Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council
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| Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council Queensland |
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| Population: | 2378 | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Cr Alfred Lacey | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Palm Island | ||||||||||||
| Region: | North Queensland | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Townsville | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Herbert | ||||||||||||
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Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council is a Local Government Area of Queensland, Australia. It is located on Palm Island, near the north Queensland city of Townsville.
The Aboriginal Shire Council was previously the Palm Island Community Council. The Community Council had far fewer powers and was reliant on revenue from alcohol sales from the canteen.
10 of the 12 Islands in the Greater Palm Island Group come under the control of the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council, Orpheus Island is not within the Palm Island Council's borders.[1]
The current Mayor of Palm Island is Alfred Lacey who was elected in 2008.[2] The former Mayor was Cr. Oui-Foster who had previously been the chairwoman of the Community Council from 2001 to 2003 until the council was dissolved over mismanagement of funds and was an Independent candidate for the electoral district of Townsville in the 2004 election.[3][4][5]
Current 2008 Councilors are:
- Cr Ruth Gorringe
- Cr Raymond Sibley
- Cr Zina Prior
- Cr Mick Thaiday[6]
The Chief Executive Officer of the Council is Barry Moyle, who is the former Mayor of the Johnstone Shire Council[1]
[edit] History
The Palm Island Council received qualified audits for the financial years ending 2003-04, 2002-03 and 1999-2000. It received unqualified audits for the 2000-01 and 2001-02 financial years. In October 2003 the then Palm Island Council was dissolved and an administrator was appointed until the March 2004 election. A Townsville-based insolvency practitioner was appointed as administrator. This occurred due to a range of governance and financial management issues, including: insolvency, serious mismanagement, instability of Council membership between March 2000 and October 2003, conflict among elected Councillors, high turnover in the position of Council Clerk (CEO), poor records and decision making processes, unsustainable expenditure, a failure to deliver major infrastructure projects.[7]
At the conclusion of the administrator's term a handover report was presented to the newly elected Council, this report included; allocation of specific portfolios for Councillors and the establishment of committee structures to ensure functional decision making, appointment of a financial controller for 12 months and the engagement of a Human Resource Management consultant.[7]
According to the Palm Island Select Committee, the local government elections of 1997, 2000, and 2004 demonstrated a lack of continuity in office-bearers, a relatively small number of voters combined with a large number of candidates and a trend in some families for a number of relatives to stand for election.[7]
On 1 January 2005, Palm Island Council was renamed Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council, this reconstitution into a Shire Council formed part of the Meeting Challenges, Making Choicesstrategy developed in response to the Cape York Justice Study undertaken by Justice Fitzgerald QC in November 2001.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Townsend, Ian. "Privatising Palm Island", Background Briefing, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-03.
- ^ 2008 Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council - Mayoral Election - Election Summary
- ^ "Palm Island elects new mayor", ABC Online, 17 December 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ "Reynolds returned", Magnetic Times, 8 February 2004. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
- ^ Archive for the 'Queensland Election 2004' Polls and prophecies - Queensland Election 2004. The Poll Bludger (3 February 2004). Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
- ^ Palm Island Aboriginal council - Undivided Council Summary
- ^ a b c Palm Island Select Committee (August 2005). Report - August 2005. Tabled in the Queensland Legislative Assembly 25 August 2005, 15-16.
- ^ McDougall, Scott (January 2006). Palm Island: Future Directions - Resource Officer Report. Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy, page 27.
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