Council
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Council pushes for $13 million Beaudesert hub
COUNCIL is continuing to push for funding for a $13 million refurbishment to the Beaudesert Community Hub and Library and connection to the neighbouring Council…
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Army on standby, disaster assistance triggered as SEQ battered by ‘rain bomb’
The federal and state governments have offered both troops and money to help South East Queensland rebuild from its deadly and devastating rain event. The…
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Mayor refuses to apologise for attack on media
MAYOR Greg Christensen has not been able to provide any examples of councillors being misquoted by the media to back up his slanderous attack on…
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OIA contacted dismissed councillors on re-election
LOCAL Government watchdog the Office of the Independent Assessor has admitted to contacting former councillors of disbanded councils to ask if they intended to run…
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Mayor refuses to answer questions on CEO letter
QUESTIONS around the council’s failure to formally notify CEO Jon Gibbons that his contract would not be renewed have the Mayor and executive team ducking…
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Dismissed CEO handed further extension
DISMISSED CEO Jon Gibbons has been granted a further two months in the job after the Mayor and council’s executive team delayed acting on a…
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Chalk stands by comments on transparency issues
COUNCILLOR Marshall Chalk has apologised to the Fassifern Guardian for comments he made in last week’s council meeting suggesting he was misquoted in the paper. …
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Mayor opposes councillor dialling in to vote
A REQUEST from a councillor to dial in remotely to the next council meeting to vote on a controversial development in his area faced opposition…
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Mayor withholds health advice on COVID
AFTER publicly criticising the State Government’s health directives on COVID, Scenic Rim Mayor Greg Christensen has sat on advice from the Premier’s office for a…
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Executive team in no rush to find new CEO
SENIOR executives at Scenic Rim Regional Council are not rushing decisions around the chief executive officer’s contract. At the time of going to press yesterday…
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Mayor ‘stacking the deck’ on CEO vote
ACCUSATIONS of “stacking the deck” were levelled at Mayor Greg Christensen as he continued to use new laws on conflicts of interest in an attempt…
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Scenic Rim up for national tourism award for marketing campaign
Scenic Rim Regional Council will be up for a national tourism award next month. The Council won the Gold award for destination marketing at the…











