Report and Recommendations
On 27 July 2007 the Commission handed down recommendations that included the names, classes, boundaries and electoral arrangements for Queensland's new local government areas. The Commission recommended Queensland's 156 councils be reduced to 72, 32 Aboriginal and island councils will be reduced to 14, and as a result 724 fewer elected council representatives.
The recommendations divided Queensland's mayors, and sparked angry campaigns and protests against the reforms. Some affected councils proposed to hold referendums on amalgamations with threats of dismissal if they went ahead,
Then Premier Peter Beattie vowed to implement the proposed boundary changes "lock, stock and barrel" although, at the time, he said he'd be open to consensus suggestions from the Councils to be amalgamated as to the names of the new Councils and the electoral divisions within the Local Government Areas.
The Opposition leader, Jeff Seeney, pledged to de-amalgamate councils with community support by way of a poll if they came to office.
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