Central Highlands gains support for local advocacy issues at LGAQ conference
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Posted on November 19, 2024
Four motions put forward by the Central Highlands Regional Council at last month’s Local Government Association of Queensland’s 2024 Conference were successfully adopted, providing vital support for local advocacy issues.
Mayor Janice Moriarty said council’s motions related to issues of water supply safety, rating methodologies, subdivided land valuation discounts and state-controlled road network safety.
She said their inclusion on the LGAQ’s agenda was an important first step in lobbying the state government for change.
‘LGAQ is an important advocacy channel for Queensland councils to collectively voice matters of statewide importance,’ she said.
‘We are so pleased the motions we submitted were all supported by our fellow councils. Collaboratively, we can achieve positive outcomes for our communities, in conjunction with other levels of government.’
The successful motions called for:
a ban on the importation and use of products containing PFAS-group chemicals, which are not destroyed or removed through conventional wastewater treatment processes (joint motion with North Burnett Regional Council and Rockhampton Regional Council) a review of Queensland’s rating system to provide additional mechanisms by which rates can be levied to stabilise the volatility of land valuations the removal or revision of provisions within legislation that require the discounting of subdivided land not yet developed, as other localised development stimulus incentives are available increased funding to improve the safety of the state-controlled road network. Central Highlands Regional Council’s Deputy Mayor Rachael Cruwys, Cr Craig Hindmarsh, Mayor Janice Moriarty, Cr Joe Burns and Cr Karen Newman at the LGAQ conference last month.