AusLink (National Land Transport) Act 2005
Explanatory statement – Variation of AusLink Roads to Recovery List No. 2008/6
On 2 August 2005, the then Minister determined a list of bodies to receive Roads to Recovery funds (the list) and their allocations as required under s.87 of the AusLink (National Land Transport) Act 2005 (the Act). The bodies listed were the local government authorities that existed at the time but there is provision in the Act to amend the list to take account of council amalgamations etc. Several changes have already occurred which are now reflected in the list.
This instrument arises from an issue which flows from the recent shire amalgamations in Queensland. Most of the recent changes there have involved the amalgamation of two or more councils in their entirety to form a new council but this is one case where this is not so. Part of the former Beaudesert Shire Council has been incorporated into the Logan City Council and the rest into the Scenic Rim Regional Council.
The Scenic Rim Regional Council does not yet have an allocation. This Council is made up of three parts, all of the former Boonah Shire and parts of the former Beaudesert Shire, which has been abolished, and the City of Ipswich, which has lost some territory to Scenic Rim via a boundary change. Thus, its allocation would normally have had three components, one from Boonah, another from the former Beaudesert Shire and a third from the City of Ipswich.
However, Boonah has been paid out so that the allocation for the new shire will be made up of components from Beaudesert and Ipswich. The impact of the boundary change between Ipswich and Scenic Rim has not been determined. Thus, for the time being, the Scenic Rim allocation will just be the component from Beaudesert.
This instrument adds Scenic Rim Regional Council to the list of funding recipients and gives it an allocation and also amends the allocation of the Logan City Council.