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\"David<\/a>
Local Government Minister
David Crisafulli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 30, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State Government has announced a “carrot and stick” approach to indigenous councils, aimed at ending what it describes as a “handout approach” to government funding.<\/p>\n

The changes are aimed at encouraging councils to collect more money locally, in the form of municipal charges for water and other amenities.<\/p>\n

Councils which introduce local charges will become eligible for a share of a reserved pool of $1.5 million, withheld by the State Government from its $32 million allocation to the 16 indigenous councils.<\/p>\n

Local Government Minister David Crisafulli told a gathering of indigenous mayors and councillors in Cairns today that it was time indigenous councils which functioned well were recognised.<\/p>\n

But he said “incentives” needed to be given to those that needed to improve.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years, governments have rewarded the councils that aren\u2019t prepared to collect revenue from their community, to the detriment of those which do,\u201d Mr Crisafulli said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn effect, we\u2019ve rushed in and topped up revenue for those which weren\u2019t prepared to make the tough decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Crisafulli said the problem was not the amount of money government was spending “but how we are spending it”.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will only lift indigenous communities to their full potential if we end the handout approach and replace it with an ability to chart their own financial success,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the 2013-2014 financial year, the State Government Financial Aid base grant will be $29 million, to be spread between all of Queensland\u2019s Indigenous communities on traditional funding guidelines.<\/p>\n

There will also be $3 million in incentive payments to councils which will be split into two equal parts:<\/p>\n

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  • Payments which will be made available from February 2014 to councils which have shown improved generation of their own income (for example, through collection of municipal charges)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • A Business Incentive Scheme, which will be an application-based fund to encourage business and economic opportunities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      In an another change, councils which have received unqualified audit reports will receive their payments in two instalments rather than the current bureaucratic process of four quarterly payments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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