Beattie says local government jobs won't go ...

... but this won't save Mayor Thorley.

Excerpt from the Courier Mail:

Premier Beattie: "Everyone who wants to continue working in local government will be able to do so post the 15th of March, 2008, which is the date of the next local government elections."

See - Beattie's council amalgamation blues.

Mayor Thorley may well want to keep working in local government after 15 March 2008 but the voters of Toowoomba may have other ideas ...