{"id":123149,"date":"2015-10-07T23:28:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T13:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=123149"},"modified":"2020-08-07T12:34:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T02:34:36","slug":"so-you-want-to-be-a-councillor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/10\/07\/so-you-want-to-be-a-councillor\/","title":{"rendered":"So You Want To Be A Councillor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_95996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95996\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ballotbox1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95996\" title=\"Ballot Box\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ballotbox1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will your name be on the ballot slip?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>October 7, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in standing for the role of Mayor or Councillor at the March 2016 Local Government elections?<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning is conducting information sessions over the next few weeks in the local region for people interested in standing for the South Burnett, Cherbourg, Toowoomba or Gympie councils.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 7 &#8211; <strong>Toowoomba<\/strong> &#8211; 5:30pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>October 15 &#8211; <strong>Nanango<\/strong> &#8211; 6:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>October 20 &#8211; <strong>Gympie<\/strong> &#8211; 6:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>October 28 &#8211; <strong>Murgon<\/strong> &#8211; 6:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>November 3 &#8211; <strong>Kingaroy<\/strong> &#8211; 6:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>November 10 &#8211; <strong>Cherbourg<\/strong> &#8211; 11:00am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To register for a session, email <strong><a href=\"mailto:southern.bsu@dilgp.qld.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\">southern.bsu@dilgp.qld.gov.au<\/a><\/strong> or phone (07) 3452-6762.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For more information, visit the Local Government <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dilgp.qld.gov.au\/local-government\/local-government-elections.html\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in standing for the role of Mayor or Councillor at the March 2016 Local Government elections?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":95995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>So You Want To Be A Councillor? 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