General News
13 September, 2024
TRC seeks councils’ support for change
SEVEN motions from Tablelands Regional Council will be presented to the annual gathering of local councils throughout the state in October.
Mayor Rod Marti and Deputy Mayor Dave Bilney will attend the Local Government Association of Conference on 21-23 October as well as delegates, while Crs Con Spanos, Kylie Lang and Maree Baade will attend as observers.
The motions to be submitted at the conference are:
1. Resilient and Reliable Communications for Regional Queensland – that the LGAQ advocate for a change in the Mobile Black Spot Funding Program to further incentivise investment in telecommunications infrastructure to improve mobile coverage and competition, to ensure day-to-day communications are resolved, and to consider work required to ensure greater reliability, redundancy and resilience.
2. Disaster Recovery Funding for local governments – that the LGAQ call on the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to undertake a review of financial and other disaster assistance made available to local governments to ensure improved delivery of counter disaster operations including community recovery initiatives, and that the restoration of essential public assets can commence in a timely manner after a disaster.
3. QRA and NEMA Disaster Recovery Funding for communities – that the LGAQ call on the QRA and NEMA to undertake a review of financial and other disaster assistance to regional Queenslanders to ensure the criteria are sufficiently flexible to enable immediate assistance, and indirect consequences are considered as eligible.
4. High-Priority Groundwater Allocations for town water supply – that the LGAQ call on the Queensland Government to amend water legislation, regulation, plans and protocols to allow allocation of high-priority groundwater entitlements to registered water service providers for town water supply.
5. Local Governments Implementing the Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan – that the LGAQ call on the Queensland and Australian governments to support local governments, particularly the Reef Guardian Councils, in their efforts to implement actions under the Reef 2050 Plan through direct funding and capacity building.
6. Queensland Government funding for Local Governments implementing the Reef 2050 Plan – that the LGAQ call on the Queensland Government to match the Australian Government Reef Guardian Councils Program - Activating Local Councils’ Reef Action Plans funding to support implementation of the Reef 2050 Plan.
7. Population Projections – that the LGAQ make representation to the Queensland Government to create a mechanism for population projections provided by the Queensland Treasury to be reviewed in circumstances where a local government considers the population projection to be
incorrect.
