Mayor, Mike Berwick, will play a key role in drafting the new state legislation which will ensure that the character of the Douglas Shire is protected and the shire is not over developed when it becomes part of the new Cairns Regional Council in March 2008.
The current mayor of Cairns, Kevin Byrne, condemned Mike Berwick and the huge number of people in the Douglas Shire who vented their anger at the proposed merger of the Douglas and Cairns councils, telling them to: "Take a cold shower and get on with it". Fortunately, they did not take his advice!
The protests of Mike and the Douglas shire residents have been heard in Brisbane and they have had a win. Whilst they have not been able to stop the amalgamation they will have the satisfaction of knowing that they have tightened up legislation and will have a better chance of being able to keep the balance between the environment and development that they have struggled so hard to keep over the past decades.
In a democracy it's important that people can express dissenting views and do everything legally possible to change policies and laws that they believe are not in their best interests.
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