As I reported earlier this year, Queensland is progressing with a plan to de-amalgamate four former local council areas from the super-councils created in 2007-8.
Voters in these four areas voted in favour of de-amalgamating in March 2013.
All four of these council areas elected new mayors and councils on Saturday November 9th, and you can see the results on the Electoral Commission of Queensland website.
The four councils are:
- Douglas Shire – merged with Cairns.
- Livingston Shire – merged with the City of Rockhampton and the Shires of Fitzroy and Mount Morgan to form Rockhampton Region.
- Mareeba Shire – merged with Atherton, Eacham and Herberton to form Tablelands Region.
- Noosa Shire – merged with Caloundra and Maroochy to form Sunshine Coast Region.
While the merger of Cairns and Douglas will be entirely reversed, the merged entities in the other three areas will remain, as at least two former councils remain part of the larger councils.
The four councils will be restored on 1 January 2014.
You can download a Google Earth file with boundaries for the four new councils, and the new boundaries for the councils that have lost territory. You can also download an updated map of all of Queensland’s council areas, showing the new boundaries from 2014.
All four councils elected their councillors at-large, so no ward maps need to be updated.
