Australian Electoral Commission

2006

REDISTRIBUTION OF QUEENSLAND

INTO 29 ELECTORAL DIVISIONS

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

Section 75

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CONTENTS

PART 1 REDISTRIBUTION OF QUEENSLAND INTO ELECTORAL DIVISIONS

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1.1 Determination made by the augmented Electoral

Commission for Queensland

2 1.2 Reasons for the determination made by the augmented

Electoral Commission for Queensland

3 1.3 Statistical summary 11 1.4 Description of the method used to calculate the area of

Electoral Divisions

13 1.5 General description of each Electoral Division 13

Appendix A Composition of the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland and the Redistribution Committee for Queensland

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Appendix B List of Public Objections lodged with the Australian Electoral Commission pursuant to Section 69(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

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Appendix C List of Comments on Public Objections lodged with the Australian Electoral Commission pursuant to Section 69(3) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

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Appendix D List of persons who appeared at the public inquiry into Public Objections held by the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland, Longreach, 21 August 2006

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Appendix E List of persons who appeared at the public inquiry into Public Objections held by the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland, Brisbane, 30 August 2006

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Appendix F Guidelines for the naming of Commonwealth Electoral Divisions

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Appendix G Redistribution timetable 64

PART 2 ENCLOSURES

Redistribution Statistics; Public Suggestions to the Redistribution Committee; Comments on Public Suggestions; Report – 2006 Proposed Redistribution of Queensland into Electoral Divisions; Public Objections to the Proposed Redistribution; Comments on Public Objections to the Proposed Redistribution; Transcript of the Inquiry into Public Objections; PDF maps of Electoral Divisions

Compact

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Composite maps showing the boundaries of the electoral divisions for Queensland as determined by the augmented Electoral Commission.

Paper Maps

PART 1

REDISTRIBUTION OF QUEENSLAND

INTO 29 ELECTORAL DIVISIONS

22 November 2006

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

Sections 73 and 74

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1.1 DETERMINATION MADE BY THE AUGMENTED ELECTORAL COMMISSION FOR QUEENSLAND

Pursuant to section 73 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland hereby determines that the names and boundaries of the electoral divisions into which Queensland is to be distributed are as shown on the maps certified by the members of the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland and lodged in file number 06/1458 at the National Office of the Australian Electoral Commission in Canberra. These maps are numbered in the following sequence

QLD1/2006 Blair QLD16/2006 Hinkler QLD2/2006 Bonner QLD17/2006 Kennedy QLD3/2006 Bowman QLD18/2006 Leichhardt QLD4/2006 Brisbane QLD19/2006 Lilley QLD5/2006 Capricornia QLD20/2006 Longman QLD6/2006 Dawson QLD21/2006 McPherson QLD7/2006 Dickson QLD22/2006 Maranoa QLD8/2006 Fadden QLD23/2006 Moncrieff QLD9/2006 Fairfax QLD24/2006 Moreton QLD10/2006 Fisher QLD25/2006 Oxley QLD11/2006 Flynn QLD26/2006 Petrie QLD12/2006 Forde QLD27/2006 Rankin QLD13/2006 Griffith QLD28/2006 Ryan QLD14/2006 Groom QLD29/2006 Wide Bay QLD15/2006 Herbert

The augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland reached this determination on the basis that it determined the boundaries of the electoral divisions in Queensland, and the names of those divisions, should be as proposed by the Redistribution Committee for Queensland in its Report published on 23 June 2006, subject to the following changes:

(i) the name of the new division shall be Flynn; (ii) the boundaries of Flynn, Capricornia, Maranoa and Hinkler shall be

changed as indicated in paragraph 22 of the Report of the augmented Electoral Commission;

(iii) the further changes to boundaries shall be made that are set out in paragraph 24 of the Report of the augmented Electoral Commission.

J C S Burchett QC Chairperson augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland

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1.2 REASONS FOR THE DETERMINATION MADE BY THE AUGMENTED ELECTORAL COMMISSION FOR QUEENSLAND

Representation of Queensland in the House of Representatives

1. On 17 November 2005 the Electoral Commissioner made a determination of State and Territory entitlements to representation under section 48(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (the Act). By virtue of the determination, Queensland is entitled to 29 members of the House of Representatives, one more than its previous entitlement.

Direction for a redistribution of Queensland electoral divisions

2. Section 59(2) of the Act provides that a redistribution shall be directed whenever a determination under section 48(1) of the Act results in an alteration of the number of members of the House of Representatives to be chosen in a State. Consequently, on 2 December 2005, the Australian Electoral Commission (the Electoral Commission) directed by notice published in the Gazette (S226 Friday 2 December 2005) that a redistribution was to commence in Queensland.

3. At the end of 2 December 2005, the day determined by the Electoral Commission for the redistribution to begin, the number of electors enrolled for the State was 2 471 372.

4. Redistribution 2006 Statistics which show the electoral enrolment figures as at 2 December 2005 were made available on compact disc and on the Australian Electoral Commission website. In addition, copies were printed upon request at all Queensland offices of the Australian Electoral Commission. The statistics were given at the following levels:

Census Collector District (CCD) Statistical Local Area (SLA) Electoral Division State

Quota

5. Under Section 65(2) of the Act, the Electoral Commissioner determined that the quota of electors for Queensland was 85 220 (2 471 372 divided by 29 members). The permitted range of the margin of allowance of 10% below and above the quota would be 76 698 to 93 742. The Act does not permit any greater variation from the quota to be provided for in a redistribution.

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Appointment of the Redistribution Committee for Queensland

6. The next step in the process leading to a redistribution in Queensland was the appointment under s.60 of the Act of a Redistribution Committee for the State.

On 14 March 2006, this committee was appointed, its members being:

Electoral Commissioner Mr Ian Campbell

Australian Electoral Officer Ms Anne Bright for Queensland

Director General Mr Bob McCarthy Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water, that position including the role of Surveyor-General for Queensland

Auditor-General of Queensland Mr Glenn Poole

7. All preconditions having been met, the Redistribution Committee (the Committee) made a proposed redistribution of Queensland under s.66 of the Act, stating its reasons in writing; caused the notice required by s.68(1)(c) of the Act to be published in the Gazette; and took the other steps required by s.68.

Objections and Comments

8. A total of 189 Objections (although a substantial proportion of these were in the same or a similar form) was received, and as well, 43 Comments on Objections were received.

Augmented Electoral Commission

9. By s.70(1) of the Act there is established for the purposes of any such redistribution an augmented Electoral Commission for the relevant State or Territory. By virtue of s.70(2) the members of the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland (augmented Commission) are the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (Hon James Burchett QC); the member of the Electoral Commission other than the Chairperson and the Electoral Commissioner (Mr Dennis Trewin); and the persons previously mentioned who constituted the Committee.

Public Inquiry

10. The augmented Commission held a public inquiry into the Objections in Longreach on 21 August 2006 and in Brisbane on 30 August 2006. Arguments were presented on these occasions by 13 persons (at Longreach), and a further 19 persons (at Brisbane), and have been carefully considered by the augmented Commission, together with all the objections and comments. For further details, see Appendices.

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The Statutory Mandate of the augmented Electoral Commission

11. By s.73 of the Act, it is the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland which must determine, by notice published in the Gazette, the names and boundaries of the electoral divisions into which the State is to be distributed. But that task must be performed in accordance with the requirements of s.73(4) and (4A), which provide:

“(4) In making the determination, the augmented Electoral Commission:

(a) shall, as far as practicable, endeavour to ensure that the number of electors enrolled in each Electoral Division in the State or Territory will not, at the projection time determined under section 63A, be less than 96.5% or more than 103.5% of the average divisional enrolment of that State or Territory at that time; and

(b) subject to paragraph (a), shall give due consideration, in relation to each Electoral Division, to:

(i) community of interests within the Electoral Division, including economic, social and regional interests;

(ii) means of communication and travel within the Electoral Division;

(iv) the physical features and area of the Electoral Division; and

(v) the boundaries of existing Divisions in the State or Territory;

and subject thereto the quota of electors for the State or Territory shall be the basis for the redistribution, and the augmented Electoral Commission may adopt a margin of allowance, to be used whenever necessary, but in no case shall the quota be departed from to a greater extent than one-tenth more or one-tenth less.

(4A) When applying subsection (4), the augmented Electoral Commission must treat the matter in subparagraph (4)(b)(v) as subordinate to the matters in subparagraphs (4)(b)(i), (ii) and (iv).”

12. These statutory requirements are expressed in an hierarchical order which puts, “as far as practicable”, the “endeavour to ensure” a division will fall within the projected enrolment range first; the considerations of “community of interests within [a division] including economic, social and regional interests”, “means of communication and travel within [a division]”, and “the physical features and area of [a division]” second; and “the boundaries of existing Divisions” third – while stating that, subject to these matters, “the quota of electors for the State … shall be the basis for the redistribution” and that “the augmented Electoral Commission may adopt a margin of allowance” not departing from the quota further than by one-tenth more or less.

13. The purpose of para (a) is suggested by the history of the paragraph, which has undergone some transformation by successive amendments. Initially, provision was made by the Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 for what was later described (in section 1.6 of the Report of the Joint Standing Committee on

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Electoral Matters on The Effectiveness and Appropriateness of the Redistribution Provisions of Parts III and IV of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 – hereafter referred to as “the JSCEM Report”) as “a requirement [to] aim for equal numbers of electors in each of a State’s divisions (electorates) three-and-a-half years after a redistribution”. But, as the JSCEM Report noted (at section 4.3), by 1984 “it was observed that the three-and-a-half year rule had in some areas forced the adoption, on purely numerical grounds, of boundaries which took little account of perceived community of interest”, and the rule “was therefore relaxed [by an amendment of the Act in 1987 allowing a measure of tolerance] to plus or minus two percent from average enrolment” (emphasis added). The JSCEM Report goes on (at section 4.6) to state that the “most contentious issue” at its inquiry in 1995 “was whether the mid-point tolerance [at the date of the Report the required projection was to be made at what was considered a “mid-point” in the redistribution cycle] of two percent does, in fact, provide Redistribution Committees with the flexibility to give ‘due consideration’ to community of interest and the other qualitative criteria”. The JSCEM Report (at section 4.11) concluded, upon this issue, that “based on the evidence received the numerical criteria do not allow ‘due consideration’, in the words of the Act, to be given to the qualitative factors. Rather, the political parties and others attempting to frame electoral boundaries essentially find themselves engaged in a mathematical modelling exercise. In order to relax the enrolment requirements to that extent necessary to allow a realistic degree of flexibility the Committee recommends … that subsections 66(3)(a) and 73(4)(a) of the Electoral Act be amended, so as to extend the variation from average divisional enrolment allowed three-and-half years after a redistribution from two to 3.5 percent.” Later (in section 4.47), the JSCEM Report refers to its recommended amendment as one that “would maintain substantial restrictions on malapportionment [and] would allow other legitimate policy objectives to be more effectively met”.

14. It was pursuant to this recommendation that the amendment was made by which paragraph (a) came to take its present form. The terms of the recommendation, and the discussion which preceded it, make clear the purpose of paragraph (a), as it now stands, and how it was intended to interact with what the JSCEM report calls “other legitimate policy objectives” set out in the various sub-paragraphs of paragraph (b), to which also “due consideration” must be given. As the augmented Commission has so understood the Act, and has considered the objections, comments and arguments, and the proposed redistribution, on this basis, some contentions that were presented, particularly on behalf of the Liberal Party, suggesting the Committee had understood paragraph (a) in a different sense, need not be discussed here. The augmented Commission’s own examination of the proposed redistribution, and its conclusions, are based, so far as paragraph (a) is concerned, on the view of the provision that emerges from the discussion in the JSCEM Report.

Consideration of the Redistribution Committee’s Proposal, and of Objections, Comments and Arguments presented at the Inquiry in Longreach and Brisbane

15. Since the redistribution was particularly directed to the necessity to provide for an additional division in Queensland (giving the State 29 instead of 28 divisions, while New South Wales lost one, bringing it to 49 divisions), the core of the Committee’s proposal was its decision upon the location of the new division. That decision had its basis in an overview of the areas of present and projected population growth in Queensland. In contrast to the position at the time of the 2003

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redistribution, which followed considerable growth in the south-east of the State, the Committee saw the position now as being that “significant future population growth (and the resulting increase in enrolment) is expected to occur in a number of regions north of Brisbane from the Sunshine Coast to Cairns including areas of Maryborough, Bundaberg, Mackay, Townsville and Cairns…..[M]ovement to major coastal areas [was] becoming increasingly evident.” This was not to deny, as the Committee recognised, that there was growth in other areas also, but the major area of the expansion it identified was generally that described, an area which includes both Hervey Bay and Gladstone.

16. Accordingly, the Committee considered the most appropriate location for a new division was in a region extending generally west from Gladstone, which would draw enrolment numbers from areas to the north, north-west and south-east of that city, embracing areas where projected enrolment numbers are generally high. Not only is projected enrolment high in a number of the localities to be included in the new division, but it is also high in most of the immediately and more remotely surrounding divisions (with the exception of Maranoa). In particular, the Committee noted high projected numbers for Capricornia, Hinkler, Kennedy, Dawson and Wide Bay.

17. In defining the boundaries of the new division, the Committee considered the factors set out in s.66 of the Act, being the same factors that are repeated for the purposes of augmented Electoral Commissions in s.73(4) and (4A) discussed in the previous section of these reasons. Generally, it found an appropriate community of interest in the mining and rural activities pursued in the region centred upon Gladstone as a significant port city. There was, however, a special problem in relation to eight western shires, to which it will be necessary to return.

18. Although none of the major political parties had suggested the creation of a new division so sited, and objections to it were lodged, it would be fair to say that, in oral argument in Brisbane and in Longreach, while objections of detail were pressed, and pressed vigorously, there was (apart from the question of the eight shires) a degree of broad acceptance of the Committee’s proposal to form the new division in a region based on Gladstone and the Capricorn Highway, which links up via Emerald with the Landsborough Highway to the west. The augmented Commission, for the reasons outlined, concluded that this was indeed the best solution.

19. The creation of a new division, wherever located, inevitably involves the severance of some existing ties between communities within and without its boundaries. Eight shires at the western end of the new division, as proposed, objected that they had little or no community of interest with a division based on Gladstone, whereas they had important communities of interest with areas belonging to the division of Maranoa, the division in which they are presently included. The eight were the shires of Winton, Aramac, Longreach, Barcaldine, Ilfracombe, Isisford, Blackall and Tambo. They were supported by some 74 objections (though not all related to every one of the eight shires) and by the Hon Bruce Scott MP the member for Maranoa. The augmented Commission gave careful consideration to these objections, which it recognised as weighty, in an endeavour to find a satisfactory alternative in this respect to the proposal. But, ultimately, its endeavours were in vain: the inexorable imperative of numbers stood in the way. Every compensatory adjustment that was suggested either failed the test of the numbers or would, had it been adopted, have caused even greater problems, affecting a number of other

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divisions across the State, under the criteria set by the legislation. Moreover, the area of Maranoa (a statutory consideration) is already so large as to impair its viability; and the reinclusion of the eight shires would exacerbate the problem of size by multiplying the number of communities the member would have to service. Finally, while, other things being equal, community of interest considerations would certainly favour the retention of the eight shires in Maranoa, the augmented Commission saw some force in arguments that, with the development of Gladstone, further links to it will develop, and already there are links between the western end of the new division and Emerald, being one of the new division’s significant towns.

20. On balance, and especially because it could find no satisfactory way to remedy the excessive projected enrolment numbers in Maranoa which would result from the transfer back to it of the eight shires, nor could it see a satisfactory way to make up the corresponding loss of projected enrolment in the new division, the augmented Commission decided to confirm the Committee’s choice to include the eight shires within the new division.

21. A consequence of the position chosen for the new division, involving the transfer to it of a large share of the projected enrolment previously belonging to the division of Hinkler, was the need to replace the lost enrolment by moving the boundary of Hinkler to the south, with corresponding adjustments to the southern boundary of the neighbouring division of Wide Bay, picking up further growth areas on the Sunshine Coast. The changes to Hinkler required the splitting of Hervey Bay and Maryborough between the two divisions. A number of objections focussed on the considerable extent to which Hervey Bay and Maryborough share communities of interest. But, as has been pointed out, it is inevitable that the creation of a new division will involve some severance of existing ties. Indeed, the very growth in this part of Queensland which multiplies ties as larger communities impinge on each other would ultimately swell the numbers in a division such as Hinkler, so as indirectly to force a redrawing of boundaries in which a separation between Hervey Bay and Maryborough might be difficult to avoid. Having accepted the Committee’s conclusion on the location of the new division, the augmented Commission also accepts as a consequence, in broad terms, the changes proposed for Hinkler and Wide Bay.

22. Mr Paul Neville MP, member for Hinkler, proposed, as beneficial changes, some small adjustments to the boundaries of the new division, and of the divisions of Capricornia, Hinkler and Maranoa. Three of these changes could be made within the constraints as to numbers, and projected numbers, which bind the augmented Commission. First, he proposed that the local government area of Mt Morgan should be transferred from the new division, as it was proposed by the Committee, to Capricornia. Secondly, he proposed that the local government area of Biggenden be transferred from the new division, as it was proposed by the Committee, to Hinkler. Thirdly, he proposed (in order to compensate for the loss of enrolment in the new division caused by the first and second changes) that the local government area of Wondai be transferred from Maranoa to the new division. These proposals satisfy the tests of community of interest and communications and travel, and the augmented Commission considered their adoption would improve the underlying proposals of the Committee. Accordingly, they are adopted. A further objection contending for the transfer of Kolan local government area and part of the environs of Bundaberg (Burnett) to Hinkler could not be accommodated by reason of the numbers involved.

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23. The suggestions made by Mr Neville MP found support, upon one aspect or another, in Objections and Comments lodged by 10 other persons or organisations. Section 72(4) of the Act expressly authorises the augmented Commission to hold “one inquiry into a number of … objections”, and the JSCEM Report earlier referred to stated (at section 6.33) that “where objections can be grouped together and responded to collectively, augmented Electoral Commissions should do so in their reports” as, it noted, they had in the past.

24. The augmented Commission considered these objections and other objections relating to other parts of the State, but in its opinion, having regard particularly to the impact of any substantial change on other boundaries, the statutory criteria were better met by the Committee’s proposal, subject to the matters referred to above and the following minor changes:

(i) an alteration of part of the boundary between Dickson and Longman to follow the boundaries of the localities of Kallangur and Petrie;

(ii) an alteration of the boundary between Fisher and Longman (in the Bellemere locality) to follow River Drive, Bellemere Road and Swan Road;

(iii) an alteration of the boundary between Fairfax and Wide Bay in the Eumundi area to follow the North Maroochy River.

Subject to the matters mentioned, the objectors failed to convince the augmented Commission that the Committee did not appropriately reflect in its proposal the statutory criteria relating to communities of interest, including economic, social and regional interests, means of communication and travel, physical features and area, and boundaries of existing divisions. As regards those objections not otherwise dealt with in its reasons, the augmented Commission adopts the Committee’s application of these criteria in the boundaries it drew.

Name of New Division

25. A substantial number of objections related to the name proposed by the Committee for the new division, “Wright”. The Committee made its proposal in order to honour the distinguished poet, Judith Wright, who made a further significant contribution to Australia through her dedication to social and environmental causes. But it was pointed out in the objections that the name “Wright” has prominence, in northern, western and central Queensland, as that of a disgraced former long term member of the Parliament who was convicted and sentenced to gaol terms aggregating nine years for rape and sexual abuse of children. Were it not for the very unfortunate resonance of the name “Wright” in a political context in this region at the present time, the augmented Commission would see no reason to change the Committee’s choice. However, in the circumstances, the augmented Commission has decided to change the name of the proposed new division to Flynn, in honour of the Reverend John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, who, in the early days of flying and also of radio (beginning in 1928) harnessed both to the relief of suffering and the saving of lives in the remote regions of Queensland and, ultimately, Australia. The flying doctor service for the provision of emergency medical care he pioneered was the world’s first, and is still the world’s most comprehensive service of that kind.

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Whether the augmented Electoral Commission’s Proposal is “significantly different” from the Redistribution Committee’s Proposal

26. The augmented Commission’s decision to propose to determine the boundaries and names of the divisions into which the State of Queensland is to be distributed, by affirming the Committee’s proposal subject to the stated variations, leaves a further question outstanding under s.72(12) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. This question is whether, “in the opinion of the augmented Electoral Commission”, its proposal is “significantly different” from that of the Committee.

27. The augmented Commission has accepted the location of the new division as proposed by the Committee, with only small adjustments to its boundaries and those of adjacent divisions. Further small boundary changes have been made elsewhere. One divisional name out of 29 divisions has been changed, that of the new division of Flynn. These changes do not alter the substance of the Committee’s solution to the problem of finding the appropriate part of the State in which to create a new division and of redrawing the boundaries of divisions affected directly or indirectly thereby, or by shifts of population. In the opinion of the augmented Commission, it follows that the proposal now adopted is not significantly different within the meaning of s.72(12), and the augmented Commission has so determined.

Determination made by the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland

28. For the foregoing reasons stated under s.74 of the Act, the augmented Commission, having considered all objections, comments and submissions, made the determination, the terms of which are set out above, by notice published in the Gazette on the 22nd day of November 2006. The augmented Commission had issued on 11 September 2006 a public announcement in compliance with section 72(10) and (12) of the Act. As a consequence of the opinion stated in paragraph 27, there was no occasion for the augmented Commission to issue the invitation or hold the further inquiry referred to in s.72(12)(d) and (13) of the Act. James Burchett

Ian Campbell

Dennis Trewin

Anne Bright

Bob McCarthy

Glenn Poole

Chairperson Member Member Member Member Member

Augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland 22 November 2006

1.3 STATISTICAL SUMMARY

STATISTICAL SUMMARY AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNER IN

WHICH EACH PROPOSED DIVISION HAS BEEN CONSTITUTED

TABLE 1: Determination of Quota and Enrolment Projections

DETERMINATION OF QUOTA

Number of Divisions into which Queensland is to be distributed 29 Number of Electors in Queensland as at 2 December 2005 2 471 372 Quota for Queensland 85 220 Permissible maximum number of electors (+10%) in a Division 93 742 Permissible minimum number of electors (-10%) in a Division 76 698

ENROLMENT PROJECTIONS AT NOVEMBER 2007

Projected number of electors in Queensland as at 30 November 2007 2 598 034 Average enrolment for Queensland projected at 30 November 2007 89 587 103.5% of average enrolment projected at 30 November 2007 92 722 96.5% of average enrolment projected at 30 November 2007 86 452

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TABLE 2

SUMMARY OF DIVISIONS

Division Actual Enrolment

2 Dec 05

Var%

(A)

Projected Enrolment 30 Nov 07

Var%

(P)

Approx Area

(sq km)Blair 86594 1.61 90199 0.68 5305.13Bonner 86819 1.88 89939 0.39 357.76Bowman 83514 -2 88315 -1.42 560.01Brisbane 85979 0.89 90366 0.87 75.83Capricornia 89306 4.79 91744 2.41 92888.68Dawson 83220 -2.35 87293 -2.56 18051.78Dickson 83689 -1.8 88858 -0.81 4649.36Fadden 82901 -2.72 91094 1.68 635.89Fairfax 82730 -2.92 89720 0.15 1107.98Fisher 80556 -5.47 88092 -1.67 3321.77Flynn 84975 -0.29 87374 -2.47 314304.81Forde 81721 -4.11 87189 -2.68 3166.46Griffith 86181 1.13 89429 -0.18 56.37Groom 87349 2.5 91565 2.21 5584.6Herbert 85018 -0.24 90785 1.34 388.8Hinkler 83604 -1.9 88337 -1.4 6998.77Kennedy 89459 4.97 92001 2.69 564967.91Leichhardt 88118 3.4 92490 3.24 150366.35Lilley 87950 3.2 89865 0.31 140.5Longman 82677 -2.98 89897 0.35 476.98McPherson 85654 0.51 90649 1.19 357.33Maranoa 85246 0.03 86822 -3.09 546830.12Moncrieff 86236 1.19 89988 0.45 134.14Moreton 85532 0.37 89049 -0.6 106.15Oxley 81337 -4.56 88895 -0.77 217.8Petrie 86069 1 89130 -0.51 126.97Rankin 87335 2.48 90449 0.96 195.53Ryan 86774 1.82 90202 0.69 415.29Wide Bay 84829 -0.46 88298 -1.44 12427.75Queensland 2471372 2598034 1734216.82

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TABLE 3

SUMMARY OF MOVEMENT OF ELECTORS BETWEEN DIVISIONS

Number of electors remaining in their existing Division 2 120 135 Number of electors transferred to another Division 351 237 (This results in 14.21% electors moving divisions) TOTAL 2 471 372

1.4 DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD USED TO CALCULATE THE AREA OF ELECTORAL DIVISIONS

1. The area of electoral divisions in Queensland has been calculated by

aggregating the area of: all land-based Census Collection Districts (CCDs); any parts of land based CCDs; and any ponds, creeks, wetlands or marshes not already included in land-based

CCDs, that are wholly contained within the divisional boundary of each electoral division.

2. Areas are spheroidal and are calculated on the Geocentric Datum of Australia

(GDA94) spheroid using the Electoral Boundary Mapping System (EBMS), which is based on MapInfo Professional desktop mapping software.

1.5 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EACH ELECTORAL DIVISION 3. The tables on the following pages set out how each Electoral Division is

constituted and are arranged under Statistical Local Areas (SLAs). Each SLA comprises a number of CCDs as used in the 2001 Population Census.

4. The SLA is the most widely used unit in the presentation of Census data and

collectively they cover the whole of Queensland without gaps or overlaps. In the majority of cases, SLAs correspond to Local Government Areas (LGAs). Where a particular LGA is substantially different from the general run of LGAs in terms of size and economic significance, it may be split into a number of SLAs.

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Division 1: - Blair

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Blair

SLAs of - Gatton (S) 10058 10346Ipswich (C) - Central (part) 29636 31014Ipswich (C) - North 5019 5256Ipswich (C) - South-West 2715 2847Ipswich (C) - West 4985 5125Laidley (S) 8809 9245 To Division of Blair 61222 63833 From existing Division of Forde SLA of - Boonah (S) 6051 6160 From existing Division of Oxley SLAs of - Ipswich (C) - Central (part) 15485 15867Ipswich (C) - East (part) 3836 4339 To Division of Blair 25372 26366 Total for Division of Blair 86594 90199 Parts of existing Division of Blair Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Dickson SLA of - Esk (S) 10025 10419 Transferred to Division of Fisher SLA of - Kilcoy (S) 2255 2358

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Division 1: - Blair (Cont.) How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 Transferred to Division of Maranoa SLAs of - Crow's Nest (S) - Pt B (part) 2489 2580Kingaroy (S) 7996 8225Nanango (S) 5958 6131Rosalie (S) - Pt B (part) 1099 1109 Transferred from Division of Blair 29822 30822

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Division 2: - Bonner

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Bonner

SLAs of - Belmont-Mackenzie 3104 3339Burbank 847 854Cannon Hill (part) 109 109Capalaba West 218 218Carina (part) 1724 1789Carindale 9229 9548Chandler 759 780Eight Mile Plains (part) 1765 1813Gumdale 665 688Hemmant-Lytton 1679 1781Holland Park West (part) 2582 2583Lota 1935 1990Manly 2689 2766Manly West 6826 7175Mansfield 6995 7194Moreton Island 144 143Mount Gravatt 2119 2091Mount Gravatt East (part) 5669 5775Murarrie (part) 1518 1584Ransome 296 304Rochedale 834 824Tingalpa 5756 5819Upper Mount Gravatt 5284 5444Wakerley 1934 2503Wishart 7020 7304Wynnum 7824 7997Wynnum West 7295 7524 Total for Division of Bonner 86819 89939

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Division 3: - Bowman

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Bowman

SLAs of - Alexandra Hills 10904 11148Birkdale 9307 9615Capalaba 11358 11582Carbrook-Cornubia (part) 842 864Cleveland 9475 9778Ormiston 3616 3821Redland (S) Bal 4801 5110Redland Bay 6250 7111Sheldon-Mt Cotton 3053 3263Thorneside 2363 2362Thornlands 6184 7096Victoria Point 8865 9615Wellington Point 6496 6950 Total for Division of Bowman 83514 88315 Parts of existing Division of Bowman Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Rankin SLAs of - Carbrook-Cornubia (part) 1450 1509Loganholme (part) 1471 1550 Transferred from Division of Bowman 2921 3059

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Division 4: - Brisbane

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Brisbane

SLAs of - Alderley 3690 3799Ashgrove 7891 8084Bardon (part) 4719 4852Bowen Hills 785 841City - Inner 950 1101City - Remainder 1407 1767Enoggera 4491 4707Everton Park (part) 2517 2554Ferny Grove 3910 4065Fortitude Valley - Inner 692 754Fortitude Valley - Remainder 1833 2348Grange 2627 2676Herston 1046 1064Kelvin Grove 2772 3039Keperra 5140 5109Milton 1041 1091Mitchelton 4766 5027New Farm 7524 7780Newmarket 2948 3037Newstead 3147 3631Paddington (part) 5068 5211Red Hill 3669 3738Spring Hill 2101 2318Stafford (part) 3067 3101Upper Kedron 1529 1859Wilston 2423 2476Windsor 4226 4337 Total for Division of Brisbane 85979 90366

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Division 4: - Brisbane (Cont.)

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 Part of existing Division of Brisbane Transferred as follows

Transferred to Division of Petrie SLA of - Everton Park (part) 1681 1707 Transferred from Division of Brisbane 1681 1707

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Division 5: - Capricornia

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Capricornia

SLAs of - Belyando (S) 6033 6134Bowen (S) (part) 1563 1576Broadsound (S) (part) 3288 3285Fitzroy (S) - Pt A 3098 3262Fitzroy (S) - Pt B (part) 1657 1687Livingstone (S) 18364 19470Mount Morgan (S) 2081 2064Nebo (S) 1184 1194Rockhampton (C) 38549 39194 To Division of Capricornia 75817 77866 From existing Division of Dawson SLAs of - Broadsound (S) (part) 526 520Mackay (C) - Pt B (part) 2749 2836Mirani (S) 3369 3478Sarina (S) 6845 7044 To Division of Capricornia 13489 13878 Total for Division of Capricornia 89306 91744 Parts of existing Division of Capricornia Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Flynn SLAs of - Banana (S) 8627 8699Duaringa (S) 4216 4220Fitzroy (S) - Pt B (part) 1954 2012 Transferred from Division of Capricornia 14797 14931

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Division 6: - Dawson

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Dawson

SLAs of - Bowen (S) (part) 6209 6260Burdekin (S) 12024 12151Mackay (C) - Pt A 45750 48132Mackay (C) - Pt B (part) 4723 4872Whitsunday (S) 9639 10410 To Division of Dawson 78345 81825 From existing Division of Herbert SLAs of - Oonoonba-Idalia-Cluden 1938 2481Stuart-Roseneath 452 477Townsville (C) - Pt B 2485 2510 To Division of Dawson 4875 5468 Total for Division of Dawson 83220 87293 Parts of existing Division of Dawson Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Capricornia SLAs of - Broadsound (S) (part) 526 520Mackay (C) - Pt B (part) 2749 2836Mirani (S) 3369 3478Sarina (S) 6845 7044 Transferred from Division of Dawson 13489 13878

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Division 7: - Dickson

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Dickson SLAs of - Albany Creek 10352 10922Bray Park 5852 5983Central Pine West 10036 11584Dakabin-Kallangur-M. Downs (part) 4287 4792Hills District 14418 14726Lawnton 3694 3768Petrie (part) 5531 5929Pine Rivers (S) Bal 11769 12744Strathpine-Brendale 7725 7991 To Division of Dickson 73664 78439 From existing Division of Blair SLA of - Esk (S) 10025 10419 To Division of Dickson 10025 10419 Total for Division of Dickson 83689 88858 Parts of existing Division of Dickson Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Longman SLAs of - Dakabin-Kallangur-M. Downs (part) 10751 11505Petrie (part) 12 12 Transferred from Division of Dickson 10763 11517

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Division 8: - Fadden

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Fadden SLAs of - Arundel 5301 5808Ashmore (part) 4 4Biggera Waters 3462 3679Coombabah 6129 6316Coomera-Cedar Creek (part) 3703 4664Ernest-Molendinar 2767 3201Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD (part) 3238 3677Guanaba-Currumbin Valley (part) 7143 8688Helensvale 8558 8969Hollywell 1916 1909Hope Island 3104 3726Labrador 9524 9887Main Beach-Broadwater (part) 462 608Nerang (part) 2513 2626Oxenford 6077 6601Paradise Point 3053 3132Parkwood 5093 5291Runaway Bay 6140 6252Southport (part) 240 242 To Division of Fadden 78427 85280 From existing Division of Forde SLA of - Coomera-Cedar Creek (part) 4474 5814 To Division of Fadden 4474 5814 Total for Division of Fadden 82901 91094 Part of existing Division of Fadden Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Moncrieff SLA of - Southport (part) 5490 5829 Transferred from Division of Fadden 5490 5829

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Division 9: - Fairfax

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Fairfax

SLAs of - Maroochy (S) - Buderim (part) 5 5Maroochy (S) - Coastal North (part) 13486 15105Maroochy (S) - Maroochydore (part) 8108 8489Maroochy (S) - Nambour 8183 8447Maroochy (S) Bal (part) 12012 12925Maroochy (S) Bal in S C'st SSD (part) 9362 9737 To Division of Fairfax 51156 54708 From existing Division of Fisher SLAs of - Maroochy (S) - Buderim (part) 25341 28298Maroochy (S) - Maroochydore (part) 2950 3140Maroochy (S) - Mooloolaba (part) 34 34Maroochy (S) Bal (part) 2833 3120Maroochy (S) Bal in S C'st SSD (part) 416 420 To Division of Fairfax 31574 35012 Total for Division of Fairfax 82730 89720 Parts of existing Division of Fairfax Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Wide Bay SLAs of - Maroochy (S) - Coastal North (part)1 429 441Maroochy (S) Bal (part) 2113 2383Noosa (S) - Noosa-Noosaville 6401 6656Noosa (S) - Sunshine-Peregian 6095 6186Noosa (S) - Tewantin 7436 7739Noosa (S) Bal 10708 11484 Transferred from Division of Fairfax 33182 34889

1 Since August 2003 Noosa Shire

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Division 10: - Fisher How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Fisher

SLAs of - Caloundra (C) - Caloundra N. 13681 15715Caloundra (C) - Caloundra S. (part) 13603 15370Caloundra (C) - Hinterland (part) 4929 5167Caloundra (C) - Kawana 13637 14744Caloundra (C) - Rail Corridor (part) 2882 3077Maroochy (S) - Mooloolaba (part) 6827 7182 To Division of Fisher 55559 61255 From existing Division of Blair SLA of - Kilcoy (S) 2255 2358 From existing Division of Longman SLAs of - Caboolture (S) – Central (part) 165 210Caboolture (S) - Pt B 3349 3529Caboolture (S) Bal in BSD (part) 7728 8334Caloundra (C) - Caloundra S. (part) 99 116Caloundra (C) - Hinterland (part) 242 249Caloundra (C) - Rail Corridor (part) 8652 9178Morayfield (part) 2507 2863 To Division of Fisher 24997 26837 Total for Division of Fisher 80556 88092 Parts of existing Division of Fisher Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Fairfax SLAs of - Maroochy (S) - Buderim (part) 25341 28298Maroochy (S) - Maroochydore (part) 2950 3140Maroochy (S) - Mooloolaba (part) 34 34Maroochy (S) Bal (part) 2833 3120Maroochy (S) Bal in S C'st SSD (part) 416 420 Transferred from Division of Fisher 31574 35012

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Division 11: - Flynn

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Capricornia SLAs of - Banana (S) 8627 8699Duaringa (S) 4216 4220Fitzroy (S) - Pt B (part) 1954 2012 To Division of Flynn 14797 14931 From existing Division of Hinkler SLAs of - Burnett (S) - Pt A (part) 472 495Burnett (S) - Pt B (part) 5604 5958Calliope (S) - Pt A 8299 8848Calliope (S) - Pt B 1774 1795Eidsvold (S) 622 626Gayndah (S) 1899 1903Gladstone (C) 18141 18830Kolan (S) 2990 2993Miriam Vale (S) 3340 3650Monto (S) 1801 1779Mundubbera (S) 1422 1417Perry (S) 294 294 To Division of Flynn 46658 48588

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Division 11: - Flynn (Cont)

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Maranoa SLAs of - Aramac (S) 526 514Barcaldine (S) 1062 1067Bauhinia (S) 1412 1413Blackall (S) 1141 1111Emerald (S) 7975 8232Ilfracombe (S) 193 193Isisford (S) 180 179Jericho (S) 651 653Longreach (S) 2337 2353Peak Downs (S) 1762 1793Tambo (S) 443 450Taroom (S) 1817 1800Winton (S) 966 962 To Division of Flynn 20465 20720 From existing Division of Wide Bay SLA of - Wondai 3055 3135 To Division of Flynn 3055 3135 Total for Division of Flynn 84975 87374

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Division 12: - Forde How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Forde

SLAs of - Beaudesert (S) - Pt A 19540 21169Beaudesert (S) - Pt B 18466 19736Beenleigh 4876 4952Bethania-Waterford 3736 3986Eagleby 5230 5604Edens Landing-Holmview 3068 3349Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD (part) 5388 6120Guanaba-Currumbin Valley (part) 866 925Logan (C) Bal (part) 363 400Loganholme (part) 3480 3622Loganlea (part) 4039 4252Mt Warren Park 3634 3758Tanah Merah (part) 3 3Waterford West 3390 3473Windaroo-Bannockburn 1806 1882 To Division of Forde 77885 83231 From existing Division of Rankin SLAs of - Loganholme (part) 3243 3366Tanah Merah (part) 593 592 To Division of Forde 3836 3958 Total for Division of Forde 81721 87189 Parts of existing Division of Forde Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Blair SLA of - Boonah (S) 6051 6160

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Division 12: - Forde (Cont.)

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07

Transferred to Division of Fadden SLA of -

Coomera-Cedar Creek (part) 4474 5814 Transferred from Division of Forde 10525 11974

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Division 13: - Griffith How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Griffith

SLAs of - Annerley (part) 2790 2890Balmoral 2458 2531Bulimba 3088 3474Camp Hill 6792 6906Cannon Hill (part) 3375 3568Carina (part) 4657 4769Carina Heights 4013 4115Coorparoo 9905 10149Dutton Park 957 940East Brisbane 3296 3366Greenslopes 5467 5610Hawthorne 2810 2958Highgate Hill 3707 3683Holland Park 5230 5265Holland Park West (part) 1408 1440Kangaroo Point 4253 4447Morningside 5803 6166Mount Gravatt East (part) 1229 1298Murarrie (part) 0 0Norman Park 4668 4854South Brisbane 1860 2120Tarragindi (part) 1653 1647West End 4226 4354Woolloongabba 2536 2879 Total for Division of Griffith 86181 89429 Parts of existing Division of Griffith Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Moreton SLAs of - Annerley (part) 2525 2618Fairfield 1628 1690Yeronga (part) 28 28 Transferred from Division of Griffith 4181 4336

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Division 14: - Groom

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Groom

SLAs of - Cambooya (S) - Pt A 2397 2648Cambooya (S) - Pt B 1327 1392Crow's Nest (S) - Pt A 5383 6008Crow's Nest (S) - Pt B (part) 335 342Jondaryan (S) - Pt A 4475 4882Jondaryan (S) - Pt B 4653 4800Pittsworth (S) 3123 3231Rosalie (S) - Pt A 2780 2939Rosalie (S) - Pt B (part) 2117 2139Toowoomba (C) - Central 9616 9768Toowoomba (C) - North-East 6791 6903Toowoomba (C) - North-West 12370 12705Toowoomba (C) - South-East 17036 18177Toowoomba (C) - West 14946 15631 Total for Division of Groom 87349 91565 Part of existing Division of Groom Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Maranoa SLA of - Clifton (S) 1782 1816 Transferred from Division of Groom 1782 1816

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Division 15: - Herbert

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Herbert

SLAs of - Aitkenvale 3231 3378City 1230 1433Cranbrook 4264 4368Currajong 1908 1952Douglas 2742 3498Garbutt 1591 1606Gulliver 2072 2108Heatley 2821 2885Hermit Park 2317 2374Hinchinbrook (S) - Palm Island 1044 1086Hinchinbrook (S) excl. Palm I. (part) 4 4Hyde Park-Mysterton 1575 1599Kelso 4977 5270Kirwan 14070 15519Magnetic Island 1374 1470Mt Louisa-Mt St John-Bohle 3081 3866Mundingburra 2661 2701Murray 6271 6581North Ward-Castle Hill 3619 3761Pallarenda-Shelley Beach 677 692Pimlico 1744 1796Railway Estate 1981 2011Rosslea 1048 1081Rowes Bay-Belgian Gardens 1595 1593South Townsville 1258 1331Thuringowa (C) - Pt A Bal (part) 5884 6453Vincent 1486 1488West End 2588 2687Wulguru 3285 3374 To Division of Herbert 82398 87965 From existing Division of Kennedy SLA of - Thuringowa (C) - Pt A Bal (part) 2620 2820 To Division of Herbert 2620 2820 Total for Division of Herbert 85018 90785

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Division 15: - Herbert (Cont.)

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 Parts of existing Division of Herbert Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Dawson SLAs of - Oonoonba-Idalia-Cluden 1938 2481Stuart-Roseneath 452 477Townsville (C) - Pt B 2485 2510 Transferred from Division of Herbert 4875 5468

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Division 16: - Hinkler

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Hinkler SLAs of - Bundaberg (C) 30918 31906Burnett (S) - Pt A (part) 8740 9553Burnett (S) - Pt B (part) 2456 2557Isis (S) 4292 4421 To Division of Hinkler 46406 48437 From existing Division of Wide Bay SLAs of - Biggenden (S) 1119 1135Hervey Bay (C) - Pt A 32315 34821Hervey Bay (C) - Pt B (part) 2540 2674Woocoo (S) (part) 1224 1270 To Division of Hinkler 37198 39900 Total for Division of Hinkler 83604 88337 Parts of existing Division of Hinkler Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Flynn as follows SLAs of - Burnett (S) - Pt A (part) 472 495Burnett (S) - Pt B (part) 5604 5958Calliope (S) - Pt A 8299 8848Calliope (S) - Pt B 1774 1795Eidsvold (S) 622 626Gayndah (S) 1899 1903Gladstone (C) 18141 18830Kolan (S) 2990 2993Miriam Vale (S) 3340 3650Monto (S) 1801 1779Mundubbera (S) 1422 1417Perry (S) 294 294 Transferred from Division of Hinkler 46658 48588

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Division 17: - Kennedy

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Kennedy

SLAs of - Atherton (S) 7118 7396Boulia (S) 303 294Burke (S) 754 770Cairns (C) - Pt B (part) 2901 2920Cairns (C) - Trinity (part) 3242 3400Cardwell (S) 5864 6131Carpentaria (S) (part) 1234 1273Charters Towers (C) 4774 4779Cloncurry (S) 1754 1802Croydon (S) 182 181Dalrymple (S) 2371 2391Eacham (S) 4236 4353Etheridge (S) 534 531Flinders (S) 1254 1226Herberton (S) 3269 3362Hinchinbrook (S) excl. Palm I. (part) 8223 8160Johnstone (S) 11747 12020Mareeba (S) (part) 8114 8248McKinlay (S) 592 580Mornington (S) 604 608Mount Isa (C) 10313 10623Richmond (S) 615 610Thuringowa (C) - Pt A Bal (part) 3100 3292Thuringowa (C) - Pt B 4865 5489Unincorp. Islands 3 3 To Division of Kennedy 87966 90442 From existing Division of Leichhardt SLAs of -

Cairns (C) - Pt B (part) 1152 1202Cairns (C) - Trinity (part) 341 357 To Division of Kennedy 1493 1559 Total for Division of Kennedy 89459 92001

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Division 17: - Kennedy (Cont.)

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 Part of existing Kennedy Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Herbert SLA of - Thuringowa (C) - Pt A Bal (part) 2620 2820 Transferred from Division of Kennedy 2620 2820

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Division 18: - Leichhardt

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Leichhardt

SLAs of - Aurukun (S) 659 693Cairns (C) - Barron 11558 12431Cairns (C) - Central Suburbs 12151 12313Cairns (C) - City 3553 3833Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield 7690 8021Cairns (C) - Northern Suburbs 8737 9281Cairns (C) - Trinity (part) 15224 16461Cairns (C) - Western Suburbs 7863 8209Carpentaria (S) (part) 977 989Cook (S) (excl. Weipa) 3722 3804Cook (S) - Weipa only 1085 1101Douglas (S) 6490 6766Mareeba (S) (part) 3073 3153Torres (S) 5336 5435 Total for Division of Leichhardt 88118 92490 Parts of existing Division of Leichhardt Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Kennedy SLAs of - Cairns (C) - Pt B (part) 1152 1202Cairns (C) - Trinity (part) 341 357 Transferred from Division of Leichhardt 1493 1559

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Division 19: - Lilley

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Lilley

SLAs of - Albion 1482 1464Ascot 3265 3346Aspley (part) 1706 1730Banyo 3321 3342Boondall 5669 5816Bracken Ridge (part) 37 42Brighton 5863 5971Chermside 4217 4383Clayfield 6497 6644Deagon 2231 2204Geebung 2870 2873Hamilton 2918 2997Hendra 2788 2902Kedron 8109 8220Lutwyche 1783 1840Northgate 2700 2765Nudgee 1430 1460Nudgee Beach 247 249Nundah 5797 5972Pinkenba-Eagle Farm 242 238Sandgate 4367 4447Stafford (part) 892 915Stafford Heights (part) 231 234Taigum-Fitzgibbon (part) 3187 3548Virginia 1242 1259Wavell Heights 6168 6238Wooloowin 3722 3783Zillmere 4969 4983 Total for Division of Lilley 87950 89865 Part of existing Division of Lilley Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Petrie SLA of - Aspley (part) 2296 2332 Transferred from Division of Lilley 2296 2332

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Division 20: - Longman

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Longman

SLAs of - Bribie Island 11948 12218Burpengary-Narangba 13171 14505Caboolture (S) – Central (part) 10787 11567Caboolture (S) - East 10351 11001Caboolture (S) Bal in BSD (part) 980 1048Caloundra (C) - Rail Corridor (part) 0 0Deception Bay (part) 8731 9275Morayfield (part) 9354 10149 To Division of Longman 65322 69763 From existing Division of Dickson SLAs of - Dakabin-Kallangur-M. Downs (part) 10751 11505Petrie (part) 12 12 From existing Division of Petrie SLAs of - Deception Bay (part) 3170 3632Griffin-Mango Hill (part) 3422 4985 To Division of Longman 17355 20134 Total for Division of Longman 82677 89897 Parts of existing Division of Longman Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Fisher SLAs of - Caboolture (S) – Central (part) 165 210Caboolture (S) - Pt B 3349 3529Caboolture (S) Bal in BSD (part) 7728 8334Caloundra (C) - Caloundra S. (part) 99 116Caloundra (C) - Hinterland (part) 242 249Caloundra (C) - Rail Corridor (part) 8652 9178Morayfield (part) 2507 2863 Transferred from Division of Longman 22742 24479

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Division 21: - McPherson

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of McPherson

SLAs of - Bilinga 951 984Burleigh Heads 5330 5565Burleigh Waters (part) 6139 6269Carrara-Merrimac (part) 2045 2189Coolangatta 3275 3508Currumbin 1818 1877Currumbin Waters 6553 6704Elanora 7977 8326Guanaba-Currumbin Valley (part) 10710 11746Mermaid Wtrs-Clear Is. Wtrs (part) 2597 2681Miami (part) 15 15Mudgeeraba 5440 5725Palm Beach 8967 9197Robina (part) 13036 14043Stephens 3800 4610Tugun 3296 3430Worongary-Tallai (part) 1082 1108 To Division of McPherson 83031 87977 From existing Division of Moncrieff SLAs of - Burleigh Waters (part) 2516 2563Miami (part) 107 109 To Division of McPherson 2623 2672 Total for Division of McPherson 85654 90649 Part of existing Division of McPherson Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Moncrieff SLA of - Mermaid Wtrs-Clear Is. Wtrs (part) 0 0 Transferred from Division of McPherson 0 0

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Division 22: - Maranoa

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Maranoa

SLAs of - Balonne (S) 3078 3146Barcoo (S) 262 264Bendemere (S) 682 687Booringa (S) 1204 1190Bulloo (S) 256 255Bungil (S) 1435 1443Chinchilla (S) 3935 4038Dalby (T) 6305 6488Diamantina (S) 158 160Goondiwindi (T) 2976 3086Inglewood (S) 1824 1813Millmerran (S) 2026 2073Murilla (S) 1869 1854Murweh (S) 3051 3083Paroo (S) 1394 1387Quilpie (S) 685 676Roma (T) 4212 4235Stanthorpe (S) 7272 7369Tara (S) 2375 2391Waggamba (S) 2004 2060Wambo (S) 3599 3651Warroo (S) 775 778Warwick (S) - Central 7479 7624Warwick (S) - East 3004 3030Warwick (S) - North 1730 1768Warwick (S) - West 2332 2412 To Division of Maranoa 65922 66961 From existing Division of Blair SLAs of - Crow's Nest (S) - Pt B (part) 2489 2580Kingaroy (S) 7996 8225Nanango (S) 5958 6131Rosalie (S) - Pt B (part) 1099 1109

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Division 22: - Maranoa (Cont.)

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Groom SLA of - Clifton (S) 1782 1816 To Division of Maranoa 19324 19861 Total for Division of Maranoa 85246 86822 Parts of existing Division of Maranoa Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Flynn SLAs of - Aramac (S) 526 514Barcaldine (S) 1062 1067Bauhinia (S) 1412 1413Blackall (S) 1141 1111Emerald (S) 7975 8232Ilfracombe (S) 193 193Isisford (S) 180 179Jericho (S) 651 653Longreach (S) 2337 2353Peak Downs (S) 1762 1793Tambo (S) 443 450Taroom (S) 1817 1800Winton (S) 966 962 Transferred from Division of Maranoa 20465 20720

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Division 23: - Moncrieff

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Moncrieff SLAs of - Ashmore (part) 6906 7061Benowa 4533 4745Broadbeach 2246 2302Broadbeach Waters 5163 5214Bundall 2700 2748Carrara-Merrimac (part) 7117 7763Guanaba-Currumbin Valley (part) 498 549Main Beach-Broadwater (part) 2317 2378Mermaid Beach 3458 3647Mermaid Wtrs-Clear Is. Wtrs (part) 6528 6633Miami (part) 3669 3820Nerang (part) 11509 12179Robina (part) 1267 1283Southport (part) 8608 9019Surfers Paradise 9567 10007Worongary-Tallai (part) 4660 4811 To Division of Moncrieff 80746 84159 From existing Division of Fadden SLA of - Southport (part) 5490 5829 From existing Division of McPherson SLA of - Mermaid Wtrs-Clear Is. Wtrs (part) 0 0 To Division of Moncrieff 5490 5829 Total for Division of Moncrieff 86236 89988

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Division 23: - Moncrieff (Cont)

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 Parts of existing Division of Moncrieff Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of McPherson SLAs of - Burleigh Waters (part) 2516 2563Miami (part) 107 109 Transferred from Division of Moncrieff 2623 2672

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Division 24: - Moreton How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Moreton SLAs of - Acacia Ridge (part) 2 2Annerley (part) 946 970Archerfield 381 386Calamvale (part) 4656 5307Chelmer 1862 1910Coopers Plains 2589 2561Eight Mile Plains (part) 5595 6014Graceville 2704 2753Kuraby (part) 151 164MacGregor 3613 3634Moorooka 6292 6333Nathan 730 756Parkinson-Drewvale (part) 567 662Robertson 2872 2978Rocklea 952 929Runcorn (part) 7491 7655Salisbury 3733 3774Sherwood 3284 3403Stretton-Karawatha (part) 2439 2696Sunnybank 5185 5324Sunnybank Hills 10514 10901Tarragindi (part) 5075 5077Yeerongpilly 1639 1692Yeronga (part) 3643 3760 To Division of Moreton 76915 79641 From existing Division of Griffith SLAs of - Annerley (part) 2525 2618Fairfield 1628 1690Yeronga (part) 28 28 To Division of Moreton 4181 4336

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Division 24: - Moreton (Cont)

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Rankin SLAs of - Eight Mile Plains (part) 60 68Kuraby (part) 3717 4207Parkinson-Drewvale (part) 629 764Runcorn (part) 0 0Stretton-Karawatha (part) 30 33 To Division of Moreton 4436 5072 Total for Division of Moreton 85532 89049 Parts of existing Division of Moreton Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Oxley SLAs of - Algester 4982 5269Calamvale (part) 1288 1556Parkinson-Drewvale (part) 4911 5544 Transferred from Division of Moreton 11181 12369

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Division 25: - Oxley

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Oxley SLAs of - Acacia Ridge (part) 4335 4391Corinda 3029 3079Darra-Sumner (part) 2406 2423Doolandella-Forest Lake 10033 10551Durack 4073 4175Ellen Grove 2999 3459Inala 7735 7771Ipswich (C) - East (part) 23490 27729Oxley 4245 4446Pallara-Heathwood-Larapinta 518 703Richlands 519 519Seventeen Mile Rocks 5211 5702Wacol 1441 1454Willawong 122 124 To Division of Oxley 70156 76526 From existing Division of Moreton SLAs of - Algester 4982 5269Calamvale (part) 1288 1556Parkinson-Drewvale (part) 4911 5544 To Division of Oxley 11181 12369 Total for Division of Oxley 81337 88895

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Division 25: - Oxley (Cont.)

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 Parts of existing Division of Oxley Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Blair SLAs of - Ipswich (C) - Central (part) 15485 15867Ipswich (C) - East (part) 3836 4339

Transferred to Division of Rankin SLAs of -

Browns Plains (part) 1639 1694Greenbank-Boronia Heights (part) 0 0 Transferred from Division of Oxley 20960 21900

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Division 26: - Petrie

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Petrie SLAs of - Aspley (part) 4506 4537Bald Hills 4505 4693Bracken Ridge (part) 9930 10379Bridgeman Downs 4606 4942Carseldine 4964 5178Chermside West 4419 4427Clontarf 5393 5346Everton Park (part) 1528 1518Griffin-Mango Hill (part) 1604 2162Margate-Woody Point 7183 7342McDowall 4759 5002Redcliffe-Scarborough 12959 13371Rothwell-Kippa-Ring 9392 9813Stafford Heights (part) 4658 4659Taigum-Fitzgibbon (part) 1686 1722 To Division of Petrie 82092 85091 From existing Division of Brisbane SLA of - Everton Park (part) 1681 1707 From existing Division of Lilley SLA of - Aspley (part) 2296 2332 To Division of Petrie 3977 4039 Total for Division of Petrie 86069 89130 Parts of existing Division of Petrie Transferred as follows Transferred to Division of Longman SLAs of - Deception Bay (part) 3170 3632Griffin-Mango Hill (part) 3422 4985 Transferred from Division of Petrie 6592 8617

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Division 27: - Rankin

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Rankin SLAs of - Browns Plains (part) 15047 15668Daisy Hill-Priestdale 2796 2821Greenbank-Boronia Heights (part) 4694 4843Kingston 7054 7150Logan (C) Bal (part) 1185 1320Loganlea (part) 515 693Marsden 10079

2670

82775 85696

Greenbank-Boronia Heights (part) 0

To Division of Rankin 4560 4753

90449

11159Rochedale South 10060 10068Shailer Park 7003 7179Slacks Creek 7140 7216Springwood 4056 4047Underwood 2991Woodridge 10476 10541 To Division of Rankin From existing Division of Bowman SLAs of - Carbrook-Cornubia (part) 1450 1509Loganholme (part) 1471 1550

From existing Division of Oxley SLAs of - Browns Plains (part) 1639 1694

0

Total for Division of Rankin 87335

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Projected

Division 27: - Rankin (Cont.)

How Constituted Actual Enrolment Enrolment

30-Nov-07

2-Dec-05 Parts of existing Division Rankin Transferred as follows

3366592

684207

7640

Transferred to Division of Forde SLAs of - Loganholme (part) 3243 Tanah Merah (part) 593

Transferred to Division of Moreton SLAs of -

Eight Mile Plains (part) 60 Kuraby (part) 3717 Parkinson-Drewvale (part) 629 Runcorn (part) 0 Stretton-Karawatha (part) 30 33 Transferred from Division of Rankin 8272 9030

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Division 28: - Ryan

How Constituted Actual Projected Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07 From existing Division of Ryan SLAs of -

1604361224887315

254220074892327354139286011

Kenmore Hills 1734 17732830

Moggill 1130 1344Mount Ommaney 1565 1595

435274

517511018 11198

Toowong 9662 10122466

Anstead 733 753Bardon (part) 1565 Bellbowrie 3242 Brookfield (incl. Mt C'tha) 2406 Chapel Hill 7128 Darra-Sumner (part) 117 Fig Tree Pocket 2089 Indooroopilly 7113 Jamboree Heights 2244 Jindalee 3589 Karana Downs-Lake Manchester 3625 Kenmore 5978

Middle Park 2819

Paddington (part) 424 Pinjarra Hills 272 Pullenvale 1965 2166Riverhills 2482 2576St Lucia 5220 5366Taringa 4998 The Gap (incl. Enoggera Res.)

Upper Brookfield 441 Westlake 3215 3360 Total for Division of Ryan 86774 90202

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Projected

Division 29: - Wide Bay

How Constituted Actual Enrolment Enrolment

30-Nov-07 2-Dec-05

From existing Division of Wide Bay

Cooloola (S) (excl. Gympie) 13106 13946

1125156

2483

1131

To Division of Wide Bay 51647 53409

Maroochy (S) - Coastal North (part)2

SLAs of -

Cooloola (S) - Gympie only 10982 Hervey Bay (C) - Pt B (part) 55 Kilkivan (S) 2425 Maryborough (C) 17709 18024Murgon (S) 2854 2880Tiaro (S) 3425 3638Woocoo (S) (part) 1091

From existing Division of Fairfax SLAs of -

429 441Maroochy (S) Bal (part) 2113 2383Noosa (S) - Noosa-Noosaville 6401 6656Noosa (S) - Sunshine-Peregian 6095 6186Noosa (S) - Tewantin 7436 7739Noosa (S) Bal 10708 11484 To Division of Wide Bay 33182 34889 Total for Division of Wide Bay 84829 88298

2 Since August 2003 Noosa Shire

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How Constituted Actual Projected

Division 29: - Wide Bay (Cont.)

Enrolment Enrolment 2-Dec-05 30-Nov-07

Parts of existing Division of Wide Bay Transferred as follows

3135

Transferred to Division of Hinkler SLAs of -

Woocoo (S) (part) 1224 1270

Transferred from Division of Wide Bay 40253 43035

Transferred to Division of Flynn SLA of -

Wondai (S) 3055

Biggenden (S) 1119 1135Hervey Bay (C) - Pt A 32315 34821Hervey Bay (C) - Pt B (part) 2540 2674

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APPENDIX A COMPOSITION OF THE AUGMENTED ELECTORAL

COMMISSION FOR QUEENSLAND AND THE REDISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE FOR QUEENSLAND

Members of the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland:

Hon James Burchett, QC Chairperson of the Australian Electoral Commission Mr Ian Campbell Electoral Commissioner Mr Dennis Trewin Australian Statistician Ms Anne Bright Australian Electoral Officer for Queensland Mr Bob McCarthy Director General of the Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water Mr Glenn Poole Auditor General for Queensland

Members of the Redistribution Committee for Queensland:

Mr Ian Campbell Electoral Commissioner Ms Anne Bright Australian Electoral Officer for Queensland Mr Bob McCarthy Director General of the Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water Mr Glenn Poole Auditor General for Queensland

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9 Mr Harry S Kitching

13 Mr Jim Pearce MP, Member for Fitzroy

17 Fitzroy Shire Council

21 Peter Cumming, Councillor for Wynnum-Manly

25 Ms Claudine Kettle

29 Mrs Lynn & Mr Neil Van Itallie

32 Mr Graham Champion 33

Tambo Shire Council 35 The Western Queensland Local Government Association

Sarina Shire Council 37

Mr Gary Olive 39 Miss Annie Greer

41 Ms Melise Ingram Isolated Children's Parent's Association - Aramac/Muttaburra Branch

44 Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame Barcaldine Shire Council

APPENDIX B LIST OF PUBLIC OBJECTIONS LODGED WITH THE

AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 69(1) OF THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918

1 Mr Gary Lynch 2 Aramac Shire Council 3 R J Goodwin, Director, Bellero Constructions 4 Mr John Cherry

Ms Lesley & Mr Robert Itzstein 6 Maryborough City Council 7 Mr Robert Williams 8 Mr William B Lawless

Mr Paul Neville MP, Member for Hinkler 10 11 Mr Bruce Alexander 12 Mr John & Ms Elinor East

Council of the Shire of Esk 14 15 Mr Philip N Pohlmann 16 Mr Christopher J Wolfs

Longreach Shire Council 18 19 Biggenden Shire Council 20 Kolan Shire Council

Roma-Bungil Showgrounds and Saleyards Board 22 23 Wondai Shire Council 24 Noosa Council

Taroom Shire Council 26 27 Ms Mary Killeen 28 Livingstone Shire Council

Mr Bob Richardson 30 31 Ms Melvena Hallam

Ms Vivienne Champion 34

36 Blackall Shire Council

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40 Hervey Bay Chamber of Commerce Inc

42 43 Ms Sue Seavers

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47 Remote Area Planning and Development Board 48 Mr Cameron Thompson MP, Member for Blair 49 Mr Fred & Mrs Daphne Rich 50 Ms Geraldine McKerrow 51

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58 Mrs Michelle Smith

62 Mrs Mary P Hosking 63 Mr Lyall & Ms Gerrie Taylor

66 Mrs J M O'Connell

69 Mr Bruce and Ms Mary Emmott 70

Ms Lorna M Bailey

73 R McCulkin 74

Mr S Hollowood

78 Mr D W D Dawes

82 Mr P S & Ms T K Hart

86 The Ogg Family

90 Mrs Dawn E Klibbe

94 Mrs Alison White

46 Mr C Russell

Mr Clarke H Bond 52 Mr Leonard Blinco 53 Mr Stephen Blinco

Mrs Lucy & Mr John Spencer 55 Mr Mark Kilmore 56 Ms Donna Bond 57 Mr Geoffrey F Hosking

Cllr Gil Smith 59 60 Mr Timothy & Mrs Ruth Doran 61 Mr Clifford O Muller

64 Ms Gillian Pauli 65 Mr Evan Schwarten OAM

Ms Rosemary Archer 67 68 Eidsvold Shire Council

Ilfracombe Shire Council 71 72 Mrs M Hooper

Ms A Hollowood 75 76 Ms B Edwards 77 Mrs Melissa Hanton

Mr J G McKerrow 79 80 Mr F C McKerrow 81 Mr Brian Carpenter

Mr Noel Morris 83 84 Hon Bruce Scott MP, Member for Maranoa 85 The Sunshine Coast Ratepayers & Residents Assoc

Mirani Shire Council 87 88 Perry Shire Council 89 Yarrabah Day Care Centre

Maryborough Chamber of Commerce 91 92 Mr Mark Hiron 93 Mr George Colbran OAM

Mrs Julieanne Rasmussen 95 96 A V Jennings Ltd

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Mr David Allan Elliot

100 Miss June M Williams

Mr T Brunckhorst & Ms T Hoare 104

Mr David & Ms Lynne Smith

Mundubbera Shire Council

111 Mr Ian Blanch 112 Mr Graeme & Ilze East 113 Kingaroy Shire Council

115 Mrs Helen Collins 116

Hervey Bay City Council

Hon Alex Somlyay MP, Member for Fairfax

131 Mrs Vicki Bauer

135 Mr Richard J Taintey

139 Mr Lachlan & Mrs Ruby Kent

143 Ms Joan & Mr Trevor Ramsay

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97 98 Mr William Cripps 99 Mr Brian D Branch

Mr R O & Ms J M Larter 101 102 Mr R & Ms P Brunckhorst 103

Mr K & Ms P Bailey 105 106 Qantas Foundation Memorial Ltd 107 Pioneer Valley Water Board 108 109 Rev Wayne Connolly 110 Ms Joy R Wells et al

114 Mr John & Ms Katrina Paine

Mr Robert Mills 117 Hon Warren Truss MP, Member for Wide Bay 118 Sippy Downs & Downs Community Assn Inc 119 Ms Susan Bowe 120 Mr George R Christensen 121 Mr Chester Hallam 122 Mr Kevin Bowe 123 Mrs Kathleen Sturdy 124 125 Mr Anthony & Ms Anne-Marie Jones 126 Mrs Eileen P McMurdo 127 Cr Jenny Hill 128 129 Mr Alexander & Ms Valerie Elliott 130 Hon Peter Slipper MP, Member for Fisher

Mrs Ann & Mr Ian Godber 132 133 Mr Robert & Ms Kathleen Long 134 Mrs Samantha Fisher

Mr William Fisher 136 137 Mr Alexander Walsh 138 Mr Ray & Ms Fiona Owens

Mr John & Ms Jocelyn Avery 140 141 Isisford Shire Council 142 Mr Andrew Pegler

J Muir 144 145 Mr Phillip Dearden 146 Mr David Morton

Mr Robert & Mrs Patricia Hay

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149 Mr Colin & Ms Elizabeth Ross 150 Ms Nina & Mr Francis Wright

Outback Queensland Tourism 153 Ms Marjorie & Mr Harold Rollinson 154 Mr Norman Whitney

157 Townsville City Council

161 162 Mrs Jennifer Gowing

165 Mr Ian & Ms Cathy Herbert 166 Mrs Julie D Lackey

169 Ms Kirsten Livermore MP Member for Capricornia

Winton Shire Council

175 Ms Kay Bloom

177 Hon Bob Katter MP, Member for Kennedy

184 Australian Labor Party - Qld Branch

188 Mr Charles Richardson

A copy of the Public Objections is included on the compact disc (CD) enclosed with this Report.

148 Mr Max & Ms Kaye Albrand

151 Caboolture Shire Council 152

155 Mrs Margaret Marshman 156 Mr Ron Morris

Mr Owen Stockwell et al 158 159 Extremely Disabled War Veterans Central & North Qld Assoc Inc 160 Ms Eva Tindall

Ms Helen Gibson

163 Ms Jennifer Russell et al 164 Hon De-Anne Kelly MP, Member for Dawson

167 Mr Wilfred H Lackey 168 Burnett Shire Council

Rockhampton City Council 170 171 Mackay Sugar Co-Operative Assn Ltd 172 173 Mr Greg Bloom 174 Mr Alan Bloom

176 Ms Fiona Bloom Mr Kevin Mahoney Mayor of Woocoo Shire

178 179 The Australian Worker's Union Queensland Branch 180 The Nationals - Queensland 181 Nanango Shire Council 182 Hon Ian MacFarlane MP, Member for Groom 183 Hon Gary Hardgrave MP, Member for Moreton

Mohammad Hussein et al 185 186 Mr Barry McMurdo 187 Liberal Party of Australia Qld Division

Mr John R Pyke 189

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Mr Ted Malone MP, Member for Mirani

4 Mr Peter & Ms Tina Wright

8 Ms Susan Glasson

12 Remote Area Planning & Development Board

16 Crows Nest & District, Tourist & Progress Association Inc

20 Hermit Park ALP Mr Charles & Mrs Alice Lenthall

24 Fraser Coast Management Pty Ltd

Mr Alan W Smith & Ms Sheila J Smith

29 Mr Bob Richardson 30 Ms Shirley E Coxon

32 Mr Alan & Ms Robyn McPherson

36 Mr John R Pyke

40 The Hon Peter Slipper MP, Member for Fisher

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APPENDIX C LIST OF COMMENTS ON PUBLIC OBJECTIONS LODGED WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 69(3) OF THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918

1 2 Jericho Shire Council 3 Miss Sebastian Dvortche

Mr Kenneth Ogden 5 6 Miss Catherine Blinco 7 Mr Paul & Mrs Fiona McDonnell

Mr Brad & Mrs Sally Edwards 9 10 Mr Harry Glasson 11 Mr Greg McCann

Mr John R Pyke 13 14 Mr Grant & Ms Margaret McPherson 15 The Hon Bruce Scott MP, Member for Maranoa

Mr/Ms A R Macdonald 17 18 Mr William J Manning 19 Cr Jan Rohozinski

Kingaroy Shire Council 21 22 23 Wide Bay Management Group Pty Ltd

54th Erra Pty Ltd 25 26 Barlow Gregg & Associates Pty Ltd 27 28 Mr William A Green

31 Mr Wayne & Ms Margaret Ross Mr Rob, Ms Wendy & Ms Narelle Bailey

33 34 Mr John & Ms Janine Hawkes 35 Mr Barry Jackson

Mr John Cherry 37 38 Wide Bay United 39 Australian Labor Party - Queensland Branch

41 Mr Peter Priede 42 Mr Ross Kirk

Gayndah Shire Council A copy of the Comments on Public Objections is included on the compact disc (CD) enclosed with this Report.

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APPENDIX D LIST OF PERSONS WHO APPEARED AT THE PUBLIC

INQUIRY INTO PUBLIC OBJECTIONS HELD BY THE AUGMENTED ELECTORAL COMMISSION FOR QUEENSLAND, LONGREACH, 21 AUGUST 2006

Mr John Seccombe, Deputy Chairman, QANTAS Foundation Memorial Ltd.

Ms Vivienne Rosemary Champion

Councillor Dougal Davidson, Mayor, Tambo Shire Council

Mr Bruce Emmott

Ms Vicki Usher-Slade (Speaker from the floor)

Councillor Patrick J Tanks, Mayor, Longreach Shire Council

Councillor Les Wheelhouse, Mayor, Blackall Shire Council Councillor Rob Chandler, Mayor, Barcaldine Shire Council Mr David Arnold, General Manager, The Remote Area Planning and Development (RAPAD) Board

Councillor John Black, Mayor, Ilfracombe Shire Council

The Hon Bruce Scott, MP, Member for Maranoa Councillor R.L. (Joe) Owens, Mayor, Isisford Shire Council Councillor Bruce Collins, Mayor, Winton Shire Council

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Mr Fred Rich Councillor Roger Nunn, Mayor and Mr John Kersnovski, CEO, Kingaroy Shire Council Councillor Ted Sorensen, Mayor, Hervey Bay City Council

Mr Glen Winney, Wide Bay United

Mr Brad Henderson, State Director, The Nationals – Queensland

APPENDIX E LIST OF PERSONS WHO APPEARED AT THE PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO PUBLIC OBJECTIONS HELD BY THE AUGMENTED ELECTORAL COMMISSION FOR QUEENSLAND, BRISBANE, 30 AUGUST 2006

Councillor Eddie Stone, Mayor, Kolan Shire Council Councillor Ray Duffy, Mayor, Burnett Shire Council Mr John Cherry Councillor Barb Hovard, Mayor, Maryborough City Council

Mr Eddie Westcott, Chairman of Directors, Mackay Sugar Co-Operative Association Ltd

The Hon Bob Katter MP, Member for Kennedy

Mr Shane Easson and Dr Craig Emerson, Member for Rankin, Australian Labor Party Councillor Jenny Hill, Townsville City Council

Councillor Graham Quirk, Liberal Party of Australia – Qld Division Mr William J Manning Mr Paul Neville MP, Member for Hinkler Mr Bruce Alexander (Speaker from the floor)

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Federation Divisional names

Geographical names

Aboriginal names

Names of Divisions should not be changed or transferred to new areas without very strong reasons.

APPENDIX F GUIDELINES FOR THE NAMING OF COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL DIVISIONS

Several Commonwealth Parliamentary committees have considered guidelines for naming Electoral Divisions. The guidelines below were affirmed by the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters in 1995. The Redistribution Committee for Queensland and the augmented Electoral Commission for Queensland took these guidelines into account when considering the names of Electoral Divisions. It should be noted that neither the Committee nor the augmented Commission are in any way bound by them. Naming after persons In the main, Divisions should be named after deceased Australians who have rendered outstanding service to their country. When new Divisions are created the names of former Prime Ministers should be considered.

Every effort should be made to retain the names of original Federation Divisions.

Locality or place names should generally be avoided, but in certain areas the use of geographical features may be appropriate.

Aboriginal names should be used where appropriate and as far as possible existing Aboriginal Divisional names should be retained. Other criteria The names of Commonwealth Divisions should not duplicate existing State

Districts. Qualifying names may be used where appropriate (e.g., Melbourne Ports, Port

Adelaide).

When two or more Divisions are partially combined, as far as possible the name of the new Division should be that of the old Division which had the greatest number of electors within the new boundaries. However, where the socio-demographic nature of the Division in question has changed significantly, this should override the numerical formula.

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2 December 2005

17 March 2006

21 August 2006

APPENDIX G REDISTRIBUTION TIMETABLE 2 December 2005 Direction for Queensland to be redistributed

Quota of electors determined 1 February 2006 Public Suggestions and Comments on Public Suggestions

invited 3 March 2006 Public Suggestions closed

14 March 2006 Redistribution Committee for Queensland appointed

Comments on Public Suggestions closed 23 June 2006 Redistribution Committee for Queensland published its

proposal 21 July 2006 Public Objections closed 4 August 2006 Comments on Public Objections closed

Inquiry Into Objections to the Proposed Redistribution (Longreach)

30 August 2006 Inquiry Into Objections to the Proposed Redistribution

(Brisbane) 11 September 2006 Public announcement of the decision of the augmented

Electoral Commission for Queensland 22 November 2006 Determination of names and boundaries