Advocacy Action Plan 2024-25

The prosperity of our future generations is dependant on the actions we take now. Advancing our region to be more than simply liveable and sustainable, means investing in our people and community.

A sustainable region means our pristine environment is protected, that we are investing in building a circular economy through diversification, innovation and courage.

A liveable region means that our people and region are connected and accessible. It means place based approaches considering our unique environment, needs and culture, ensuring our community is healthy and thriving. A prosperous region means attracting and retaining investment, having strong workforce capability and capacity, creating jobs and a strong economic future for our communities.

Our 15 distinct and unique communities are faced daily with challenges like no other region in Queensland, if not Australia. If both State and Federal Government incessantly continue to cost shift and underfund our region, without adequately addressing our unique environment and basic human needs, there is no future for our region nor our council.

The real key to our region not just surviving but actually thriving, is having both upper levels of government acknowledge and accept, and then commit to taking responsibility and funding us appropriately – thus allowing council to focus on our most valuable asset – our people and communities.