Queensland has had long periods of party hegemony interspersed with short cycles of volatility and electoral competition.

I think it is safe to say that the periods where the parties are competitive are short and don't seem to last beyond a party establishing itself as the dominant party of government.

John Wanna writes:

The predominance of stable and well-disciplined partisan majorities supporting the government in a unicameral parliament has meant that few governments have ever been brought down by defeat on the floor of parliament. Motions of no confidence have rarely been put and the Gair Labor government was the only one to be brought down by defeat on a matter of confidence.

This is more a result of there being very few minority governments in the Queensland system.
Cam Riley: South Sea Republic. Freedom, liberty, equity and an Australian Republic.

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  • Felix the Cassowary . # .
    That's exactly what John Wanna said, isn't it? If you're trying to draw a contrast I don't understand it; if you're trying to emphasise his point your expression to do that is unusal.