A former South East Queensland mayor has called for a major security overhaul including a cap on volunteer numbers at polling booths following “feral” behaviour across the state during the recent local government elections.
The Electoral Commission Queensland is being accused of another council election bungle with residents claiming they did not receive postal votes kits in time.
A state MP has delivered an emotional address to parliament, accusing Townsville’s likely new mayor of harassing and intimidating his family and urging him to “come clean” on a number of issues.
Furious ratepayer groups, former mayors and councillors have called for a parliamentary review into the local council election chaos which saw some waiting for up to three hours to vote. Should there be an online voting option? VOTE IN OUR POLL
Residents across Brisbane are being bombarded with cold calls and text messages urging them to vote for LNP and Labor candidates ahead of tomorrow’s council elections.
A Brisbane tenant for whom Mayoral candidate Jonathan Sriranganathan organised an anti-eviction protest, has lost her legal fight to avoid eviction from her Salisbury home of 22 years.
Greens mayoral candidate Jonathan Sriranganathan has accused the LNP of being ‘willing to lie freely’ after it sent out electoral scratchies asking potential votes to ‘scratch and lose’.
As next month’s Brisbane City Council elections loom, we explain how you can vote early today and reveal where your local booth is. SEE THE FULL LIST.
The LNP’s candidate for a weekend by-election has posted a photo that purports to show her pretending to vote for herself. There’s just one problem.
Each party has released how much they would spend and what they would cut from Brisbane’s council budget if elected to power this Saturday.
In the lead-up to the 2024 Local Government Elections, parties have unveiled their transport and road infrastructure plans for Brisbane.
Police are investigating a fraud complaint lodged on Thursday by the LNP against a disendorsed Brisbane City Council candidate.
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