95% of Livingstone Shire opposes proposed Boundary Change

Residents of Livingstone Shire have reinforced their message to ‘Leave Livingstone Alone’ with 95 percent of survey respondents opposing any change to current shire boundaries, affecting the localities of Glenlee, Glendale and Rockyview.

Almost fifty percent of Livingstone electors participated in the survey conducted by the Electoral Commission, with less than twenty-five percent of Rockhampton residents partaking.

Mayor Andy Ireland has today called on the Deputy Premier and Local Government Minister to heed the survey results.

“Deputy Premier Steven Miles insisted that we proceed with the boundary change survey in June and the results are loud and clear – ‘Leave Livingstone Alone!’.

“Twenty-two percent of Rockhampton respondents sided with Livingstone in opposing the change, so the results speak for themselves,” Mayor Ireland said.

Mayor Ireland also pointed to the increase of respondents from the three suburbs who opposed the change, as further evidence that sentiment has shifted in these localities from previous surveys.

“As more time passes from when the idea of a boundary change was originally discussed by the former Mayors, residents have begun to realise that there is no need to change the boundaries.

“There are no winners from this boundary review exercise, but maybe these survey results are a win for common sense?

The Electoral Commissioner will make recommendations on the boundary change to the Deputy Premier by the end of October 2022.