Hervey Bay is a city on the coast of the Fraser Coast Region of Queensland,Australia. The city is situated approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) or 3½hours' highway drive north of the state capital,Brisbane. It is located on the bay of the same name open to the Coral Sea between the Queensland mainland and nearby K'gari. The local economy relies on tourism which is based primarily around whale watching in Platypus Bay to the north,ferry access to K'gari,accessible recreational fishing and boating and the natural north facing,calm beaches with wide undeveloped foreshore zones. In October 2019,Hervey Bay was named the First Whale Heritage Site in the world by the World Cetacean Alliance,for its commitment to and practices of sustainable whale and dolphin watching. A 2010 study by Deakin University showed that people on the Fraser Coast area including Hervey Bay,were the happiest in Australia. At June 2018,there were an estimated 54,674 people in Hervey Bay,having grown by an annual average of 1.31% year-on-year over the preceding five years.
The City Country Alliance (CCA),initially known as One Nation Queensland,was a short-lived Australian political party,operating exclusively in Queensland,that briefly held six Queensland state parliamentary seats. It was founded in the wake of Pauline Hanson's One Nation experiencing severe ructions in Queensland,the home state of founder Pauline Hanson.
The 2001 Queensland state election was held on 17 February 2001 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The result of the election was the return of the Labor Party (ALP) government of Premier Peter Beattie,with an increased majority in a landslide. Labor won 66 seats,easily the most it has ever won in Queensland and one of Labor's best-ever results nationwide. There was a 10.07% swing towards Labor,while One Nation suffered a 13.98% swing against it,losing eight seats.
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 13 June 1998 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
The Fraser Coast Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland,Australia,about 250 kilometres (160 mi) north of Brisbane,the state capital. It is centred on the twin cities of Hervey Bay and Maryborough and also contains K'gari. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Cities of Maryborough and Hervey Bay and the Shires of Woocoo and most of Tiaro. The resident population at the 2021 census was 111,032 and the estimated population in 2023 was 117,940.
The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland,Australia,about 170 kilometres (110 mi) north of Brisbane,the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan and part of the Shire of Tiaro.
Patricia May Petersen is an Australian academic from Ipswich,Queensland.
Daylight Saving for South East Queensland (DS4SEQ) was a political party in Queensland,Australia. It was a single-issue party,run by volunteers,that advocated the introduction of Daylight Saving into Queensland,or at the very least into South East Queensland under a dual-time zone arrangement - with the remainder of the state to maintain standard time. The party proposed a possible dual time zone,which included the following 15 local and regional government areas:Brisbane,Fraser Coast,Gold Coast,Goondiwindi,Gympie,Ipswich,Lockyer,Logan,Moreton Bay,Redland,Scenic Rim,Somerset,Southern Downs,Sunshine Coast,and Toowoomba. The party was officially registered with the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) in December 2008 and was not registered with the Australian Electoral Commission. In August 2012,DS4SEQ submitted a request to the ECQ to deregister the party,and this process was finalised in October 2012. DS4SEQ maintains a presence as a lobby group and may potentially re-register as a political party in the future. Jason Furze was leader of the party from December 2008 until June 2011.
The Sustainable Australia Party is an Australian political party that was formed in 2010.
Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is an agrarian populist political party in Australia that advocates for a synthesis of agrarian socialist economic policies and conservative social policies. It was founded by Bob Katter,an independent and former Nationals MP for the seat of Kennedy,with a registration application lodged to the Australian Electoral Commission in 2011.
The 2020 Queensland state election was held on 31 October to elect all 93 members to the 57th Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Labor Party was returned to government for a third-term,led by incumbent premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. With 47 seats needed to form a majority government,Labor won 52 seats,including all but five in Brisbane,while the Liberal National Party won 34 seats and formed opposition. On the crossbench,Katter's Australian Party retained its 3 seats,the Queensland Greens picked up South Brisbane for a total of 2,Pauline Hanson's One Nation retained Mirani and independent Sandy Bolton retained her seat of Noosa.
Angela Carolyn Owen is an Australian former politician who was a Councillor of Brisbane City Council (BCC),the local government authority for the City of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland,from 2008 to 2024.
The Australian Federation Party (AFP),also known as AusFeds and formerly known as the Country Alliance and the Australian Country Party,is an Australian political party. Founded in 2004 by four rural Victorians,the party lodged its initial registration with the Victorian Electoral Commission on 15 August 2005.
George Nathan Seymour is an Australian politician currently serving as the mayor of Fraser Coast Region in Queensland. Prior to his election to the mayoralty in a 2018 by-election,Seymour served as the Deputy mayor of Fraser Coast from 2013 to 2018,and the Councillor for Division 10 from 2012 to 2018. He also served as Acting Mayor between February and May 2018. Seymour was re-elected in 2020 with one of the highest primary votes in the State of 77.55% and again in 2024 with a primary vote of 74.89%.
Adrian Tantari is an Australian politician,a member of the Labor Party,and was elected as the representative of Hervey Bay,Queensland,at the 2020 Queensland state election. The seat of Hervey Bay has had three Australian Labor Party,a One Nation Party and a National/Liberal National Party members since its inception. At the 2020 election,the seat was considered a "safe" seat for the Liberal National Party of Queensland,who had held the seat since 2009.
The number of seats won by each party in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2022 federal election were:Coalition 58,Labor 77,Australian Greens 4,Centre Alliance 1,Katter's Australian Party 1,and Independents 10.
The 2020 Queensland local elections were held on 28 March 2020 to elect the mayors and councils of the 77 local government areas in Queensland,Australia.
The 2024 Queensland local elections were held on 16 March 2024 to elect the mayors and councils of the 77 local government areas in Queensland,Australia.
The 2020 Gold Coast City Council election was held on 28 March 2020 to elect a mayor and 14 councillors to the City of Gold Coast. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland,Australia.
The 2020 Ipswich City Council election was held on 28 March 2020 to elect a mayor and eight councillors to the City of Ipswich. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland,Australia.
