2024 Queensland Labor Party leadership election explained
| Election Name: | 2024 Queensland Labor Party
leadership election |
| Flag Image: | Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Vote Type: | Caucus |
| Election Date: | 5 November 2024 |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Module: | |
The 2024 Queensland Labor Party leadership election was held on 5 November 2024 to elect the leader of the Queensland Labor Party and ex officio, Leader of the Opposition, following Labor's loss at the 2024 state election.
Former premier Steven Miles was re-elected unopposed to the leadership, with Cameron Dick also re-elected as deputy leader. Dick, along with senior Labor MP Shannon Fentiman, had announced following the state election that they would not contest the leadership if Miles did.[1]
Background
Procedure
Labor's rules authorise the formal method in which the leader is appointed.[2] Section K of the party's rules state that: "A ballot for Leader of the State Parliamentary Labor Party (SPLP) will be called if any of the following conditions are met:
- a. a state general election loss
- b. a casual vacancy where the leader resigns or becomes permanently unavailable
- c. not less than 50% of members of caucus petition the State Secretary for a ballot."
After this, the party's Administrative Committee will call for nominations for SPLP leader and approve a timetable for elections on the advice of the General Returning Officer.[3]
If more than one candidate is nominated, an election will be held through three separate equal-weight ballots of the SPLP (state MPs, also known as the Caucus), rank-and-file party members and affiliated unions.[4] [5]
The rules were reformed in November 2013 to give rank-and-file members and unions a direct vote in the leadership election, following similar reforms introduced by then-prime minister Kevin Rudd for the federal Labor Party in July 2013.[6] [7]
Candidates
Leader
Declared
Speculated
Notes and References
- Web site: Senior Queensland Labor figures rule out leadership challenge . The Australian . 27 October 2024 . https://archive.today/20241026235717/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/fentiman-rules-out-miles-leadership-challenge-as-dick-considers-fight/news-story/3f7a47675b279c48ecf9051c405bbd73?amp&nk=6daa1f50ca6afc87d1b63f6286cd7e1a-1729987061 . 26 October 2024 . 27 October 2024.
- Web site: Queensland Labor gives members, unions say in election of leader . ABC News . 5 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231210113134/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-30/queensland-labor-to-change-how-leader-is-elected/5126826 . 10 December 2023 . 30 November 2013.
- Web site: QUEENSLAND LABOR Rules 2023 . Queensland Labor Party . 5 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240101193212/https://queenslandlabor.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-Rules.pdf . 1 January 2024.
- Web site: Dennien . Matt . What (and who) comes next for Queensland Labor after Palaszczuk . Brisbane Times . 5 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240618002521/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/what-and-who-comes-next-for-queensland-labor-after-palaszczuk-20231210-p5eqeo.html . 18 June 2024 . 10 December 2023.
- Web site: Hope . Zach . Enter Fentiman, and a potentially bruising test of Labor’s leadership rules . Brisbane Times . 5 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231216015938/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/enter-fentiman-and-a-potentially-bruising-test-of-labor-s-leadership-rules-20231211-p5eqm1.html . 16 December 2023 . 11 December 2023.
- Web site: Kevin Rudd reveals plan for Labor Party leadership voting reform . ABC News . 5 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241105011944/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-09/kevin-rudd-reveals-plan-for-labor-party-leadership-voting-reform/4806820 . 5 November 2024 . 9 July 2013.
- Web site: Atfield . Cameron . Labor overhaul leadership vote system in Queensland . Brisbane Times . 5 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240525233256/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/labor-overhaul-leadership-vote-system-in-queensland-20131130-2yi5c.html . 25 May 2024 . 30 November 2013.
- News: Elks . Sarah . Lynch . Lydia . McKenna . Michael . 10 December 2023 . Politics Now: Miles declares as contenders emerge . live . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20231210063011/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/politics-now-foreigners-home-buyers-hit-with-tax-hikes/live-coverage/2f5a36c0694fba269af08da0e6c4dc03 . 10 December 2023 .
- News: Smee . Ben . Messenger . Andrew . 10 December 2023 . Who will replace Annastacia Palaszczuk? Three contenders as Queensland Labor picks next premier . live . Guardian Australia . Guardian Media Group . https://web.archive.org/web/20231210063800/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/10/who-will-replace-annastacia-palaszczuk-three-contenders-as-queensland-labor-picks-next-premier . 10 December 2023 .
