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What is the Red Bag Appeal? Have Your Say on Moreton Bay Region’s Growth
For most of us, Christmas is a wonderful time of Management Strategy
year; a chance to celebrate, relax and enjoy time By the year 2041 the Moreton Bay Region will
with our loved ones over a good meal as we pass be home to more people than the entire state
around gifts and treats. of Tasmania - growing from 459,600 locals to
However, for the one in eight adults, and more than one in six approximately 690,000 in two decades.
children, that are living in poverty it can be a very different story. Mayor Allan Sutherland said planning for this needed to start
After paying for rent and utilities, splashing out on a Christmas now in order to maintain the lifestyle locals enjoy for future
meal and treats for the kids is not an generations.
option for some Queenslanders. “We can’t stop our region’s growth, but we can plan ahead to
And that’s why the annual Red Bag Christmas Appeal was ensure housing and infrastructure goes into the right areas at
created. the right time so that sequencing of projects keeps pace with
This year, with your help, they hope to give 5,000 Red Bags to our region’s population growth,” he said.
Queensland families in real need. Each Red Bag “That’s why Moreton Bay Regional Council has made it a priority
will change lives – sometimes in big and unexpected ways. project to prepare a Regional Growth Management Strategy
To find out more and donate, please visit - www.redbagappeal. 2041.
org.au “To be a success, this will require strategic thinking, expert advice
and a lot of input from residents.
“We’re also required to facilitate the construction of an additional
88,300 dwellings over the next two decades, as stipulated in the
State Government’s South East Queensland Regional Plan 2017.
“Council will be providing regular updates to the community
and also regularly calling for community feedback, to ensure
the development of this strategy is an open discussion between
council, industry and the community.
The strategy will be developed across four phases and is
expected to be finalised by the end of 2021.
More information is available on Council’s website, including a
detailed strategy summary: https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.
au/Services/Reports-Policies/Regional-Growth-Management-
Strategy-2041

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