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-bil...
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.
