{"id":237468,"date":"2019-06-11T19:52:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T09:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=237468"},"modified":"2020-07-19T16:07:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T06:07:20","slug":"councillors-to-lobby-canberra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/06\/11\/councillors-to-lobby-canberra\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillors To Lobby Canberra"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_237472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237472\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-237472\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190611nccc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190611nccc.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190611nccc-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four South Burnett Regional Council delegates will be attending the ALGA&#8217;s annual conference at the National Convention Centre in Canberra on June 16-20 (Photo: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 11, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A South Burnett delegation will be lobbying Federal politicians as part of a trip to the Australian Local Government Association&#8217;s (ALGA) annual conference in Canberra on June 16-19.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Keith Campbell, CEO Mark Pitt, and Crs Ros Heit and Roz Frohloff will be among the more than 860 representatives from Councils across Australia who also be attending.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the event is &#8220;Future Focused&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The South Burnett delegation intends to move four resolutions at the conference, stressing the need to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrade the level of Financial Assistance Grant funding to councils,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide economic stimulus to regional areas,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Give more funding support for community health issues in rural and remote areas, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide opportunities for the sustainable delivery of water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mayor Campbell said the South Burnett delegation would also be using the trip as an opportunity to lobby Federal politicians about South Burnett issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meetings have been arranged with several Federal Ministers, including Member for Maranoa David Littleproud who is now Water Resources Minister in the incoming Morrison Government.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Campbell said South Burnett councillors were offered the opportunity to attend one State and one Federal local government conference during each four-year term to broaden their understanding of how local government interacts with higher levels of government.<\/p>\n<p>This year it is Cr Heit and Cr Frohloff&#8217;s turn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A South Burnett delegation will be lobbying Federal politicians as part of a trip to the Australian Local Government Association&#8217;s (ALGA) annual conference in Canberra on June 16-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":237472,"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 - 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