One of Brisbane’s mayoral candidates has promised to pave the way for the expansion of the newMetro network into the suburbs, while another is dead against it, and the third has proposed plans for “high-frequency” alternatives.
Gabba Ward Councillor Trina Massey, who witnessed Greens MP Amy MacMahon’s car being T-boned has taken two weeks’ leave to ‘process the trauma’.
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Labor’s Brisbane Lord Mayor candidate hit back at claims that she “will work together” with the Greens if they believe they can form a majority, taking aim at the party stalwart who made them.
The owner of a waste recycling company has sued a candidate for a southeast Queensland regional council after he was allegedly called a liar and a troll who knowingly associates with corrupt people on Facebook.
The Currumbin by-election result may not be known for a week, and Queenslanders will have to wait even longer for the cause of the ECQ’s result stuff-up.
The citywide swings to Labor in the council election should serve as a warning to the LNP to listen to ratepayers, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition believes.
Political whistleblower Darren Power is expected to be sworn in as Logan’s new mayor next week after his main opponent conceded defeat today.
Maverick councillor Jonathan Sri has pulled off one of the biggest landslides for any Greens politician in Australian political history as the party smashed it in four inner-city wards.
Adrian Schrinner has been returned to the Brisbane lord mayoralty after Patrick Condren conceded defeat. But he says there’s no time to party after his win, with his focus on steering the city through the coronavirus crisis.
Former ETU official Lance McCallum has claimed victory in the Bundamba by-election, but Labor suffered an almost 11 per cent swing against them on the primary vote.
Any respect for Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has now vanished with the decision to wimp out for political gains and send Queenslanders to the polls in the midst of a virus pandemic.
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