Red Friday - The Burnett Strikes Back

This is a new improved version of a previous video with a similar title. Apologies to Carl Rackemann for that little typo in the previous video.

On the 17th of April the Beattie government launched a preemptive strike on rural Queensland, when they announced that the voluntary "Size, Shape, and Sustainability" process to local government reform had been replaced by a rapid, forced, and undemocratic process. On Friday the 8th of June, Red Friday, the people of the Burnett struck back, holding a protest march in Gayndah.

Approximately 500 people met to listen to a bevvy of formal and informal speeches. The discussions revealed many important facts and a groundswell of sentiment, however two key points emerged.

The people of the Burnett are not prepared to idly accept the Local Government Reform process and secondly that the group gathered in Gayndah which to progress their protest in a robust fashion.

Below is a new improved video bringing out some of the main points of the day. Stay tuned for more videos and information over the coming days.

Red Friday - The Burnett Strikes Back

On the 17th of April the Beattie government launched a preemptive strike on rural queensland, when they announced that the voluntary "Size, Shape, and Sustainability" process to local government reform had been replaced by a rapid, forced, and undemocratic process. On Friday the 8th of June, Red Friday, the people of the Burnett struck back, holding a protest march in Gayndah.

Approximately 500 people met to listen to a bevvy of formal and informal speeches. The discussions revealed many important facts and a groundswell of sentiment, however two key points emerged.

The people of the Burnett are not prepared to idly accept the Local Government Reform process and secondly that the group gathered in Gayndah which to progress their protest in a robust fashion.

Below is a short video bringing out some of the main points of the day. Over the next week or two more videos of the speeches will be released and more information dispersed, so stay tuned.

Finally a list of the key speakers will appear beneath the video.





Cr Eddie Stone Mayor - Kolan Shire Council

Cr Bill Mellor Mayor - Gayndah Shire Council

Cr Wayne Honor Kolan Shire Council

Cr Graeme Claxton Deputy Mayor - Kolan Shire Council

Cr Clare Mildren Eidsvold Shire Council

Cr Glen Churchill Mayor - Banana Shire Council and Nationals Candidate for Flynn

The Full Churchill Speech

Here is the full Churchill speech at the Red Friday Rally in Gayndah.

Cr Glen Churchill is the National candidate for the new federal seat of Flynn he spoke strongly at the Red Friday Rally in Gayndah.

Churchill drops an LGAQ bomb on Beattie government

National party candidate for the new Federal seat of Flynn, Cr Glenn Churchill dropped a bombshell at Gayndah's Red Friday rally today. Churchill, a member of the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAC)executive, revealed that an independent review of the Treasury's analysis of Queensland Councils had been commissioned by the LQAG and would be handed down in the next week. Cr Churchill said the report will counter claims that 46% of councils are financially weak. "When the report comes out the premier, and his ministers will have egg on their face!"