Calls for Tweed Heads to turn maroon under plan for north Australian mega state

• March 28, 2016 6:01am
• The Daily Telegraph

NSW’s most northern township Tweed Head could become part of Queensland with its mayor saying his community would be “better off” turning Maroon.

New lines have been drawn in Queensland’s border battle, with calls for a north Australian mega state and NSW’s prized Tweed Coast to be roped into Queensland.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk sparked the issue, calling for Queensland to expand into northern NSW in the face of the state’s northern MPs pushing for a referendum to break away.

Turning maroon?... Tweed Heads

“There are parts of northern NSW that have more affinity with us. We should be inviting them to join us, not dividing our great state,” Ms Palasczuk said yesterday.

Tweed Shire Council deputy mayor Gary Bagnall said his community would be “better off” turning Maroon.

“In terms of distance, I would much rather be connected with Brisbane than Sydney,” Cr Bagnall said.

“The NSW Government is out of touch with our region and we would be better off governed from Brisbane. There are a lot of people in northern NSW who are very unhappy with the NSW Government.”

Momentum is growing for a mega north Australian state

NSW Premier yesterday reacted by saying: “Has April’s Fools Day come early?

“As the Queensland Premier knows there are only two kinds of peopel- those that live in NSW and those that want to.”

“In terms of distance, I would much rather be connected with Brisbane than Sydney,” Cr Bagnall said.


“The NSW Government is out of touch with our region and we would be better off governed from Brisbane. There are a lot of people in northern NSW who are very unhappy with the NSW Government.”