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Monday, 21 September 2020

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Tackling the cockroaches of corruption: Editorial

Corruption is the devious underbelly of outward respectability - at its most effective when hidden from sight. Successfully expose its contamination of public life and its agents scuttle around like confounded cockroaches, quickly caught while the corruption they fed on is successfully eradicated - for a time.

ECQ to be queried on cost of ‘postal voting only’ election

“Ridiculous” was how Cr Duncan McInnes described the bill sent to the Council by the Electoral Commission of Queensland’s (ECQ) for the running of the March 2020 election.

Wendy Creighton

$249k Scenic Rim election cost more than double the last election

It cost more than a quarter of a million dollars to run the Scenic Rim local government election in March this year.

Wendy Creighton

Scenic Rim Council’s ambitious plan to build economy

A $5 million bump in the value of gross regional product is the 12 month performance measure set for the Council’s Economic Development Program.

Wendy Creighton

Push to increase Scenic Rim visitor numbers

The Scenic Rim region will notch up 1.75 million visitors in the next 12 months - that’s the measure of success set by the Council officers for the Tourism Program this year.

Wendy Creighton

Scenic Rim Council to spend $500k on strategies and plans

A social media strategy, a brand strategy and a communications audit is expected to cost Council $45,000 as each is developed during the next six months.

Wendy Creighton

Council to spend $500k to attract events, get more followers

Council plans to spend $308,000 on developing and launching an events toolkit and “attracting, expanding or developing” new events.

Wendy Creighton

In 40 years of covering council, it’s never been this bad

I’ve been reporting on Council meetings for almost 40 years - In Council past, the Mayor and Councillors were the main players, now the dominant voice is that of the Mayor and the executives.

Wendy Creighton

Scenic Rim Infrastructure Charge up 15%

Ratepayers will kick in an extra $50 towards the upkeep of roads and bridges in the region this financial year.

Wendy Creighton

Scenic Rim budget: 1% increase for facilities

Council will increase its spending on facilities such as pools, halls and cultural centres by $60,000, this financial year.

Wendy Creighton

Scenic Rim waste charges increase by 3%

Refuse collection and waste disposal charges for residential and commercial properties will increase by 3 percent this financial year.

Wendy Creighton

Beaudesert subdivision link wins 98% of footpath budget

Council has budgeted more than $1 million to build new footpaths and 98 percent of the money will be spent linking two subdivisions on the outskirts of Beaudesert.

Wendy Creighton

Minor increase on Scenic Rim parks spending

Spending by Council on parks and landscape maintenance will increase by about one percent to $3.7 million, this financial year.

Wendy Creighton

Scenic Rim Council Budget: Rate rises minimal, new works slashed

In the words of Mayor Greg Christensen, the Scenic Rim Regional Council Budget was formulated against a challenging background of sequential disaster events.

Wendy Creighton

Sport & Rec grants rolled into community grants

No extra funds have been set aside for Council’s community grants or its sports and recreation grants, however, both have been consolidated into one program.

Wendy Creighton

$4m for Kerry Road bridges

The total Council budget for new bridges in the Scenic Rim will be used to build two new structures on one of the feeder roads into Beaudesert.

Beechmont Road wins the budget stakes

Almost $2.3 million will be spent by Council this financial year on rebuilds along Beechmont Road.

Wendy Creighton

Tussle for top positions in first council meeting

Cr Duncan McInnes was elected 4 to 3 as Deputy Mayor of the Scenic Rim at the Post Election meeting on Thursday.

Wendy Creighton

Final results for Scenic Rim election

The official results for Scenic Rim mayoral vote and Division 1 have been declared.