We’ll be back in election mode on the other side of Christmas
Three-year terms mean that the government, after just 20 months in power, will start pulling down the new policy shutters, with the opposition dialling everything up to 11.
As Annastacia Palaszczuk shuffles off into the sunset, it is worth noting one of her lesser-known achievements – the introduction of four-year terms in Queensland state politics.
Palaszczuk secured the change with a referendum held in March 2016, on the same day as the state’s local government elections. Critically, the proposal had the support of the opposition, and the Yes vote scraped across the line with 53 per cent.
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