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Health Minister Cameron Dick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 12, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State Government won’t force Queensland councils – including the South Burnett Regional Council – to reintroduce fluoridation into the water supply, despite it being Labor Party policy.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Health Minister Cameron Dick told the ABC today the government would not force fluoride back on councils despite believing in its benefits.<\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council was forced to fluoridate town water supplies in 2008 after the then-ALP Government\u2019s Water Fluoridation Act made the practice mandatory in Queensland.<\/p>\n

However, the LNP Government put the decision back into in the hands of local councils in 2012.<\/p>\n

In January 2013, councillors voted unanimously to stop adding fluoride to the South Burnett\u2019s town water supplies \u2013 partly as a cost-saving measure, and partly because few people drink the reticulated water, anyway.<\/p>\n

At the time, fluoride was being added to the Blackbutt, Nanango, Kingaroy, Wondai and Murgon water supplies.<\/p>\n

The decision was expected to save between $170,000 and $200,000 a year.<\/p>\n

Almost 20 Queensland councils eventually opted out of water fluoridation.<\/p>\n

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