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Subscriber only The Wagner family has lost its long-running fight against Toowoomba Regional Council s levying of millions in infrastructure charges at their Wellcamp Airport and Business Park developments. The High Court on Friday refused the Wagners application for special leave to appeal, saying we are not persuaded that it raises a question of principle suitable for the consideration of this court and awarded costs of the legal proceeding to the council. Toowoomba Regional Council welcomed the decision. TRC CEO Brian Pidgeon said this had brought an end to a lengthy legal appeals process. The refusal to grant leave means that the Court of Appeal s decision delivered on September 7, 2020 will stand, he said.
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She also flagged that action could be taken by the council at next week s ordinary meeting. Council has about 1800 staff and 11 elected members who need to be able to go to work and do their jobs, she said. Sexual harassment and bullying impacts health and safety, productivity and public confidence in local government - it s not acceptable. As a council we ll have the opportunity to act at this coming Tuesday s ordinary meeting. I encourage anyone who said in the survey that they d experienced this garbage behaviour to speak up and report it formally because the time for change is now.
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Council launches ‘Our People’ campaign
Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) this week launched an educational campaign to increase respect for its workforce and to help minimise threats made to staff by members of the public.
In 2020, Council reported an increase in the frequency and severity of staff being threatened or abused while doing their job throughout the community.
The campaign, ‘Our People – your friends, family and neighbours’ aims to humanise TRC’s workforce and help members of the public understand that while they work for Council, they’re also people and members of the Region.
TRC Mayor Paul Antonio said it was disappointing that some staff had been threatened for doing their job but he hoped the ‘Our People’ campaign would showcase how staff deserved the same respect as everyone else.