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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk … wants fixed 4-year terms<\/figcaption><\/figure> February 8, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

A campaign to convince Queenslanders to allow the State’s politicians to sit for an extra year will begin this week.<\/p>\n

Queensland currently has variable three-year terms, which means the government of the day is able to set the election date to its advantage.<\/p>\n

But both the ruling Labor Party and the LNP Opposition are pushing for fixed four-year terms to bring Queensland into line with every other state except Tasmania, which has four-year non-fixed terms.<\/p>\n

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Friday signed the writ for a referendum on the proposed change, which will be held alongside the March 19 Council elections.<\/p>\n

Ms Palaszczuk said the Electoral Commission of Queensland would start an awareness campaign from Saturday and Governor Paul de Jersey would officially issue the writ on Monday.<\/p>\n

The referendum is being conducted after the Government and Opposition both supported the move to fixed four-year terms through the passage of the Constitution (Fixed Term Parliament) Amendment Bill 2015 last year.<\/p>\n

“Queensland is the only State without four-year terms,” the Premier said.<\/p>\n

The State Government has allocated $11.5 million to ECQ to conduct the referendum and, after working with the Local Government Association of Queensland, will provide a $3.7 million subsidy for local government to cover the cost of holding the referendum in conjunction with the council elections.<\/p>\n

The saving for Queensland taxpayers – compared to holding a separate referendum – is $5.1 million.<\/p>\n

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Yvette D\u2019Ath said the Government and Opposition would finalise a “yes” case committee.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We have taken a bipartisan approach to this issue, seeking to work constructively to ensure the best outcome for the future of Queensland\u2019s system of government,” Mrs D\u2019Ath said.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s only right that the people of Queensland have their say.”<\/p>\n

Premier Palaszczuk said she believed four-year fixed terms would bring certainty and save taxpayers money by reducing the number of elections by one third.<\/p>\n

Katter’s Australian Party will be in charge of the “no” campaign, she said.<\/p>\n

The changes, if passed, would come into effect after the next election in early 2018.<\/p>\n

They would mean future State elections would be held on the last weekend of October every four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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