Local Government Changes to Affect Hervey Bay
The State Government announced yesteday that Queensland’s 157 local councils will undergo their first sweeping reform in more than a century.
A seven-member commission - the Queensland Local Government Reform Commission - has been formed and will spend the next three months considering changes to local government boundaries and the amalgamations of neighbouring councils across Queensland.
You can read the full text of Government’s press release on the local government changes by following the link.
Obviously the changes are going to affect Hervey Bay and if will be interesting to see if becoming part of a much larger local government area proves to be a blessing or a curse for the town.
Exactly what the changes mean in terms of what other councils Hervey Bay will be amalgamated with remains to be seen. Only time will tell if we’re to be joined with Maryborough, Tiaro etc. (which seems to be the logical choice) or somehow connected to Bundaberg.
While that last option may seem to be a little unusual it was proposed recently by the local member for Hervey Bay so it could come to pass.
While I’m not a big fan of the local member I can see some advantages in being amalgamated with Bundaberg that may not be present if we joined the councils to our west.
