Many councils have reportedly responded to the backlash saying they have no intentions of enforcing the law unless a neighbour complains.
Speaking to the Daily Mercury, Mackay Regional Mayor Greg Williamson said they wouldn’t be enforcing the law.
However, Mackay Regional Mayor Greg Williamson the Daily Mercury, "In the case where someone complains that there is a landowner or occupier of a dwelling not doing the right thing by the environment, and people that live in that area, we need this local law or otherwise it is a free-for-all."
Bundaberg Mayor Jack Dempsey also said: "Bundaberg has no intention of any changes in relation to our current policy."