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Greens spokesman Grant Newson has launched a petition to stop the sale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 14, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greens spokesman Grant Newson<\/strong> has begun an\u00a0online petition<\/a><\/strong> to put pressure on the State Government not to approve the sale of a portion of Adermann Park in Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

St John’s Lutheran School has applied to the State Government – as owners of the land – to purchase about one-third of the park in Ivy Street to allow for expansion of the school.<\/p>\n

Mr Newson said the school should purchase land elsewhere for their plans to accommodate Years 7-9 and allow for future expansion to Years 10-12 when required.<\/p>\n

“This park is for the use of residents within the Shire. The sale of public assets has to stop before we have nothing left for future generations,” he said.<\/p>\n

When southburnett.com.au<\/strong> logged in this morning the petition, which had been live for less than 24 hours, already had seven signatures and had been shared several times on Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n

The Department of Natural Resources and Mines has asked South Burnett Regional Council to prepare a land management plan before it decides whether or not to approve the sale.<\/p>\n

The preparation of this plan will require community consultation.<\/p>\n

Mayor Cr Wayne Kratzmann said this week that Council was always aware that at some stage a consultation process would need to be undertaken.<\/p>\n

“It would have been presumptuous to have embarked on this without knowing what the State Government would determine,” he said.<\/p>\n

General Manager for Planning and Environment Stan Taylor said the community consultation process would be advertised publicly in the near future.<\/p>\n

“Once all of the components required in the draft Plan of Management are completed then it will be forwarded to the State Government for their decision,” he said.<\/p>\n

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