The Hon. Robbie Katter, Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger, Media Release, 29 June 2026

It’s no surprise that the LNP have done exactly as Labor did and are more concerned about winning government than with ensuring equitable representation around Queensland, Leader of the KAP and state Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has said, digesting the final report from the Queensland Redistribution Commission. 

The LNP have successfully influenced the Queensland Redistribution Commission to abolish a KAP seat, and shift boundaries to move LNP booths to benefit LNP candidates.  

“Culling Shane’s seat, yet again, making the rebadged Traeger electorate even harder to service, and gifting Charters Towers to the resources minister because the Coal-belt in his current electorate is far from happy, are all going to add up. People are beginning to cotton-on to the blind disregard for Regional Queensland,” he said.

“The government really need to have a good look at themselves, and how far they’re really going to push their position in power and their feverish desire to win at all costs – even at the cost of Queenslanders.

“Labor, and now the LNP would rather give Brisbane yet more politicians, all saying the same thing, representing electorates the size of postage stamps, more disconnected from the reality of everyday Queenslanders than ever. 

“It’s just plain insulting that the first Premier from outside SEQ for nearly 20 years is the leader whose party actively advocated to gift more seats to SEQ and tip the balance more in Brisbane’s favour!” he said. 

The Queensland Redistribution Commission today formalised the electoral boundaries that will be in place for the 2028 state election, siding with the LNP’s submission to abolish the North Queensland seat of Hill, add a seat in Brisbane, and move boundaries throughout the state to shore-up LNP seats. 

“The Commission have ignored powers available to them to make representation in Queensland equitable, such as increasing the large area dispensation or adding a First Australian community allowance,” the KAP leader said. 

“It was the then Electoral and Administrative Review Commission in 1990 who proposed the large electorate rules, which helps keep the huge electorates in Western Queensland manageable, and for constituents to have a hope of being able to see their elected representative.

“But today the Commission has simply done what the party of government have asked for – more metropolitan politicians, and less in the regions. They could have altered the large electorate rules or helped with first Australian representation, but they took their orders from the LNP ‘suggestions’.

“Voters are waking up to the Brisbane parties’ ruse – all they care about is throwing away hard earned rural Queensland-earned money on 50c fares and Olympics in the South East.

“What this confirms, is every major party Member of Parliament outside SEQ should be very concerned about their future post-2028. Why would anyone outside SEQ support the Brisbane party cabal?” Mr Katter asked.