Council elections will be early

Southern Downs Regional Council in line with other councils across Queensland will have couple of weeks dropped from the end of its current term following a decision by the Queensland Cabinet last week.

The Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning and Minister Assisting the Premier on Olympic and Paralympic Games Infrastructure, Dr Stephen Miles, said on the advice of the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ), Cabinet has approved bringing forward the date of the local government election.

The 2024 Local Government election now will be held on Saturday 16 March, 2024.