Compulsory Preferential Voting Returns To Queensland

icyfroth — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 08:54:02 GMT

Major voting changes have been passed in Queensland, with Parliament approving four more MPs and a return to compulsory preferential voting.

In what was a see-saw battle for control of the legislative agenda, Labor managed to force through an amendment to a Liberal National Party (LNP) bill.

Key points:

'Just vote one' scrapped in surprise laws
ALP would have got 8 extra seats in 2015 under compulsory preferential voting
LNP outraged over lack of consultation
It will now be compulsory to number every square on the ballot box, a move which would have given Labor an extra eight seats and a majority government in last year's election.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-21/compulsory-prefential-voting-returns-qld-parliament-passes-bill/7348172

The LNP have called it "an act of bustardry". Well what else could be expected? It's not about running the country after all, it's about bums on seats in parliament.

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Compulsory Preferential Voting Returns To Queensland