The Banana Shire Council are once again endorsing the idea, however locals are concerned about the use of taxpayer money to fund the project.
The director of corporate and community services Venkata Peteti says the council would help source funds externally. He says, "is a project that is instigated through community”
The “Big Cockatoo” would be 7 metres tall and visible when people enter the town from Rockhampton, and the North Burnett.