Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A person can not be a councillor while the person is a government member.
(2) A government member is--
(a) a member of a Parliament of the Commonwealth or a State (including Queensland); or
(b) a councillor of a local government of another State.
(3) A person automatically stops being a councillor when the person becomes--
(a) a government member; or
(b) a candidate for election as a member of the Legislative Assembly.