Townsville is the capital of Northern Australia, and Townsville City Council is the largest regional council in Queensland servicing a community of more than 190,000 residents. Townsville City Council is committed to facilitate sustainable growth and economic development for our region through inspired leadership, community engagement and sustainable and innovative business partnering. Council employees deliver core local government services including roads and infrastructure, environment protection and local parks, as well as neighbourhood planning. Townsville City Council welcomes honest, friendly and open conversation on our LinkedIn page. However, it is our responsibility and reserved right to remove comments or discussion posts which stop this from happening. We also reserve the right to permanently remove users who are continually detrimental to others’ enjoyment of this. Public Comments We welcome your comments and do not discriminate against any views. We encourage you to discuss and share opinions with others and Council via our LinkedIn page. We reserve the right to remove comments which: • Are considered likely to disrupt, provoke, attack or offend others; • Are racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit, abusive or otherwise objectionable; • Contain swear words or other language likely to offend; • Could break the law or condone or encourage unlawful activity (this includes breach of copyright, defamation and contempt of court); • Are seen to impersonate someone else; • Include contact details such as phone numbers, postal or email addresses; • Describe or encourage activities which could endanger the safety or well-being of others; • Are considered to be 'spam' (posts containing the same message posted multiple times); • Are repeatedly off-topic for the discussion to which you are posting; • Do not relate directly to Townsville City Council services, programs or enquiries.