Council fights on against fluoride

BUNDABERG Regional Council is still holding on to the hope it will not be forced to fluoridate its drinking water.

The State Government is pushing ahead with the previous government's policy of forcing councils across Queensland to fluoridate their water.

The council had hoped to receive and exemption after talks with the LNP before the state election, but later Health Minister Lawrence Springborg said some councils would have to go ahead with the controversial proposal.

Mr Springborg mentioned Bundaberg by name in that statement.

Cr Alan Bush, a long-time opponent of the forced fluoridation of Bundaberg's water, has still not given up on the fight.

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