Gladstone Regional Council Mayor Matt Burnett has been elected President of the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ).
Mayor Burnett, who was elected to the position for a four-year term at the LGAQ’s 128th Annual Conference, thanked delegates and promised he would “not let you down”.
He vowed he would be an LGAQ “president for the entire State” and “always put Queensland councils first”.
Mayor Burnett, who has been the LGAQ’S Acting President since June, is currently the President of the Australian Local Government Association.
He was elected to Gladstone council in 2000, then served five years as deputy mayor before being elected mayor in 2016.
Mayor Burnett was born and raised in the Gladstone region, with his family’s connection to the region extending over six generations.
He is a former small business operator and qualified journalist, having started his own newspaper, The Port Curtis Post, at age 19.
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