The petition of residents of the City of Townsville wish to bring to the attention of the House that the City of Townsville be divided into Divisions with equal number of registered voters / residents within each Division and only one elected representative for each division.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to implement the above mentioned divisional system for the City of Townsville and this must be in place for the next Local Government elections to ensure transparency, local representation and direct accountability of elected councillors.