... it is a very large
area with entrenched issues, different issues, large land mass,
lots of underlying interests,
lots of overlaps, to think that within a very short time frame you could actually effectively amalgamate or expand the Queensland South boundaries and just flick the switch on the 1st July and everything would be hunky dorey is an exercise
in naivety... there was compelling logic behind the amalgamation but it was the planning and implementation that was
flawed.