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Uwe (Tom) Nowack … a candidate for Division 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 18, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

For most of the election campaign it looked like Division 6 councillor Ros Heit would be elected unopposed at the March 19 election, but a late challenger has put up his hand to make sure a ballot is held.<\/p>\n

Uwe Nowack – better known as Tom – is a small businessman who also has cattle on a 300 acre property at Inverlaw. He also has a vision to run free-range chickens as a commercial enterprise.<\/p>\n

Mr Nowack bought the block four years ago, and for a while he and his family were splitting their time between Caloundra and Inverlaw.<\/p>\n

However, he and his wife Wendy are now full-time South Burnett residents, and two of their three children go to school here.<\/p>\n

It was the experience of his third child that helped to convince Mr Nowack to stand for council.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“He tried to get an apprenticeship here but there are just not many jobs,” Mr Nowack said.<\/p>\n

“So he has just started an apprenticeship on the Coast.”<\/p>\n

He said his slogan was “jobs for your children and grandchildren”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I love this area. I love Kingaroy. I love the South Burnett and I want to raise our family here,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But it is very hard for young people to stay in this area.<\/p>\n

“Some friends had four sons and they all left to get jobs.<\/p>\n

“The old people stay on the farms. Eventually there will be no one on the farms.”<\/p>\n

Mr Nowack is an accredited solar installer and has relocated his business, Australian Green Power Company Pty Ltd, to Inverlaw.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Most of our work was on the Coast, Brisbane and Caboolture but we have now done quite a lot of work here, concentrating on off-grid work,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Nowack said he saw a lot of potential in the South Burnett “if we have the right councillors”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said there were many things Council could do to help create jobs.<\/p>\n

“Council could encourage farmers to produce more, and help them to sell their product. They could facilitate share-farming and encourage value-adding,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Nowack said he admired the way Ipswich Council had been encouraging local business.<\/p>\n

“My belief is Council can do a lot more than just put committees out there,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It can facilitate value-adding in the area, that will create jobs.”<\/p>\n

He said another key issue in the Division was wild dogs, and he had been forced to shoot one just recently that had been attacking a calf.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Nowack said he would like to see the 1080 baiting program organised in a different way.<\/p>\n

He would also like to see the South Burnett Regional Council introduce recycling, even if the scheme would only break even or cost a little money.<\/p>\n

“There are other benefits out of it,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Nowack said it would be nice to be able to say he was against the $200 road levy, but he thinks Council will have to keep it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The road levy brings in $3 million so it would be hard to cut it off completely,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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