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==Queensland's Gerrymander==
Queensland, from [[1948]] until the reforms following the end of the [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen|Bjelke-Petersen]] era, had a system of electoral zoning that could be used by the government of the day to maximise its own voter support at the expense of the opposition. It has been called a form of [[gerrymander]], however it is more accurately referred to as an [[
The Queensland "gerrymander", first introduced by the [[Australian Labor Party]] government of [[Edward Hanlon|Ned Hanlon]] in [[1949]] used a series of electoral zones. While the number of electors in each seat in a zone was roughly equal, there was considerable variation in the number of electors between zones. Thus an electorate in the remote zone might have as few as 5,000 electors, while a seat in the metropolitan zone might have as many as 25,000.
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In [[1989]] Labor was returned to office, promising to implement the recommendations of the [[Fitzgerald Inquiry]] into police corruption, including the establishment of an Electoral and Administrative Reform Commission (EARC). EARC recommended the abolition of the zonal system, and its replacement of a "modified one vote, one value" system. Under this proposal, subsequently adopted, most electorates consisted of approximately the same number of electors, with a greater tolerance for fewer electors allowed in a limited number of remote electorates.
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==See also==
*[[Parliaments of the Australian states and territories]]
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