City of Moreton Bay

The original inhabitants, or Traditional Owners, of Moreton Bay are the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Aboriginal people.^{[citation needed]}

Duungidjawu (also known as Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region and the City of Moreton Bay, particularly the towns of Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford and Moore.^[4]

At the time the Divisional Boards Act 1879 came into force on 11 November 1879, the present City of Morton Bay was entirely contained within the Caboolture Division, which also included the Sunshine Coast. By 1890, Caboolture Division had shrunk considerably with the separate incorporation of the Pine Division (21 January 1888), Redcliffe Division (5 April 1888) and Maroochy Division (5 July 1890).^{[citation needed]}

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Caboolture, Pine and Redcliffe (as well as Maroochy) became Shires on 31 March 1903. Redcliffe was proclaimed a Town on 28 May 1921 and a City on 13 June 1959. A few weeks earlier, on 23 May 1959, Pine was renamed the Shire of Pine Rivers.^[5]

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2008−present

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No.	Portrait	Mayor	Party	Term start	Term end
1		Allan Sutherland	Independent	15 March 2008	28 March 2020
2		Peter Flannery	Independent	28 March 2020	incumbent

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Deputy mayors

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No.	Portrait	Mayor	Party	Term start	Term end	Mayor
1		Greg Chippendale	Independent	2008	2013		Sutherland (Independent)
2		Mike Charlton	Independent	2013	2020
3		Denise Sims	Independent	2020	October 2021		Flannery (Independent)
4		Jodie Shipway	Independent	2021	October 2021

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On 1 July 2010, Moreton Bay's water services (along with Sunshine Coast Council's), moved over to the recently created water body, Unitywater. Unitywater was created by the Queensland Government as part of the state's takeover of South East Queensland's water facilities, dams and water supply networks. City of Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast Council and Noosa Shire Council are joint owners of Unitywater.^{[citation needed]}

The City of Moreton Bay includes the following places:

The populations given relate to the component entities prior to 2008.^{[citation needed]} The 2011 census was the first for the amalgamated council.^{[citation needed]}

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Selected historical census data for Moreton Bay local government area
Census year		2011[17]	2016[18]	2021[2]
Population	Estimated residents on census night	378,045	425,302	476,340
	LGA rank in terms of size within Queensland	3rd	3rd	3rd
	% of Queensland population	8.73%	9.04%	9.24%
	% of Australian population	1.76%	1.82%	1.87%
Dwelling structure
Dwelling type	Separate house	85.9%	83.0%	81.1%
	Semi-detached, terrace or townhouse	7.4%	11.0%	13.3%
	Flat or apartment	5.7%	5.0%	4.7%

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The City of Moreton Bay operates libraries at Albany Creek, Arana Hills, Bongaree (Bribie Island), Burpengary, Caboolture, Deception Bay, North Lakes, Redcliffe, Strathpine, and Woodford.^[19] It also operates a mobile library service on a fortnightly basis serving the suburbs of Beachmere, Bray Park, Dayboro, Donnybrook, Lawnton, Mount Glorious, Mount Mee, Mount Nebo, Mount Samson Petrie, Samford, Toorbul and Warner.^[20]

In 2026, the City of Moreton Bay drew national attention for the trial of "AI" powered traffic signals.^[21][22] The trial installation was to be installed at the intersection of Moreton Parade and Paper Avenue in Petrieusing CCTV and LiDAR sensors supplied by Swarco. The technology will cost around $170,000.^[23] It is expected the upgrade will begin from September, with the trial concluding in 2029.^[24] It will use movement-based rather than phase-based control.^[21] Four cameras cameras and two LiDAR sensors will be installed at the trial site. A City of Moreton Bay spokesperson told iTnews that the technology is being used in parts of Europe and had "surfaced" in Singapore, New Zealand and Qatar.^[25] Swarco supplies multiple traffic signal control systems including ImFlow^[26], "SMART AI" (which uses a reinforcement learning model)^[27] and QuicTrac.^[28].

ImFlow is a distributed, adaptive optimiser that optimises individual junctions and coordinates junctions without locking cycle times (like SCOOT).^[29]: 4:36 Each junction communicates with neighbouring intersections, without central coordination^[29]: 5:24 (like SCATS). Policies in ImFlow include detailed prioritisation between modes.^[30]: 5:47 Previous ImFlow installations have initially focused on getting traffic moving, reducing delays^[31]: 2 and increasing road capacity^[29]: 2:20 to "get the drivers happy"^[29]: 3:00, with support for "sliders" to adjust per-mode prioritisation to implement policy goals.^{[29]: 3:29 [31]: 3}

The City of Moreton Bay maintains its local heritage register in two parts:^[32]

• List of sites, objects and buildings of significant historical and cultural value
• List of significant trees