It was great to be one of the 73 Mayors of Queensland local government councils at a meeting in Parliament House on Thursday.
Premier Anna Bligh brought everyone together to talk about the new era in local government in Queensland and the challenges ahead: dealing with population growth as southerners move north; planning for infrastructure and transport; planning for the impacts of climate change on our coastal communities; working in partnerships with the state and federal goverments.
I took the opportunity to have a chat with mayors from the aboriginal communities and to meet with the nearby regional mayors: Tom Gilmore from the Tablelands, Peter Scott from the Cook Shire and Bill Shannon from the new Cassowary Coast Council.
We agreed that we need to collaborate in as many ways as possible to build Tropical North Queensland and to lobby to ensure that the north gets its fair share of resources.
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