Qld Labor reforms to woo voters: analyst QUEENSLAND Labor's move to give rank-and-file members and unions a say when preselecting leaders will be enough to win back some voters, an analyst says. The changes would see Labor's parliamentary leader and Brisbane mayoral candidate chosen evenly by the party membership, caucus and affiliated unions, Fairfax Media reports. The reforms differ from the model recently introduced by Kevin Rudd at a federal level, which divides the vote evenly between just caucus and members. Instead, the Queensland plan mirrors the process for the Labour Party in Britain. Political analyst Paul Williams, from Griffith University, says it is a step in the right direction but isn't as desirable as the Rudd model. He says it was a strategic move to include the unions, otherwise the proposal may not get enough support to be adopted at Labor's state conference on November 30. And that would be disastrous for the party. "Opponents to the Labor party would say 'oh well, the Labor party is not interested in democratising'," Dr Williams told AAP. He believes the changes will go a long way to boosting primary support for Labor after it was decimated at the last state election. "I think it is enough for people to view the Labor party with fresh eyes," he said. It has an eye to vote catching.