Meeting papers

ORDINARY MEETING                                                                     20 JULY 2023


9.1     2023 LGAQ ANNUAL CONFERENCE MOTIONS


Author             Acting Chief Executive Officer, Larry Sengstock
                   CEO Office Department
Index              ECM/Subject/LGAQ
Attachments         1.   Attachment 1 - MOTION A - Cr Lorentson - Support of Noosa Council’s
                         ALGA motion for a National Policy on Ocean Sewerage Outfalls
                    2.   Attachment 2 - MOTION B - Cr Lorentson - State Policy on Ocean
                         Sewerage Outfalls
                    3.   Attachment 3 - MOTION C - Cr Wilkie - Shaping SEQ Review Process
                    4.   Attachment 4 - MOTION D - Cr Finzel- Psychosocial Risk Reduction
                         Training


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Local Government Queensland Conference is held annually and provides a forum for all
Queensland Councils to come together to table and debate contemporary issues of importance to
their local areas and communities as well as identify issues that are likely to be relevant to other
local Councils. This report proposes Noosa Council put forward motions for consideration at the
LGAQ conference to seek support from other Councils to advocate for the required legislative
changes.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Chief Executive Officer (Acting) to the Ordinary Meeting dated
20 July 2023 and approve the submission of the following motions to the Local Government
Association of Queensland (LGAQ) Annual Conference 2023 for consideration and debate:

A. "The LGAQ advocate to the State Government of Queensland recommending that a submission
made by Noosa Council to NGA at the ALGA Conference 2023 is developed and agreed to by the
ALGA board for Federal Policy priority and implementation. The motion was carried unopposed by
357 Councils across Australia."

B. "The LGAQ advocate to the State Government of Queensland to formulate a State Policy on
Ocean Sewerage Outfalls that aims at:
      1. No new ocean and estuarine sewerage outfalls to be built/developed along the Queensland
         coastline, and
      2. Dedicated funding to be provided to support local regional governments and wastewater
         providers with existing ocean and estuarine outfalls, to develop new methods/technologies
         and make every effort to recycle treated wastewater generated within their localities and
         avoid the need to discharge in the ocean."

C. "The LGAQ calls on the State Government to respect the dwelling and population growth
projections as advised, and planned for, by each South-East Queensland Local Government and
provide adequate funding for infrastructure to match any increase in dwelling and population
projections imposed by the State Government during the Shaping SEQ Review process."

D. "The LGAQ calls on the Qld State and Federal Governments to allocate Funding for a Pilot
Program to enable the LGAQ to co-ordinate ‘Psychosocial Risk Reduction Training’."




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