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South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann (photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 21, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local Councils throughout Queensland have been told by the State and Federal governments that they will need to look after their own revenue raising, South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann said today.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been advised that councils can\u2019t rely on grants because the State Government doesn\u2019t have the money to keep giving to local councils,” he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is significant debt across the State and we have been advised by the State Government that we need to rationalise our assets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann said the South Burnett Regional Council is in a better position than some local councils with 62 per cent of rural and regional councils in a deficit.<\/p>\n

\u201cLocal governments across the State have massive debt. We don\u2019t want to end up in the same place. We have been advised we may have to cut services or look at ways to raise revenue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Council says research has shown that to be sustainable, a council requires a minimum of 40,000 people and a rate base of 22,000.<\/p>\n

However Deputy Mayor Keith Campbell said the South Burnett had just under 18,000 ratepayers.<\/p>\n

“We need to ensure we make smart long-term decisions and this isn\u2019t always easy to do. Smaller councils will struggle even more than South Burnett,\u201d Cr Campbell said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of local governments have based a budget on the assumption that they will have a growth rate and that the growth rate will fund the debt. Research has shown that in 20 years 70 per cent of people will live in a city, which means our current growth rate of 1 per cent may decrease.<\/p>\n

“We have to make a decision based on the fact that the population that we have currently may be where it stays.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann said traditionally councillors throughout Queensland have left hard decisions for the next elected Council.<\/p>\n

“This council is making the hard decisions now to ensure we are sustainable beyond the next election and for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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