Courier Mail September 2008 - Bob Ansett

QUEENSLAND council amalgamations are back on the political agenda with the Liberal National Party's Partners in Government policy, allowing merged councils to de-amalgamate.

The LNP plan is designed to rebuild relationships between state and local governments, considerably diminished by the Labor Government.

It has committed to facilitate and fund demergers by communities wishing to regain their right to self-govern.

At the same time, anti-merger campaigners in the former Douglas Shire met 500 residents who unanimously voted to de-amalgamate from the Cairns Regional Council. Read full story here......