In addition to New South Wales losing a seat, Queensland will be gaining one. For the purpose of analysis, I broke up the state’s 29 districts into six regions. Because 29 is a prime number, one of the six regions has four seats instead of five. All six regions are over quota, the largest being the northern Queensland region, with the five northernmost seats clocking up 5.25 quotas, while the five seats around the Gold Coast and south of Brisbane clocking up 5.23 quotas. Looking at the numbers, it would be most likely that the new seat would be on the southern edge of Brisbane, pushing the seats in South-East Queensland further out. However, there isn’t as much of clear trends in Queensland as there are in NSW, where the options are clear.
