A public consultation period is underway for all proposals listed below and we invite you to comment on the proposal(s) before the closing date. All comments will be considered after the public consultation period has closed. A final decision will then be made and this page will be updated to communicate the decision.
Current proposals
There are no current proposals.
Recent decisions
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Proposal
To name a newly discovered undersea geographical feature Monument Reef .
Local government area
Cook Shire (the geographic feature is not located within a local government area; however, Cook Shire is the closest).
Additional information
The proposal was suggested by James Cook University, choosing the name Monument Reef to represent the towering limestone monolith that rises high up from a deep-sea platform that extends out from the edge of the northern Great Barrier Reef. The reef is the first detached reef identified in the Great Barrier Reef area in over 120 years.
Discontinue approved names that are considered offensive.
Local government areas
Boulia, Burke, Carpentaria, Central Highlands, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Cook, Etheridge, Flinders, Gympie, Hinchinbrook, Mackay, Maranoa, Mareeba, McKinlay, Mount Isa, North Burnett, Quilpie, South Burnett, Western Downs
Additional information
A statewide audit of place names under the Place Names Act 1994 identified offensive place names that are considered to be derogatory, racist or sexist to certain communities and the public.
The Honourable Dale Last MP, Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Regional and Rural Development has made a decision to discontinue these offensive place names.
To alter the locality boundaries of Petrie and Kallangur.
Local government area
Moreton Bay Regional
Additional information
This locality boundary amendment has been proposed to assist with the development and activation of The Mill at Moreton Bay Priority Development Area, by creating a sense of place and community cohesion. Localities – often known as suburbs – are administrative boundaries that are essential for the creation of valid addresses that can be uniquely and clearly identified.
Minor amendments to locality and suburb boundaries
Decisions listed below have been made in accordance with provisions of the Place Names Act 1994. Section 10 of the Act dispenses with the publication of a proposal if the action is unlikely to be of significant community interest, is of a minor or technical nature, or has already been subject to public consultation. Therefore, these decisions are effective from the date decided.
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Decision
To include Lot 17 on RP20316 into the suburb of Ashgrove.
Additional information
Decision prevents potential addressing confusion and property access issues arising from the reconfiguration of property access points following development on the lot.
