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• Bundaberg: Government grants fluoride funds

  FLUORIDATION of Bundaberg’s drinking water is set to go ahead, after the state government agreed to help fund the conversion. Bundaberg Regional Council CEO Peter Byrne said the council had written to the State Government in November saying it would be unable to fund the switch because 70% of the region’s water supplies come from […]

• Bundaberg region: Fluoride in two years

  TIME is beginning to tick for the Bundaberg region to come on board with water fluoridation, with Bundaberg Regional Council required to have its systems upgraded within two years. Bundaberg region mayor Lorraine Pyefinch said the council had started work on preliminary measures but the region’s water needs were unique. “Our situation is fairly complicated […]

• Bundaberg: Mayor hits back on grants

  THE State Government response to allegations it was starving amalgamated councils of funds was “very disappointing”, Bundaberg region Mayor Lorraine Pyefinch said yesterday. Cr Pyefinch said the comments from Local Government Minister Desley Boyle and Infrastructure and Planning Minister Stirling Hinchliffe did not answer the questions they were asked. Ms Boyle was asked a series […]

• Bundaberg region: Bush presses on with anti-fluoride

  THE fight against forced fluoridation of the region’s water continued in the Bundaberg Regional Council yesterday with Councillor Alan Bush proposing a motion to tell the State Government the city did not want it. He proposed council tell the State Government it would rather use the money to upgrade the region’s water treatment plants. However, […]

• Bundaberg: Fluoride grinds to a halt

  THE clock is ticking in the countdown to fluoridation, but Bundaberg Regional Councillor Alan Bush says progress has come grinding to a halt over funding uncertainty. “The bottom line is that nothing is happening,” Cr Bush said. “The council can’t do anything … we can’t move forward until we know whether we have funding.” The […]

• Bundaberg. Council seeks fluoride funding

  A STATE government response to requests for help with funding the fluoridation of Bundaberg’s underground water supply has failed to provide any comfort on the issue, according to Bundaberg’s mayor Lorraine Pyefinch. Commenting on a letter to Member for Bundaberg Jack Dempsey from Infrastructure and Planning Minister Stirling Hinchliffe, Cr Pyefinch said the letter had […]

• Bundaberg Regional Council revolts at fluoride plan

  BUNDABERG Regional Council has staged a revolt over state government plans to force the fluoridation of the region’s water supply. Councillor Alan Bush, a long-time opponent of fluoridation, yesterday succeeded in getting the council to agree not to go ahead with the work until the government meets council representatives and addresses their concerns. Cr Bush […]

• Bundaberg region: Fluoride to send rates soaring

  AN INCREASE of 40% in Bundaberg Regional Council water rates has been flagged as the council prepares for fluoridation of its water supply. The State Government has committed to having fluoridation in place for all Queenslanders by 2012, but Cr Alan Bush said it had reneged on its promise of funding to help councils put […]

• Bundaberg: Medicos challenge council’s stance on fluoridation

  BUNDABERG health professionals are planning a campaign to protest against Bundaberg Regional Council’s anti-fluoride stance, as concerns emerge about future government funding if the council changes its mind on the issue. Bundaberg Health Promotions chairman Dr Martin Strahan said he was among a number of health professionals in the region who wanted to push the […]

• Bundaberg: Meeting hears lack of fluoride is ‘soul-destroying stuff’

  INFO NIGHT: Dr Margaret Young speaks at the pro-fluoride meeting held at the Bundaberg Health Promotions building. ABOUT 60 people gathered at a meeting last night to hear health professionals speak on the hot topic of fluoride. Speaker Dr Michael Foley, the director of Brisbane Dental Hospital, told the audience the science on fluoride was […]