Last-ditch pitch: LNP, Labor blow up resident phones in final bid for votes
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.
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Greens-backed tenant loses right to stay in home of 22 years
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.
‘Treating voters like idiots’: Greens slam LNP election scratchies
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’.
Full list of early voting booths: 2024 Brisbane City Council election
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.
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Mayoral candidates split on future of Brisbane Metro
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.
Councillor steps back from election campaign from crash trauma
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’.
Radical $6m plan to make the Brisbane River swimmable
The Greens want to spend $6m on an amitious plan to have people swimming in the Brisbane River by 2032. VOTE IN OUR POLL
Labor Lord Mayor hopeful slams party stalwart’s ‘Greens deal’ claims
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.
‘Pure fantasy’: Radical Brisbane tram proposal torn to shreds
A tram line connecting Mount Gravatt to Hamilton via the Story Bridge has been savaged as ‘something out of Harry Potter’. SEE THE MAP
No dogs allowed: Brisbane brewery fights to welcome man’s best friend
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
‘Special treatment’: Greens vow to crack down on developer exemptions
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.
‘Deficiencies’: Qld councils failing to be transparent over finances
Queensland Auditor-General Brendan Worrall has revealed 17 councils are yet to implement mandatory cyber security training for staff recommended three years ago.
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