. When will the LNP and Labor act?
The decentralized nature of our politics is absolutely difficult for the removal of regional seats between Big Four (Cook, Trader, Gregory and Warrego).
Catter is not alone on this limb in 2025. The recent presentation of the greens to the Independent Reduction Commission proposed that the state should be needed between 20 to 37 new seats.
KAP State Members Robbie Catter, Shane Knuth and Nick Dametto.Credit: William Davis
But the big parties do not want to talk about it. When asked whether he was open to the Qatter’s proposal on Friday, the Crisafulli government (again) refused to respond.
Instead, his office pointed to a question on Thursday, in response to a question about how Knuth’s seat would be represented properly if the seat was removed.
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Crisafullli, “I make this commitment to people: the seats fell, who represented them, something is certain and I know that this situation is greater than Brisbane,” he said.
Labour’s presentation “restricted it to protecting 93 seats, enabling Queenslander’s votes to carry equal weight, which did not call for change.
Opposition leader Steven Miles would not be drawn to answer the question directly at a Friday media conference, instead of reiterating the party’s concern. Independence of the Reduction Process.
(The shift of Little Business Minister Steve Minnikin to the former minister and Pine Rivers Labor Deputy Nikki Boyd on Tuesday, the concerns that he did nothing to make it easier to be interested in you ”.)
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Before the election of 2024, some revealed the idea of an independent parliamentary committee to take a look. These and other topics. Both big parties did not really interfere with this idea.
Considering that long and consultation-agric retesting works are already continuing and cannot consider the need for more seats, the government does not seem unlikely to make such a change.
The terminated selection map will be in force for the 2028 elections, the next redrawing is not until the aftermath of 2032 – a parliamentary vote would change it to increase the number of seats.
The polling shows that the public is at least at the federal level. not to support more politicians.
Another thing that the public does not explicitly supports is that they feel not heard by those chosen to represent them.
With the number of voters in each seat only increases every year, the risk of passing through any reluctance for more deputies is not more installed in parliament.
This is another thing that big parties ignore the dangers.
Be careful
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