Submission to the QLDC Long Term Plan
Date: 28 July 2024
Instead of directing QAC in this draft LTP, the document lists under a section titled “QAC disclosures” the company’s objectives and the nature and scope of its activities. As such, these are not Council directives to the QAC Board but simply “information” from the Board to the Council.
According to the Auditor General’s comprehensive report of 2015, a local authority’s primary place to state and clearly define its Council Controlled Organisation’s purpose is in its Long-Term Plan (LTP). The QAC Board must look to this plan to identify its corporate mission.
Our submission asks the Council to exercise proper and explicit control over QAC’s objectives, as well as the nature and scope of its activities. This directive transparency is a crucial element in the broader debate about the region’s future air connectivity.