Eight council seats set

PETE MARTINELLI

Mrs O’Brien has no immediate wishlist but did say she would be spending it carefully.

“We need to take a week to work out what we need, especially with our two kids,” she said.

“There will be just a little treat for ourselves and then we’ll have to see both what we need and is available.”

Innisfail Chamber of Commerce president Nadine Picini said it was nice to see the major prize go to a family who already supported the local economy.

“They were happy and very thankful for winning,” she said.

Other prizes included 10 $500 vouchers for shoppers. 76.6 per cent of the received ballot counted. Bradley Creek leads his only opposition, Desmond Tayley, 52.03 per cent of the vote to 47.97 per cent.

Distilled down to raw numbers, Mr Creek has secured 77 votes to Mr Bradlkey’s 71.

The entirety of Wujal Wujal’s enrolment is made up of 208 voting residents.

Thus far it has taken five days for the Electoral Commission of Queensland to count 148 formal and three informal votes.

The other four confirmed candidates – Kabay Tamu, Rocky Gabriel Stephen, lama Trinkoon and Elisala Torenzo – all ran for election in the expansive Torres Strait Island Regional Council of a dizzying 15 divisions spread over a corresponding number of islands between Cape York and Papua New Guinea.

The two Cape York councils that came under scrutiny in 2018 with the passing of local government laws are likely to both see new mayors take office once the results are confirmed.

Hope Vale’s Jason Woibo is the clear front-runner with 33.58 per cent of the vote, his nearest rival, Wilfred ‘’Willie’’ Gordon, trails with 16.29 per cent.

Incumbent Mayor Gregory ‘‘Googie’’ McLean sits at the head of the remaining five contenders with 12.78 per cent of the vote.

Meanwhile in Doomadgee, council veteran Frederick O’Keefe still leads acting mayor Jason Ned. Last night his lead stood at less than 1 per cent.

Douglas Shire is still likely to see incumbent Mayor Julia Leu beaten by Michael Kerr, who leads Ms Leu by more than 10 per cent.

This week he said he would concentrate on coronavirus recovery should he win office.