Current proposals and decisions

Comment on a proposal

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

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Proposal

To name a newly discovered undersea geographical feature Monument Reef as shown on Proposal Plan QPN1425.

Local government

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.

See the Monument Reef place name proposal consultation page for more information or to make a submission.

Proposed

2 May 2025

Closing date for comments

2 June 2025

Decided

Decision pending

Attachments

Proposal plan QPN1425 (PDF, 476.9 KB)

Recent decisions

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Proposal

Discontinue the name and locality of Kairabah and incorporate that area in the locality of Yarrabilba.

Local government

Logan City

Additional information

The amendment was proposed to reduce confusion for residents, businesses, and emergency services by having a single locality name across the whole Yarrabilba Priority Development Area. Localities – often known as suburbs – are administrative boundaries that are essential for the creation of valid addresses that can be uniquely and clearly identified.

Proposed

20 December 2024

Decided

18 July 2025

Attachments

Proposal

Alter the locality boundaries of Petrie and Kallangur.

Local government

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.

See the Petrie Kallangur place name consultation page for more information or to make a submission

Proposed

20 December 2024

Closing date for comments

21 February 2025

Decided

1 August 2025

Attachments

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 reconfigure the portions of Lot 8 on SP349930 and Lot 505 on SP347399 located in Banya and Nirimba and to align the boundary between Gagalba and Coochin Creek with the Bells Creek Arterial Road.

Additional Information

Decision to pre-emptively realign the locality boundaries to prevent future lots from being split by locality boundaries and to align with future development patterns.

Local government area

Sunshine Coast

Decided

28 May 2025

Decision

To realign the boundary between South Ripley and White Rock to the western side of Lot 7056 on SP313709 which will form the edge of the road corridor known as the ‘South East Arterial’, comprising of an extension of Blaine Avenue.

Additional Information

Decision to pre-emptively realign the locality boundaries to prevent future lots from being split by locality boundaries and to align with future development patterns.

Local government area

Ipswich

Decided

8 July 2025

Decision

To include Lot 1 on SP350918 into the locality of Walloon.

Additional Information

Decision to pre-emptively realign the locality boundaries to prevent future lots from being split by locality boundaries and to align with future development patterns.

Local government area

Ipswich

Decided

2 July 2025

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