Rockhampton Region

The Rockhampton Region in Central Queensland, Queensland, Australia, is located on the Tropic of Capricorn, about 600 kilometers north of Brisbane, experiencing an average of over 300 days of sunshine per year. Rockhampton, the Region’s major city is often referred to as the Beef Capital of Australia which offers a broad mix of lifestyle and business opportunities. The Fitzroy River, Mount Archer National Park and Berserker Range provides a scenic backdrop for the city where its rich history is featured in the heritage listed buildings along the historic Quay Street Riverfront Precinct. The Rockhampton Region is attracting significant growth with the increase in CBD and Riverfront developments neighbouring these historical sites.

Attractions

Rockhampton Zoo: Located within the Rockhampton Botanic Gardens and adjacent to the Murray lagoon. It is home to over fifty species of native animals from across Australia and exotic animals from around the world. The Zoo includes an Australian Walkabout Zone which includes kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, chimpanzees, lion macaques, rainbow lorikeets, saltwater crocodiles, freshwater crocodiles and the rare cassowary.

Regional Council

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Regional Council (Cameroon)

Regional councils are, nominally, the governing bodies of the regions of Cameroon. As defined by the Constitution of Cameroon, the councils have control of cultural, economic, educational, health-related, social, and sport-related issues in the regions. The members of each council are delegates indirectly elected by the populace and traditional rulers selected by their peers. Each council is headed by a president, who is elected by the members from among their own ranks. Members serve five-year terms.

Each council is advised by members of parliament from the area and by an administrator appointed by the president of Cameroon. This individual acts at the president's personal representative and wields considerable power. The president of Cameroon reserves the right to disband any regional council he so chooses.

The regional councils were created by Cameroon's constitution of 1996 in response to agitation for a return to a federal system of government or increased decentralisation. However, the councils have yet to be established in reality, and the regions established by the constitution are still known as provinces and are headed by presidentially appointed governors.

Regional council (France)

A regional council (French: conseil régional) is the elected assembly of a region of France.

History

Regional councils were created by law on 5 July 1972. Originally they were simply consultative bodies consisting of the region's parliamentary representatives plus an equal number of members nominated by the departments and municipalities.

The decentralisation programme of 1982-1983 provided for direct election which began in 1986 and increased the powers of the councils.

Operation

The Assemblies elect their own Presidents who preside over the meetings and head the Regional Executive.

Electoral system

Before 2004

Between 1986 and 2004, regional councils were elected by closed list proportional representation. The Front National was frequently left with the balance of power as a result and this led to a change in the electoral law.

Since 2004

Since 2004 three quarters of the seats continue to be elected by proportional representation with each list having an equal number of male and female candidates. The other quarter are given to the list that received the most votes. In order to gain these top up seats, a list must have gained an absolute majority of the votes in the first round. If this has not been achieved a second round is held with each party that gained at least ten percent of the votes competing. The party that wins a plurality in this round gains the bonus seats. It is common in this round for lower ranking parties to withdraw in favour of parties they have entered into an alliance with.

Rockhampton

Rockhampton is a city and local government area in Queensland , Australia. The city lies on the Fitzroy River, approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) from the river mouth, and some 600 kilometres (370 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane. Rockhampton has a north and south side with three bridges connecting both sides, one for trains and two for vehicles and people.

The estimated urban population of Rockhampton in June 2014 was 80,345. Rockhampton hosts a significant number of governmental, community and major business administrative offices for the central, coastal part of the state.

Rockhampton experiences over 300 days of sunshine each year, which lends itself to tourism activities all year round and an abundance of outdoor activities. Popular attractions include Riverbank Parklands, a riverfront parkland attraction located on the banks of Fitzroy River; the Capricorn Coast, the coastal strip between Yeppoon, Emu Park and Great Keppel Island, a large neighbouring island off the Capricorn Coast, the vast majority of which is national park.

Rockhampton (disambiguation)

Rockhampton is a city in Queensland, Australia.

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