| Type: | lga |
| South Burnett Region | |
| State: | qld |
| Image Upright: | 0.81 |
| Pop: | 32996 |
| Area: | 8382 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Mayor: | Kathy Duff |
| Stategov: | Nanango |
| Fedgov: | Maranoa |
| Fedgov2: | Wide Bay |
| Fedgov3: | Flynn |
| Logo Upright: | 1.2 |
| Url: | http://www.southburnett.qld.gov.au |
| Near-N: | North Burnett |
| Near-Ne: | Gympie, Cherbourg |
| Near-E: | Gympie, Somerset |
| Near-Se: | Somerset |
| Near-S: | Toowoomba |
| Near-Sw: | Western Downs |
| Near-W: | Western Downs |
| Near-Nw: | North Burnett |
| Est: | 2008 |
The South Burnett Region is a local government area in the South Burnett district of Queensland, Australia.
In the, the South Burnett Region had a population of 32,996 people.
The South Burnett Region covers an area 8382km2, containing a population of 32,555 in June 2018 and has an estimated operating budget of A$42 m (as at 2008).
The Aboriginal Shire of Cherbourg is an enclave within the South Burnett Region, but is not part of it administratively as it has its own local government.[2]
This Local Government was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007.
Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the South Burnett Region, located in the southern catchment of the Burnett River, existed as four distinct local government areas:
The report recommended the new local government area should not be divided into wards and should elect six councilors and a mayor however the Interim Steering Committee applied to the State Government for four wards based on the old shire boundaries. As the total population is just a few hundred short of the level set in the report for eight councilors and a mayor, application for this was also made.
In the, the South Burnett Region had a population of 31,028 people.
In the, the South Burnett Region had a population of 32,186 people.
In the, the South Burnett Region had a population of 32,996 people.
The South Burnett Region includes the following settlements:
Kingaroy area:
Nanango area:
Murgon area:
Wondai area:
Others areas:
The South Burnett Regional Council operate public libraries at Blackbutt, Kingaroy, Murgon, Nanango, Proston, and Wondai.[3]
The current council, elected in 2020, is:
| Ward | Councillor | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Brett Otto | Independent | |||
| Division 1 | Roz Frohloff | Independent | |||
| Division 2 | Gavin Jones | Independent | |||
| Division 3 | Danita Potter | Independent | |||
| Division 4 | Kirstie Schumacher | Independent | |||
| Division 5 | Kathy Duff | Independent LNP | |||
| Division 6 | Scott Henschen | Independent | |||
| No. | Portrait | Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Council control (term) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Carter | Independent | 15 March 2008 | 28 April 2012 | Independents majority | |||
| 2 | Wayne Kratzmann | Independent | 28 April 2012 | 19 March 2016 | ||||
| 3 | Keith Campbell | Independent | 19 March 2016 | 29 March 2020 | ||||
| 4 | Brett Olds | Independent | 29 March 2020 | incumbent | ||||
| Year | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Division 5 | Division 6 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | Councillor | Party | |||||||
| 2008 | Barry Green | Independent | Debra Palmer | Independent | Damien Tessmann | Independent | Keith Campbell | Independent | Kathy Duff | Independent LNP | Cheryl Dalton | Independent | ||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Roz Frohloff | Independent | Gavin Jones | Independent | Danita Potter | Independent | Terry Fleischfresser | Independent | Ros Heit | Independent | ||||||||
| 2020 | Kirstie Schumacher | Independent | Scott Henschen | Independent | ||||||||||||||