Here is a letter I received today from Premier Campbell Newman regarding de amalgamation.

Bob Ansett

It may well turn out to be the most important day in Noosa’s history.  I refer of course to Saturday the 24th of March 2012 that ushered in the ‘Can Do’ Newman government with his promise to facilitate the de-amalgamation of Noosa from the regional super council.

Now the hard work begins with a team of ‘Free Noosa’ people already well advanced in the planning process for the physical separation from the regional council.  This group will be meeting with the new Minister for Local Government, David Crisafulli to brief him on work that has been done and already canvassed with his predecessor David Gibson.  It importantly includes a suggested way forward for the transition after boundaries have been set and Noosa overwhelmingly votes YES to de-amalgamation in the referendum to follow.

25 March 2012

Premier Campbell Newman
LNP
PO Box 940
Spring Hill QLD 4004


Good Morning Premier,

Congratulations on achieving an awesome victory both personally and for the LNP.  It’s so refreshing, but unfortunately rare, to have an Australian political leader with an engineering background enhanced by military command experience, both of which were on display during your time as leader of Australia’s largest council.

In a rough and tumble campaign you continually displayed ‘grace under pressure’ Ernest Hemingway’s definition of guts. The demolition of Queensland Labor was the appropriate outcome for the morally despicable attack waged against you and your family by Anna Bligh and her cohorts. 

We in Noosa are thrilled over the prospect of working with your government as we progress our campaign to restore the Noosa Council that was forcibly removed from us by the Beattie/Bligh government four years ago.

Best wishes.


Bob Ansett

Tomorrow could well be the most important day in Noosa’s history so as we trudge to the polls to vote for a State government bare in mind the following; 

A return of the current government, one that has been in office for almost 20 years, pretty much condemns Noosa to a life under a council that has shown little regard for the aspirations of residents and visitors who want Noosa to remain as a relaxed, very natural, low key family oriented community that reflects a huge point of difference to most other sea side destinations here and abroad.

The Queensland State elections have at long last been set for the 24th of March with Council elections to follow on the 28th of April.  This is good news for the Noosa community as we will know the outcome of the State elections before going to the polls for council elections.  With the LNP’s commitment to facilitate the restoration of Noosa’s council within 100 days of gaining government, some initial steps will have been taken by the LNP as part of the process necessary to de-amalgamate from the SCRC. However, things will not have progressed to the point where we will be voting for a Noosa council at this election.  The best guess is we will be voting for candidates in Divisions 11 and 12 as part of the existing Regional Council then once the boundaries commission has completed its tasks and the costings for de-amalgamation are finalized our next vote will be in a referendum to confirm the Noosa community supports de-amalgamation.

For Noosa, 2012 is the ‘dawning of a new beginning’ as it will enable us---subject to the election of an LNP government---to create a unique 21st Century local government.  One that literally fulfils Abraham Lincoln’s prophecy of “A Government of The People, By The People, For The People.”
As we observe the ongoing violent revolutionary activity in the Middle-East, driven by ordinary citizens demanding representative government,  despatching corrupt totalitarian governments and their murderous dictators to the rubbish bin of history, we in Noosa have quietly engineered our own bloodless revolution.  Before long we will be issuing our ‘Declaration of Independence’ from the virtual dictatorship of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council who tell us what we can and can’t do and is busily planning our future.  Faceless men and women unelected by Noosa residents.