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A CCTV camera at the Wondai waste disposal facility and (inset) a close-up view of the camera (Photos: Peter Ward)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann (photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 26, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The South Burnett Regional Council has no plans to introduce closed-circuit TV cameras in Kingaroy or Nanango in the foreseeable future, Mayor Wayne Kratzmann said today.<\/p>\n

The Mayor said Council’s experiences using CCTV cameras to monitor local waste disposal sites had been “disappointing”.<\/p>\n

“Murgon installed CCTV cameras in its CBD a while ago but the cost of them is being paid for by the Murgon Business and Development Association,” he told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> today.<\/p>\n

“Our experience is that they get vandalised and are expensive to operate. So we have no plans to put them into the upcoming 2013-14 Budget.<\/p>\n

“The issue hasn’t been discussed at any Council meeting I’m aware of.”<\/p>\n

The Mayor was responding to reports the Federal Government would make $40 million available nationally next month for investment in security cameras and lighting through a newly announced National Crime Prevention Fund.<\/p>\n

The fund would allow councils and non-profit community groups in crime hot-spots to apply for grants to set up CCTV systems.<\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann said the South Burnett was not rated as a “crime hot-spot” so even if Council did apply it was unlikely to be successful.<\/p>\n