{"id":370034,"date":"2026-03-10T18:49:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=370034"},"modified":"2026-03-10T19:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:07:47","slug":"redistribution-to-slice-off-towns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/03\/10\/redistribution-to-slice-off-towns\/","title":{"rendered":"Redistribution To Slice Off Towns"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_356168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356168\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/debfrecklington3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-356168\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/debfrecklington3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 10, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sections of the South Burnett will be sliced from the State Electorate of Nanango under a proposed redistribution by the independent Queensland Redistribution Commission (QRC).<\/p>\n<p>Nanango Electorate, currently held by Attorney-General Deb Frecklington, would lose Proston, Durong, Mondure, Goomeri and Kilkivan to the Electorate of Callide, currently held by the LNP&#8217;s Bryson Head.<\/p>\n<p>It would gain Crows Nest and Ravensbourne from the Condamine Electorate, currently held by the LNP&#8217;s Pat Weir.<\/p>\n<p>Crows Nest was formerly part of Nanango Electorate prior to 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redistributions are carried out every few years to ensure each electoral district contains a similar number of voters.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The last redistribution was carried out in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/submission.redistribution.ecq.qld.gov.au\/s\/objections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Objections<\/a> <\/strong>to the proposed new boundaries must be lodged with the QRC before April 9.<\/p>\n<p>If they go ahead as proposed, the new boundaries will come into effect for the next State general election in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Any State by-elections held before then would be conducted using the existing boundaries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>External links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecq.qld.gov.au\/electoral-boundaries\/state-electorate-redistributions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Redistribution Process<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redistribution.ecq.qld.gov.au\/public-consultation\/the-commissions-proposed-redistribution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Proposed Redistributions<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sections of the South Burnett will be sliced from the State Electorate of Nanango under a proposed redistribution by the independent Queensland Redistribution Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":356169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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