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Shadow Minister for Local Government Ann Leahy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 27, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State Government has passed legislation to limit expenditure by Mayoral and Councillor candidates at the upcoming March local government elections.<\/p>\n

The Bill, passed recently, sets expenditure caps for mayoral candidates over five bands.<\/p>\n

These begin at $30,000 for areas with 30,000 or fewer electors, such as the South Burnett.<\/p>\n

The highest band outside Brisbane applies to areas with more than 200,000 electors, allowing a cap of $175,000 plus an extra 25 cents per elector for each additional elector over 25,000.<\/p>\n

For councillor candidates, the bands range from a $15,000 cap for areas or divisions with 20,000 or fewer electors (such as all South Burnett divisions) up to a maximum cap of $30,000 for areas or divisions with 40,000 electors or more.<\/p>\n

However, a group of candidates can pool their caps within a Council area to maximise their spending power which could encourage the formation of “tickets”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shadow Minister for Local Government Ann Leahy said on a per capita basis, the highest level of mayoral expenditure per person will be in Diamantina Shire where a mayoral candidate could spend $181.82 per elector. This compared with just 57 cents per person on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

A councillor candidate in the Diamantina Shire could spend of $90.91 per elector while Toowoomba Regional Council candidates – who have to campaign across the whole region as the Council is undivided – could spend just 26 cents.<\/p>\n

“A councillor candidate standing in the Diamantina Shire Council can buy two cartons of beer with a \u2018Vote 1\u2019 on it for each constituent but a councillor candidate standing in the Toowoomba Region council cannot even buy a Freddo frog with \u2018Vote 1\u2019 on it to hand out to elicit votes,” Ms Leahy said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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