Queensland Electoral Boundaries Could Be Redrawn, Labor and KAP Likely to Lose Seats

Two new seats will be added to keep in line with population growth.

Multiple signs and volunteers promoting candidates at a pre-polling location for the 2025 federal Australian election in the seat of Rankin in the south of Brisbane, Australia on April 23, 2025. Daniel Y. Teng/The Epoch Times

Queensland’s election boundaries are set for an overhaul after the Queensland Redistribution Commission (QRC) announced plans to redraw electoral boundaries.

Under the proposed changes, 48 boundary lines will be redrawn, two new seats will be added at the expense of two electorates that will be removed altogether and subsumed into neighbouring seats.

Queensland’s Legislative Assembly currently has 93 seats.

The two new seats will emerge in greater Brisbane’s growth corridors of Springfield and Caboolture.

The two seats set for the axe are the multicultural seat of Stretton in Brisbane’s south, held by Labor’s James Martin, and the vast north Queensland electorate Hill, held by Katter’s Australian Party’s (KAP) Shane Knuth.

Stretton will be absorbed by the Toohey and Algester electorates, while Hill would shuffle into Mulgrave, Hinchinbrook and Flinders.

The QRC was established to review the state’s electoral boundaries, as required under the Electoral Act 1992, in line with population growth.

As of February 2026, 16 out of 93 electorates in Queensland (about 17 percent) were found to be out of quota, which meant they were more than 10 percent above or below the average number of enrolled electors.

The redistribution must ensure that all 93 electorates are within the legislated quota.

The draft proposal is not final, with public objections and potential revisions possible before the final plan is announced later in 2026.

Any final changes will form part of the next state election in 2028.

KAP and Labor Object

KAP leader Robbie Katter accused Liberal National Party (LNP) Premier David Crisafulli of betraying Queenslanders.

“It’s pretty disappointing for a premier that left north Queensland to go for a safe seat, Broadwater at the Gold Coast, and lives in Brisbane,” he told AAP.

Meanwhile, Labor Opposition Leader Steven Miles said he would lodge an objection with the QRC.

“Queenslanders can’t have confidence that the redrawn boundaries were drafted in good faith ... that the LNP didn’t have sway over the process,” he said.

Meanwhile, Premier Crisafulli said the redivision was an independent move.