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The high cost of traffic controllers and public liability insurance is steadily killing off sporting clubs and community events like the Nanango’s Mardi Gras, Cr Barry Green has warned<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sports portfolio chair Cr Barry Green (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 26, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The costs of running a “nanny state” and defending against a “victim culture” where any misadventure is seen as someone else’s fault is steadily sucking the life out of sports and community events, says South Burnett councillor Barry Green.<\/p>\n

Cr Green, who chairs Council’s sports portfolio, gave the State Government and insurance companies a blast at the Council’s monthly general meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He was responding to a report by Mayor Wayne Kratzmann that the recent Tour de Kumbia and Tour de Kingaroy cycle races had been well-received by the community.<\/p>\n

There was a possibility that a national cycling title could be secured for the area, Mayor Kratzmann said, and the event could expand from two to three days if costs could be contained.<\/p>\n

Cr Green said while he was happy to hear the tours looked like having a long future in the region, he noted that last year Cycling Queensland had paid $11,000 to hire traffic controllers for the event and this year faced even higher charges.<\/p>\n

“These costs are killing the sport,” he said.<\/p>\n

The same issue also applied to the Nanango Mardi Gras’ annual parade and King and Queen Of The Mountain foot races.<\/p>\n

“For years our local SES people supervised these events and we never had any problems,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Now we have to pay two traffic controllers $3000 to $6000 to tell the SES people what to do.<\/p>\n

“Our army cadets have already had to cancel a march due to traffic controller costs.”<\/p>\n

Cr Kathy Duff agreed that the costs of running community and sporting events were becoming ridiculous.<\/p>\n

Cr Ros Heit warned there could be cost impacts on Anzac Day marches if common sense didn’t prevail.<\/p>\n

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Cr Green also reported a recent survey of the region’s sporting clubs had received an 80 per cent response rate – a result he said was “unbelievably good”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the surveys disclosed local sports clubs were “crying out for help”, and their biggest problems centred on governance issues rather than money.<\/p>\n

However, the cost of public liability insurance was also a major problem area.<\/p>\n

Cr Green said the situation had become ridiculous when six sporting clubs who all used the same sportsground had to take out separate public liability policies to cover their members.<\/p>\n

“These costs are killing sports clubs in this area and across the State,” he said.<\/p>\n

Cr Green said he was investigating whether a single policy taken out by Council over all the region’s public sports grounds might be a solution.<\/p>\n

Mayor Wayne Kratzmann noted that a lot of Council’s funds already go to insurance companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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