The new divisions are now known (see www.ecq.qld.gov.au) and they signal some real changes for the residents of the new Cairns Regional Council.
We had anticipated that Palm Cove and Clifton Beach would be included with all of the Douglas Shire in the new Division 10, but we weren't expecting that all of the coastal islands would be thrown in as well.
It's likely that the new councillor for division 10 will reside in the Douglas Shire so the residents of Green and Fitzroy Islands will have a hard time getting to see their local councillor. Surely the Electoral Commission has made a mistake by not including these two islands in the CBD division.
In their haste to finalise the divisions, it seems that they have also not considered the implications of splitting Edge Hill into two with the areas north of Woodward St going into the new division 8 (along with Aeroglen, Stratford, Freshwater, Machans, Holloways and Yorkeys) and everything south of Woodward St into division 7. North Cairns would have been a better fit with the northern beaches.
But no objections are allowed so we will have to live with it for the time being. Currently, many of the existing sitting and aspiring councillors are thinking hard about which division they will run in.
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