Palerang Council

The Palerang Council was a local government area located in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. On 12 May 2016 the Minister for Local Government announced dissolution of the Palerang Council with immediate effect. Together with Queanbeyan City the combined council areas were merged to establish the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.^[3] Both Councils had opposed the amalgamation. Elections for the new Council area will be held in September 2017. The former Mayor of Queanbeyan City Council was appointed by the NSW Government as Administrator until that date.

The last Mayor of the Palerang Council was Cr. Pete Harrison, an independent politician.

Municipal history

Originally known as the Eastern Capital City Regional Council, Palerang was proclaimed on 11 February 2004 when Tallaganda Shire was amalgamated with most of Yarrowlumla Shire and small parts of Cooma-Monaro Shire, Gunning Shire and Mulwaree Shire.

A 2015 review of local government boundaries recommended that the Palerang Council merge with adjoining councils. The NSW Government considered three options. The first two options were to merge parts of the Palerang Council with the Goulburn Mulwaree Council to form a new council with an area of 4,748 square kilometres (1,833 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 31,000;^[4] and to merge the remaining parts of Palerang with the City of Queanbeyan to form a new council with an area of 3,791 square kilometres (1,464 sq mi) and support a population of approximately 55,000.^[5] The alternative, proposed by Palerang Council on 29 January 2016, was for an amalgamation of the whole of Palerang with Queanbeyan City Council.^[6] On 12 May 2016 the Minister for Local Government announced dissolution of the Palerang Council with immediate effect. Together with Queanbeyan City the combined council areas were merged to establish the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council.^[3]

Towns and localities

The former area was named after Mount Palerang, located close to the geographical centre, and one of the highest points in the former Council's area. The area that was covered under administration extended to Lake George in the north, the Tallaganda State Forest in the south, Queanbeyan to the west and the Morton and Budawang National Parks to the east. The Kings Highway and the Sydney-Canberra railway pass through the former Palerang Council area.

Predominantly rural in nature, the Palerang Council area comprised the towns of Bungendore, Braidwood and Captains Flat, and the villages of Araluen, Majors Creek, Mongarlowe and Nerriga. It also encompasses the rural residential areas of Wamboin, Bywong, Burra, Urila, Hoskinstown, Rossi and parts of Carwoola, Royalla, and Sutton.

Around two thirds of the Palerang population was concentrated in Bungendore and the rural residential areas adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory border, with many residents commuting daily to Canberra or Queanbeyan. Cattle grazing is the primary agricultural pursuit in the former area, with more recent development of niche rural industries such as vineyards, olive groves and alpaca breeding. About one quarter of the former Palerang Council area is managed for conservation, with significant areas of national park.

Council

Current composition and election method

Until its dissolution, Palerang Council was composed of nine Councillors elected proportionally as one entire ward. All Councillors were elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The Mayor was elected by the Councillors at the first meeting of the Council. The most recent and last election was held on 8 September 2012, and the makeup of the former Council was as follows:^[7]

Party		Councillors
	Independents and Unaligned	8
	Country Labor	1
	Total	9

The last Council, elected in 2012 and dissolved in 2016, in order of election, was:^[7]

	Party	Notes
Pete Harrison	Independent	Mayor^[8]
Mark Schweikert	Independent
Belinda Hogarth-Boyd	Unaligned	Deputy Mayor
Garth Morrison	Country Labor
Keith France	Independent
Trevor Hicks	Independent
Paul Cockram	Independent
Peter Marshall	Unaligned	Member of The Greens
Richard Graham	Independent

References

↑ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 1. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, New South Wales". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
↑ "Palerang Council". Department of Local Government. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
1 2 "Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council". Stronger Councils. Government of New South Wales. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
↑ "Merger proposal: Goulburn Mulwaree Council, Palerang Council (part)" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
↑ "Merger proposal:Palerang Council (part), Queanbeyan City Council" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. January 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
↑ Palerang Council (29 January 2016). "Palerang and Queanbeyan City councils Proposal" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
1 2 "Palerang Council: Summary of First Preference Votes for each Candidate". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
↑ Mosley, Lisa (26 September 2012). "New Palerang mayor to target roads". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2012.

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The Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia

Local government areas	Goulburn-Mulwaree Hilltops Queanbeyan-Palerang Upper Lachlan Yass Valley

Cities	Goulburn Queanbeyan

Main towns	Boorowa Braidwood Bungendore Crookwell Gunning Marulan Murrumbateman Yass

Villages and small towns	Araluen Bannaby Bevendale Bigga Binalong Binda Bookham Bowning Breadalbane Bungonia Burra Burrinjuck Bywong Captains Flat Carwoola Collector Crestwood Cullerin Dalton Environa Frogmore Googong Greenleigh Gundaroo Hoskinstown Laggan Lake Bathurst Majors Creek Mongarlowe Nerriga Reids Flat Royalla Rugby Rye Park Sutton Tallong Tarago Taralga The Ridgeway Tirrannaville Towrang Tralee Tuena Wamboin Wee Jasper Windellama Woolgarlo

Rivers and other waterbodies	Araluen Back Lake Bathurst Bettowynd Bimberamala Deua Lake George Jerrabattgulla Shoalhaven Wollondilly Yadboro

Mountains and ranges	Budawang Range Clyde Mountain Pigeon House Mountain

National parks	Budawang Deua Monga Morton Tallaganda

Former local government areas in New South Wales

Cities and municipalities	Alexandria Annandale Armidale (C) Ashfield Auburn (C) Ballina Balmain Bankstown (C) Barraba Bathurst (C) Bega Berry Bexley Blayney Bombala Botany Bay (C) Bowral Broughton's Vale Cabramatta and Canley Vale Carcoar Camperdown Canterbury (C) Casino Castlereagh Concord Condobolin Cook Cooma Cootamundra Corowa Cowra Darlington Deniliquin Drummoyne Dubbo (C) Dundas Eastwood Enfield Ermington and Rydalmere Erskineville Forbes The Glebe Glen Innes Goulburn (C) Grafton (C) Granville Greater Taree (C) Gosford (C) Gosford (1886-1908) Gulgong Gundagai Gunnedah Hay Hill End (B) Hillgrove Hillston Holroyd (C) Hurstville (C) Ingleburn Inverell Jerilderie Junee Kempsey Kogarah (C) Leichhardt Lidcombe Manilla Manly Marrickville Mascot Moama Molong Moree Mullumbimby Murwillumbah Muswellbrook Narrabri Narrandera Narromine Newtown Nowra Nyngan Paddington Parkes Peak Hill Petersham Picton Pittwater Port Macquarie Queanbeyan (C) Redfern Richmond Rockdale (C) Singleton South Grafton South Shoalhaven South Sydney (C) St. Mary’s St. Peters Tamworth (C) Temora Taree Tumut Ulladulla Uralla Vaucluse Waterloo Wellington Windsor Wingham Yass Young

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