You decide on four- year terms for pollies
THE Shadow Attorney General Ian Walker was in Airlie Beach last week spruiking the benefits of four-year terms for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
He joined forces for the day with the member for Whitsunday, Jason Costigan to make voters aware of an up-coming referendum, at the same time urging people to vote "yes" when they go to the polls on March 19.
"Four-year terms are good government and fewer elections," Mr Walker said.
He said the bill had bipartisan support in the state parliament, representatives of business and the Council of Unions also backed the LNP introduced bill.
In 1991 Queenslanders voted against the introduction of four-year terms and those against the bill said a one-year extension of the governing parties' term was not suited for a parliament without an upper house.
If a bad government was elected, four years is too long without the safeguard an Upper House provided.
Opponents of the current bill include the Family First, Australian Liberty Alliance, Rise Up Australia and the Shooters and Fishers Party.
