{"id":359484,"date":"2025-04-11T18:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=359484"},"modified":"2025-04-14T15:43:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T05:43:02","slug":"nominations-close-for-federal-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/04\/11\/nominations-close-for-federal-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations Close For Federal Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_194368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194368\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171102voting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-194368\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171102voting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171102voting.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171102voting-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171102voting-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171102voting-263x163.jpg 263w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171102voting-285x177.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">May 3 is Election Day but early voting will open on April 22\u00a0 (Photo: AEC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 11, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The draws for ballot paper positions for the upcoming Federal Election were held on Friday (April 11) at public events in each electorate.<\/p>\n<p>Three Federal Electorates cut across the South Burnett region, each currently held by an LNP MP:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flynn<\/strong> (which includes Wondai and Proston) &#8211; Colin Boyce with a 3.82 per cent margin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maranoa<\/strong> (which includes Wooroolin, Kingaroy, Kumbia and Blackbutt) &#8211; David Littleproud with a 22.12 per cent margin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wide Bay<\/strong> (which includes Murgon, Cherbourg,\u00a0 Goomeri and Kilkivan) &#8211; Llew O&#8217;Brien with an 11.34 per cent margin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Federal Election will be held on Saturday, May 3, but pre-poll voting will begin at various locations from April 22.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(We will publish a final list of early voting centres when it is available, but at this stage there will be a location in Kingaroy and Nanango. We will publish a full list of local polling booths when it is available, too).<\/p>\n<p>All early voting centres will be closed on Anzac Day, April 25.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for Postal Votes are now open (more information is on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aec.gov.au\/election\/pva.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AEC website<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are a record number of voters enrolled across Australia for this Federal Election.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Australian Electoral Commission, 18,098,797 people are enrolled to vote ie. 98.2 per cent of eligible Australians.<\/p>\n<p>This is 870,000 more people who have enrolled since the 2022 Federal Election.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, voting is compulsory.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Flynn<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>In ballot paper order:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">ANDERSON, John &#8211; Independent<br \/>\nMADELL, Helen &#8211; Labor<br \/>\nZUNKER, Peter &#8211; Trumpet Of Patriots<br \/>\nDORIAN, Peter &#8211; Family First<br \/>\nBAMBRICK, Paul &#8211; Greens<br \/>\nPRICE, Lance &#8211; People First<br \/>\nSCOTT, Duncan &#8211; Independent<br \/>\n* BOYCE, Colin &#8211; Liberal National<br \/>\nHARRIS, David &#8211; One Nation<\/p>\n<p><em>NB. * Sitting member<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Maranoa<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>In ballot paper order:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">DRAPER, Rod &#8211; People First<br \/>\n* LITTLEPROUD, David &#8211; Liberal National<br \/>\nJOHNSTON, Elizabeth &#8211; Greens<br \/>\nOFFERDAHL, Michael &#8211; Libertarian<br \/>\nWHITTLE, John &#8211; Family First<br \/>\nNEWMAN, Alex &#8211; Labor<br \/>\nCUMES, Jonathan &#8211; Trumpet Of Patriots<br \/>\nDUNCAN, Sharon &#8211; One Nation<\/p>\n<p><em>NB. * Sitting member<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><strong>Wide Bay<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>In ballot paper order:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">KENNINGALE, Kirsti &#8211; Family First<br \/>\nCHALMERS, Elliott &#8211; Labor<br \/>\nBURGESS, Chad &#8211; One Nation<br \/>\n* O&#8217;BRIEN, Llew &#8211; Liberal National<br \/>\nIDDON, Casey &#8211; Independent<br \/>\nBUHSE, Emma &#8211; Greens<br \/>\nPENNICOTT, Gabrial &#8211; Trumpet Of Patriots<\/p>\n<p><em>NB. * Sitting member<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>[UPDATED]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The draws for ballot paper positions for the upcoming Federal Election were held on Friday (April 11) at public events in each electorate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":194368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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