 Supporters of the North Queensland state include Geoffrey Blainey, and Member of Parliament Bob Katter and former member Clive Palmer.One of many proposals stated that North Queensland would contain 785,890 people, ranking slightly above that of Tasmania, although lower than that of South Australia.In area, it would be 735,300 square kilometers, ranking between New South Wales and Victoria, and bringing Queensland down to the third largest state/territory in Australia.