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Acting Kingaroy Office-in-Charge Acting Senior Sergeant Sean Relf, Mayor Keith Campbell and SBRC Infrastructure General Manager Aaron Meehan at Tuesday afternoon’s briefing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 24, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVID-19 has created “unprecedented times” for our generation, South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell warned in his latest video update to residents.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Tuesday afternoon after chairing a meeting of the Local Disaster Management Group, Mayor Campbell said it was important to\u00a0look after the vulnerable members of our community and lessen the impact on our society as much as possible.<\/p>\n

He urged people to reach out for the help that is available, and to support local businesses as much as possible.<\/p>\n

“I encourage you to buy local, get your hair cut, buy a coffee or buy a takeaway meal if you can,” Mayor Campbell said.<\/p>\n

The South Burnett Local Disaster Management Group is now at “Stand Up” status.<\/p>\n

After the video session, Acting Officer-in-Charge of Kingaroy Police Acting Senior Sergeant Sean Relf emphasised the South Burnett community had been “behaving themselves” in the wake of the current restrictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said police and QFES officers were authorised under the Public Health Act to enforce the business closures<\/a><\/strong> ordered by Queensland\u2019s Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeannette Young, on Monday.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to say thank you because everyone has been behaving themselves very well,” Sgt Relf said.<\/p>\n

“On the whole it has been really positive. People haven’t been panicking.”<\/p>\n

Mayor Campbell agreed, saying people were conditioning themselves to a new way of life for the next six months or whatever length of time it takes.<\/p>\n

He said the most important thing was to support local business.<\/p>\n

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The full-text of Mayor Campbell\u2019s speech is below, or you can listen here:<\/strong><\/p>\n