{"id":53443,"date":"2013-12-16T22:26:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T12:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=53443"},"modified":"2020-09-06T13:33:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T03:33:36","slug":"petition-pushes-for-blackbutt-breakaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/12\/16\/petition-pushes-for-blackbutt-breakaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition Pushes For Blackbutt Breakaway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Queensland Local Government Minister David Crisafulli ... "no appetite for boundary changes"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 16, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blackbutt resident Cheryl Kneipp has launched a petition pushing for Blackbutt and Benarkin to be excised from the South Burnett and added to the Toowoomba Regional Council area.<\/p>\n

Ms Kneipp told the Country Focus news magazine this week that she had met with Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio in Yarraman recently to discuss the option.<\/p>\n

She has now drafted a petition to Local Government Minister David Crisafulli to consider the request that properties be transferred to the Toowoomba Regional Council “for all rates and welfare purposes”.<\/p>\n

Ms Kneipp said the move would re-establish the historic shared heritage between the “timber towns” of Blackbutt, Benarkin and Yarraman.<\/p>\n

Ratepayers would also “gain a more equitable return and allocation from rates and charges currently levied”.<\/p>\n

Mayor Antonio has previously told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> that although he was happy to meet with anyone, he did not expect any breakaway move to be successful.<\/p>\n

He said the decision on Council boundaries was entirely up to Mr Crisafulli who \u201chas no appetite at all for changing boundaries\u201d.<\/p>\n

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