Scott Buchholz (Wright, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

It gives me great pleasure today to announce and welcome the Council of Mayors (South East Queensland), chaired by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Adrian Schrinner. They are in the House today. They are the pre-eminent advocacy group for local government in the south-east corner. Attending is Peter Flannery, Teresa Harding, Tanya Milligan and Geoff McDonald, from their respective shires. In addition, there are another six mayors who have only just taken on the role of mayor at the last local government elections. They are Frank Wilkie, Jon Raven, Jos Mitchell, Tom Sharp, Jason Wendt and Rosanna Natoli.

The Council of Mayors (South East Queensland) do an amazing job, particularly in Queensland, where they represent no less than four million ratepayers, which represent 73 per cent of the great state of Queensland. That's one in seven Australians across the entire country, so it's a significant body. While they're here, they'll be discussing the infrastructure requirements required for South-East Queensland and Queensland as a whole for the Olympic Games, along with a myriad of other topics such as the growth infrastructure plan, South-East Queensland waste management and smarter regions. I invite everyone in this great country to, if ever you're in South-East Queensland, make yourself known to this council of mayors. They are great, eminent Australians.

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