Gladstone Region

Gladstone Region
Queensland

Location within Queensland

Population

67,464 (2015 Est.)

• Density

6.4325/km² (16.6601/sq mi)

Established

2008

Area

10,488 km² (4,049.4 sq mi)

Mayor

Matt Burnett

Council seat

Website

LGAs around Gladstone Region:
Rockhampton	Rockhampton	Coral Sea
Banana	Gladstone Region	Coral Sea
North Burnett	Bundaberg	Bundaberg

Gladstone Region is a local government area in Queensland, Australia.

Gladstone Region came into being on 15 March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. The legal standing of the council is sourced from the Local Government Reform Act 2007 (Qld).

The new Council, located in Central Queensland, contains the entire area of three former local government areas:

The report recommended that the new local government area should not be divided into wards and elect eight councillors and a mayor. The Gladstone Regional Council covers an area of 10,488 square kilometres (4,049 sq mi), contain an estimated resident population at 30 June 2015 of 67,464, and have an estimated operating budget of A$84 million.

The first mayor of the Gladstone Regional Council was George Creed, who was the Mayor of the Calliope Shire Council. Creed retired due to ill-health in September 2010, and died that November. He was succeeded by Gail Sellers. The current Mayor as of March 2016 is Matt Burnett.

The Gladstone Region includes the following settlements:

Gladstone area:

Calliope area:

Miriam Vale area:

The council controls the assets of the Gladstone Airport which was previously operated by the Gladstone Calliope Aerodrome Board. This Board was a statutory body made up of representatives of the City of Gladstone and Shire of Calliope.

The council has three administration centres, located at:

The council operates a network of public libraries, located at Agnes Water, Boyne Island, Calliope, Gladstone Central, Miriam Vale and Mount Larcom.

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