Labor’s heartland of Ipswich West is expected to fall to the LNP amid a savage swing against the third-term government, while the news isn’t much better in Inala. FOLLOW LIVE RESULTS
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate clinched a record-breaking fourth term, while a city councillor facing a murder charge was facing a battle to retain his seat.
The LNP has launched an attack on Labor’s budget proposal, as new polling reveals who’s tipped to become Brisbane’s Lord Mayor.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has pleaded for voters to back his fellow LNP councillor candidates in the wake of shock polling figures.
All three Brisbane lord mayoral candidates have committed to having their policy costings independently audited ahead of polling day.
The three main candidates for Brisbane Mayor have clashed in a heated debate that covered everything from bins to the 2032 Olympics, with one certainty emerging – rates will increase.
Racing and real estate industry leaders have ripped into Greens’ Lord Mayor candidate Jonathan Sriranganathan’s plan to seize the Ascot racetrack for $40m and turn it into 4000 units.
The Greens have revealed they intend to compulsorily acquire Brisbane’s heritage-listed racing site and use it to ease the housing crisis.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner will roll out 10 new fixed security cameras and 26 new mobile cameras to tackle suburban crime, if re-elected. SEE WHERE THE CAMERAS WILL BE
Queenslanders flocked to polling booths on the first day of early voting in the local council elections. Here’s what they said influenced their votes.
A campaign ad featuring Mel Meninga, Sam Thaiday, Wally Lewis, and Ivan Cleary has been called disgusting and disgraceful by an ex-NRL star, saying they’re treating locals “like idiots”. See it yourself.
Companies with any links to or who profit from fossil fuel projects would be barred from getting any future Brisbane City Council contracts, under a radical Greens election proposal.
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