1st August 2007Peter Beattie’s desperation to stop communities having their say and his threats of dismissing councils that held referendums were the actions of a dictator, the State Coalition said today. Queensland Coalition Leader Jeff … Continue Reading
1st August 2007Despite the division created in the community over the forced mergers of regional councils and the personal abuse directed his way in recent months, Qld Local Government Minister, Andrew Fraser, says he would … Continue Reading
26th July 2007The Queensland Government will reveal plans for local government amalgamations tomorrow, almost a week ahead of schedule. The Local Government Reform Commission was snowed under with submissions on the contentious issue of proposed … Continue Reading
4th July 2007The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) and the State Government have locked horns again on whether it would be lawful for councils to hold referendums on the issue of forced amalgamations. LGAQ … Continue Reading
26th June 2007Further evidence of country Queensland’s rising distaste for Premier Peter Beattie’s push for forced rural and regional council amalgamations has surfaced in a just-released survey. People living in south-east Queensland, but excluding Brisbane … Continue Reading
20th June 2007The disregard for property rights in Australia by all levels of government could soon resemble communism, according to Queensland Nationals Senator, Barnaby Joyce, who wants free-title ownership and market values properly recognised by … Continue Reading
1st June 2007Farmers are no closer to learning how they will be affected by a proposed new national carbon trading scheme. Prime Minister John Howard yesterday received a landmark report into the idea from a … Continue Reading
24th May 2007 For a printable copy of this document, click Page 1 and Page 2. FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMISSION ON THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL TO REFORM LOCAL AUTHORITY … Continue Reading
21st May 2007AgForce is calling on the State Government to halt its forced shire amalgamation process and give the community a meaningful say, in the wake of a comprehensive AgForce member survey and more grassroots … Continue Reading
23rd April 2007 “Regional and Rural Small Businesses and local jobs are set to be decimated under the disgraceful Beattie Labor Government’s plan to force large scale Local Government amalgamations,” Shadow Minister for Local Government … Continue Reading
19th April 2007Plans to dam the Clarence, NSW’s largest volume river, and pipe tens of thousands of megalitres to parched south-east Queenslanders have met with vehement community opposition – and unexpected farmer support. As previously … Continue Reading
17th April 2007Rural shire councils are seething that the Queensland Government has ditched a consultation process and will pursue forced shire amalgamations instead. Premier Peter Beattie today stunned local councillors across the state by announcing … Continue Reading
19th March 2007Queensland farmers and graziers who lease State Government land will be able to get longer leases if they improve the condition of their land, under innovative land reforms introduced in the Queensland Parliament … Continue Reading
20th February 2007Although the Australian Beef Association claims to remain an apolitical association, this week it has come out strongly against the NSW Labor Government over ‘the appalling treatment of the State’s beef producers’.The broader … Continue Reading
16th February 2007 The following was compiled by David Kempton, a Lawyer in Cairns who has a long association with PRA and the Cattlemen’s union. * The Wild Rivers Act 2005 gives the Minister the … Continue Reading