{"id":194699,"date":"2017-11-07T20:11:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T10:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=194699"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:17:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T03:17:35","slug":"greens-take-top-spot-on-callide-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/11\/07\/greens-take-top-spot-on-callide-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens Take Top Spot On Callide Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Member for Callide Jeff Seeney celebrates the sealing of a section of the Monto-Mt Perry Road … he is retiring from the seat at the November 25 election (Photo: jeffseeney.com.au)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Greens candidate for Callide Jaiben Baker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 7, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Six candidates will be vying for the seat of Callide at the State Election on November 25.<\/p>\n

Sitting LNP Member and former Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney – who has held the seat since 1998 – announced earlier this year that he would not re-stand at the next election.<\/p>\n

The LNP has nominated Taroom grazier and businessman Colin Boyce to contest the seat.<\/p>\n

At the ballot draw held on Tuesday afternoon, Greens candidate Jaiben Baker took the top spot.<\/p>\n

Then followed Robbie Radel (Katter’s Australian Party), Darren Blackwood (ALP), Colin Boyce (LNP), Sandra Anderson (Independent) and Sharon Lohse (Pauline Hanson’s One Nation).<\/p>\n

Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

NB. Remember that electorate boundaries have changed. Check the new boundaries for Callide here<\/a> <\/strong>(2.75Mb PDF)<\/p>\n

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A list of polling booths for the November 25 State Election has been released by the ECQ (Photo: AEC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Information For Voters<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Applications for postal votes opened on October 29 and close on November 22.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Postal voting and Electoral Visitor voting began at 4:00pm on Tuesday. The cut-off for the return of postal ballot papers is 5:00pm on Tuesday, December 5.<\/p>\n

Pre-poll voting in person will begin at 9:00am on Monday, November 13, and will close at 6:00pm on Friday, November 24.<\/p>\n

Pre-poll voting in Callide electorate will be available at:<\/strong><\/p>\n