The Abolition of the Queensland Senate: The 1922 Decision That Still Defines the State
On 23 March 1922, Queensland became the only Australian state to govern itself through a single chamber. That decision, forged in class conflict and constitutional audacity, defines Queensland still.
Queensland Parliament House: The Seat of Australia's Only Unicameral State Parliament
Standing at the corner of George and Alice Streets since 1868, Queensland Parliament House is more than a building — it is the physical address of a constitutional singularity that still defines Australian democracy.
First Nations Representation in Queensland Parliament: The Long Road to Inclusion
From deliberate exclusion by the Elections Act 1885 to three First Nations members sworn in together in 2020, Queensland Parliament's relationship with its First Peoples traces a slow, contested arc toward inclusion.
The Architecture of Queensland Parliament House: French Renaissance in the Subtropics
Built between 1865 and 1868 to the design of Colonial Architect Charles Tiffin, Queensland Parliament House carries the grammar of French Renaissance Europe into the heat and light of the southern subtropics.
The Fitzgerald Inquiry and Queensland's Parliament: Corruption, Reform and Democratic Renewal
The 1987–89 Fitzgerald Inquiry exposed systemic corruption at the heart of Queensland's parliament and police force, triggering the most significant democratic renewal in the state's history.
Parliament House as Public Institution: Tours, Committees and Open Democracy
Queensland Parliament House is not merely a seat of government — it is a civic commons, made meaningful by the public's right to enter, observe, question and participate.
Single House Government: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Queensland's Unicameral System
Queensland has governed itself through a single legislative chamber for over a century. That structural choice carries real civic consequences — for efficiency, accountability, and democratic resilience.
Parliament House Precinct: The Old Museum, the Annexe and the City Block of Democracy
The Parliament House precinct is more than a single building. It is a layered civic landscape — sandstone, brutalism, garden and memory — that maps Queensland's democratic character across two centuries.