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The 2024 Council Election has been brought forward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 21, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next year’s Council elections have been brought forward to March 16 because of a clash with Easter.<\/p>\n

State Cabinet on Friday approved the move, which was advised by the Electoral Commission of Queensland.<\/p>\n

The election had been scheduled to be held on March 30, but this clashes with Easter Saturday next year and the first weekend of the school holidays.<\/p>\n

Deputy Premier Steven Miles said the fact that many Queenslanders would be on holidays would mean a big increase in postal and telephone votes, potentially creating delays to declaring election results.<\/p>\n

A similar situation happened in 2016 when the date was moved to the week before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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