Council to campaign against levy
wall upgrades and waste levy changes were among the motions the council will submit to the Local Government Association of Queensland’s annual conference in October.
The four motions were passed by the council at the ordinary meeting on August 21, and also included a review of the Land Sales Act and pest management.
In one of the motions, the council will ask the LGAQ to lobby the State Government to return all revenue made from its new waste levy back to the councils.
In the meeting, Cr Chris Tait was heavily critical of the State Government’s new $70 per tonne levy, which he said would partially go back into the government’s coffers.
“This is really a tax, and we’re saying (with this motion) we’re the ones on the front line and we’d like to see it come back to us,” he said.
“We know we have to upDAM grade our dumps. This levy should come back to on the ground staff.”
The council also asked the LGAQ to, “lobby the Queensland Government to increase investment in the management of prohibited and restricted biosecurity matter on crown lands through budgetary support to State Land Management Agencies”.
A proposed motion asking for continued funding to the Queensland Water Regional Alliance was removed.
The LGAQ conference and annual general meeting takes place in Brisbane from October 29.