| South Burnett Region Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 32,555 (2018) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 3.88392/km2 (10.0593/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8,382 km2 (3,236.3 sq mi) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Brett Wayne Otto | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Kingaroy | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | South Burnett Region | ||||||||||||||
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The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia.
This Local Government was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007.
Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the South Burnett Region, located in the southern catchment of the Burnett River, existed as four distinct local government areas:
The report recommended the new local government area should not be divided into wards and should elect six councilors and a mayor however the Interim Steering Committee applied to the State Government for four wards based on the old shire boundaries. As the total population is just a few hundred short of the level set in the report for eight councilors and a mayor, application for this was also made.
The South Burnett Region covers an area 8,382 square kilometres (3,236 sq mi), [1] containing a population of 32,555 [1] in June 2018 and has an estimated operating budget of A$42 m (as at 2008).
The Aboriginal community of Cherbourg has been excluded from the amalgamated area and continues to have its own local government.
The South Burnett Region includes the following settlements:
Kingaroy area: | Nanango area:
| Murgon area: | Wondai area: | Others areas:
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The South Burnett Regional Council operate public libraries at Blackbutt, Kingaroy, Murgon, Nanango, Proston, and Wondai. [2]
On 15 March 2008, the first mayor elected to the South Burnett Region was David Ian Carter. [3]
The first councillors elected to the South Burnett Region were as follows:
In the elections held on 28 April 2012, [10] Wayne Kratzmann was elected mayor; he was unopposed. [11]
The councillors elected were:
In the elections held on 19 March 2016, [18] Keith Campbell was elected mayor; he was one of five candidates. [19]
The councillors elected were: [20]
In the election held on 28 March 2020, Brett Wayne Otto was elected mayor. [21]
The councillors elected were: [21]
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