Alan Griffin (Bruce, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I would like to take the remaining moments before we adjourn to comment briefly on the finalisation of the redistribution in Queensland, in what seems to be another kafuffle in the coalition about who goes where. It appears that a number of members are playing seat shuffling. We are not sure where the minister for community affairs is going to end up. The member for Longman appears to be in a situation of possibly eyeing off the seat of the member for Fisher, Peter Slipper. Mr Slipper would in fact like the member for Fairfax to move along to Wide Bay so he can stand in the seat of the member for Fairfax. The member for Wide Bay has been asked to consider the question of possibly moving on to the seat of Hinkler, and the member for Hinkler, as I understand it, is being asked to look at moving on to the new seat of Flynn. Where this will all end up, no-one quite knows. One thing is for sure: the member for Leichhardt, at the very end of the state, is not standing again. So if everything works out that way, there might well be a situation where it ends at the Torres Strait Islands.

Ian Causley (Page, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! It being 5 pm, the debate is interrupted.