The owners of a Brisbane brewery, with a dog for a mascot and namesake, are fighting to change state and federal laws that ban canines from inside a venue that serves food. HAVE YOUR SAY
The Greens are taking aim at “ad hoc” Brisbane developments that exceed height restrictions and don’t include enough green space, promising a clampdown if they’re successful at the forthcoming Council elections.
Queensland Auditor-General Brendan Worrall has revealed 17 councils are yet to implement mandatory cyber security training for staff recommended three years ago.
After eight years of planning, and a cost blowout from $944 million to $1.7 billion, the Brisbane Metro project could be delayed until 2025 because of a war of words that has erupted over a funding agreement. Here’s why.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner is claiming victory despite a farcical count during Queensland’s local government elections where a technical meltdown meant none of the results were showing on the Electoral Commission of Queensland’s website.
Three hours after polls closed less than 1 per cent of the vote had been counted in Logan but tempers flared after ECQ said it was going to shut up shop at 10pm.
The outcomes of all Brisbane council wards remains unknown tonight after the electoral commission was plagued by technical problems.
Logan is likely to have to wait to find out who will be its next mayor. Election analyst Antony Green said tonight’s results may not be indicative of winners and there was a ‘high likelihood’ the count would only get to 25 per cent tonight.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says the outcome of today’s election will be ‘anyone’s guess’ with polling booths ghost towns today as voters shunned the election amid coronavirus fears. FOLLOW OUR LIVE UPDATES NOW
Billionaire Clive Palmer’s six-figure donation – believed to be the biggest-ever to a council candidate – in a bid to unseat an incumbent mayor is shaping up to be a bigger fizzer than the empty polling booths at today’s election.
The threat of coronavirus along with plans to make a $133 fine discretionary for non voters, saw a lacklustre day at Logan polling booths, with half of the city’s votes cast by Friday night.
Southside voters were surprised to see an angry Assistant Returning officer dragging off a dinosaur from outside a polling station as election staff patrolled coronavirus rules and booth policies.
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