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Oxley extends along the Ipswich Motorway, covering the outer parts of both Brisbane and Ipswich. In Brisbane it includes suburbs such as Corinda, Darra, Sinnamon Park, Inala and the newer Forest Lake estate. Crossing into Ipswich, it includes suburbs such as Camira, Gailes, Goodna and major new estates such as Springfield and Brookwater. Oxley also includes Wacol and its correctional facility, the innovative Education City and the largest shopping centre in Australia, Orion (when completed).
History/Trivia
Created at Federation, but abolished in 1934, Oxley was re-created when the Parliament was expanded in 1949. It is named after explorer and surveyor John Oxley. In 1961, the Labor Party defeated Menzies' Health Minister, Donald Cameron, much to the surprise of its candidate, a little known Queensland Police Constable called Bill Hayden. Hayden held the seat until 1988, serving as Health Minister 1972-75, Treasurer 1975, Opposition Leader 1977-83, Foreign Minister 1983-88, and Governor General 1988-95. Oxley was the only Queensland electorate retained by Labor at the 1975 election, but was lost in the 1996 when Pauline Hanson won the seat. Bernie Ripoll (at 32 years of age) then won the seat back for Labor in 1998.
Redistribution
Traditionally an Ipswich based seat, the 1998 redistribution removed the northern half of Ipswich, with the most recent redistribution in 2006 removing even more. 20,788 voters |
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| in Ipswich have been transferred to Blair, while numbers in Oxley are made up with the addition of 12,237 voters from the bordering seat of Moreton. Currently there are 83,511 voters in the electorate.
After the redistribution of electoral boundaries by the Australian Electoral Commission in 2006, Oxley remains the link between Brisbane and Ipswich taking in the following suburbs:
Acacia Ridge, Algester, Augustine Heights, Bellbird Park, Brookwater, Calamvale, Camira, Carole Park, Collingwood Park, Corinda, Darra, Doolandella, Durack, Ellen Grove, Forest Lake, Gailes, Goodna, Heathwood, Inala, Larapinta, Oxley, Pallara, Parkinson, Redbank, Redbank Plains, Richlands, Seventeen Mile Rocks, Sinnamon Park, Springfield, Springfield Lakes, Wacol and Willawong. |
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