Cairns Regional Council

Infobox Australian Place | type = lga
name = Cairns Regional Council
state = qld


imagesize= 180
caption = Location within Queensland
pop = 152,000 (2008)
area = 152103
area_footnotes = ("After 2008 Amalgamations with Douglass Shire Council")
est = 2008, through amalgamation.
seat =

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logosize = 180
url =
stategov = Barron River, Cairns, Cook, Mulgrave
fedgov = Leichhardt
near-nw = Northern Peninsula Area
near-n = Wjual Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
near-ne = "Coral Sea"
near-w = Tablelands
near-e = "Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council"
near-sw = Tablelands
near-s = Cassowary Coast
near-se = "Coral Sea"

Cairns Regional Council is a Local Government Area in Queensland, Australia. The Local Government Area was created on 15 March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. The new Council, located in Far North Queensland contains the entire area of two previous Local Government Areas;
*City of Cairns; and
*Shire of Douglas.

The report recommended that the new local government area should not be divided into wards and elect ten councillors and a mayor. The Cairns Regional Council covers an area of convert|4135|km2|sqmi|0|lk=on, contains an estimated resident population in 2006 of 142,723 and has an estimated operating budget of AUD213mcite web
year = 2007
url = http://www.strongercouncils.qld.gov.au/Portals/0/ReformDocuments/Cairns_rationale.pdf
title = Cairns Regional Council
format = PDF
publisher = Local Government Reform Commission (Queensland)
accessdate = 2007-08-05 (No longer available)] .

The Regional Council covers the city of Cairns and its surrounding suburbs and the towns of Daintree, Mossman and Port Douglas.

2008 council members

References

External links

* [http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/content/root/index.html Cairns Regional Council]