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The 2024 Cairns Regional Council election was held on 16 March 2024 to elect a mayor and nine councillors to the Cairns Region. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Queensland, Australia. [1] The Cairns Unity Team, which had held a majority on council since 2012, was defeated.
However, following public protest and a referendum in 2013, on 1 January 2014, the Shire of Douglas was de-amalgamated from the Cairns Region and re-established as a separate local government authority. The Cairns Regional Council's 2023-24 operating budget is A$433.5 million. [3]
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Robert John Pyne (born 23 April 1967) is an Australian politician who currently serves as a member of Cairns Regional Council, representing Division 5.He was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2015 until 2017, representing the electorate of Cairns.
On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the City of Cairns merged with the Shire of Douglas to form the Cairns Region. [7] [9] Byrne was narrowly defeated by Val Schier of Cairns 1st for the mayoralty of the new Regional Council.
In 1984 he returned to Cairns and became Secretary and then CEO of the Cairns Port Authority (including the Cairns Airport) for eighteen years from 1984 to 2002. [4] After resigning his role at the port [ 5 ] as a stand against "bullying tactics" by the Queensland Government , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Manning began consulting work in Jordan [ 9 ] and ...
The City Library, operated by the Cairns Regional Council, opened in 1979 [42] and is situated at 151 Abbott Street. [43] A major refurbishment was undertaken in 1999 and a further minor refurbishment was implemented in 2011. [42] Public accessible wifi is available. [43]
Former MP George Christensen contested Mackay Regional Council as a candidate for Jackson's Mackay First ticket. [16] Another former federal MP, Andrew Laming, ran for mayor of Redland. On 25 January 2024, he confirmed he had dropped his Liberal National Party (LNP) membership, saying it had "no place" at a local level".