South Burnett Region

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 Shire of Kingaroy;
• the Shire of Nanango;
• the Shire of Murgon;
• and the Shire of Wondai.

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.

The South Burnett Region covers an area 8,382 square kilometres (3,236 sq mi),^[1] containing a population of 32,555^[1] in June 2018 and has an estimated operating budget of A$42 m (as at 2008).

The Aboriginal community of Cherbourg has been excluded from the amalgamated area and continues to have its own local government.

The South Burnett Region includes the following settlements:

The South Burnett Regional Council operate public libraries at Blackbutt, Kingaroy, Murgon, Nanango, Proston, and Wondai.^[2]

Current composition

The current council, elected in 2020, is:

2008–present

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Party	Term start	Term end	Council control (term)
1		David Carter	Independent	15 March 2008	28 April 2012		Independents majority (2008–present)
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

2008−present

• South Burnett Regional Council
• Interactive Map of the South Burnett Region (Electoral Commission Queensland web site) Retrieved 18 April 2008

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