SAVE GLENDEN MEDIA STATEMENT from Isaac Regional Council Mayor Anne Ba

Published on 18 August 2023

Please see below Isaac Regional Council Mayor Anne Baker’s comments below following the Queensland Premier’s announcement.

I have cried tears of relief during this morning’s call from the Premier advising of legislative change to Save Glenden.

This renews our faith in government’s will to act and listen to voice of mining communities.  

We are heartened by the speed at which this legislative change will occur.

Thank you to the people of Glenden, my Council team, LGAQ, every Queensland Mayor and community that backed Glenden in a fight to save regional Queensland communities.

This is an acknowledgement by government that the future of Queensland mining communities matter and that the current system is flawed and needs to change.

This critical step forward has to be a win for everyone involved, but as always the devil will be in the detail, and we look forward to working with government to get this right.

Watch this space.