Queensland’s quandary

IF 0.7 Q2 AREA STUDIES
Paul D. Williams
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Abstract

Just as Queensland commemorated the centenary anniversary of the abolition of the state’s Legislative Council, the Labor government under Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, a ‘strong’ leader during the contemporaneous COVID-19 pandemic, found itself embroiled in the most serious integrity quagmire of its seven-year history. Given Queensland’s long history of ‘strong’ – even autocratic – political leadership and compromised government integrity, this article posits three arguments: that the abolition of the Legislative Council and a century of political excess in Queensland since 1922 are broadly related; that legislation in Queensland remains largely ‘executive-made’ and not ‘parliament-made’ law; and that the presence of a democratically elected Legislative Council after 1922 would have mitigated if not prevented much of Queensland’s political excess over the past one hundred years. The article also offers a model for a reintroduced Legislative Council that, given electoral distaste for ‘more politicians’, is unlikely to be approved at referendum.
昆士兰的窘境
就在昆士兰州纪念废除州立法委员会100周年之际,在新冠肺炎大流行期间“强势”领导的总理Annastacia Palaszczuk领导下的工党政府,发现自己陷入了其7年历史上最严重的诚信泥潭。鉴于昆士兰州长期以来的“强势”——甚至专制——政治领导和政府诚信受到损害的历史,本文提出了三个论点:废除立法会与昆士兰州自1922年以来的一个世纪的政治过度有着广泛的联系;昆士兰州的立法基本上仍然是“行政制定”而不是“议会制定”的法律;1922年之后民主选举产生的立法委员会的存在,即使不能阻止昆士兰州在过去100年里的政治过剩,也会有所缓解。这篇文章还提供了一个重新引入立法会的模式,考虑到选民对“更多政客”的厌恶,这种模式不太可能在全民公决中获得通过。
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Queensland Review
Queensland Review AREA STUDIES-
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期刊介绍: Published in association with Griffith University Queensland Review is a multi-disciplinary journal of Australian Studies which focuses on the history, literature, culture, society, politics and environment of the state of Queensland. Queensland’s relations with Asia, the Pacific islands and Papua New Guinea are a particular focus of the journal, as are comparative studies with other regions. In addition to scholarly articles, Queensland Review publishes commentaries, interviews, and book reviews.
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