Where to vote early in Logan and meet your mayoral candidates
Don’t fancy queuing at polling booths on election day, March 16? Here is where you can get your civic duty over and done with in Logan. Meet your local mayoral candidates.
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Electors across the state can start casting their votes in this year’s local government elections from today, Monday, March 4.
In the southeast, pre-polling stations will open for Redland, Logan, Moreton, Ipswich, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Scenic Rim and Lockyer Valley at 9am.
About 45 per cent of Queenslanders are expected to vote early at around 170 early voting centres state-wide with 7 million ballot papers printed.
Electoral Commissioner Pat Vidgen told voters to bring their Voter Information Cards to booths to help speed up the voting process.
“It’s a big maroon card that is unique to you – simply bring it in, show it to our staff when you arrive and you’ll be marked off the electoral roll quickly,” he said.
“If your email address is on the electoral roll, you will also receive an electronic version of this which you can use in the same way.”
■ TO VOTE EARLY IN REDLAND: go to Victoria Point Community Hall, 140a Link Rd, Victoria Point: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Cleveland Baptist Church, 4 Danielle St, Cleveland: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Capalaba Place Hall, 14 Nielsen St, Capalaba: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
■ TO VOTE EARLY IN LOGAN: go to Hillcrest Early Voting Centre, Logan West Community Centre (Auditorium) 2 Wineglass Dr, Hillcrest: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. Slacks Creek Early Voting Centre Gracehouse, 125 Paradise Rd, Slacks Creek, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. Beenleigh Early Voting Centre, Beenleigh Showgrounds, Annette & Lionel Mundt Exhibition Pavilion 1/19 Showgrounds Dr, Beenleigh: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. Yarrabilba Early Voting Centre, The Buzz at Yarrabilba Community Centre (YMCA), 65 Basalt Dr, Yarrabilba: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. Springwood Early Voting Centre, Springlife Conference Centre, 178 Springwood Rd, Springwood: Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.
■ TO VOTE EARLY IN MORETON: Caboolture Scout Group, 169 Smiths Rd, Caboolture; Clontarf Scout Group, 6 Isobel St, Clontarf; 768-772 Gympie Rd, Lawnton. Kakowan Community Centre, 2 Pine Hills Dve, Bunya. Samford Village Community Church, 44 Mt Glorious Rd, Samford Village. Woodford Scout Group, 40 Canando St, Woodford.
Early voting will be weekdays only, 9am-5pm from Monday, March 4 to Thursday, March 14.
On Friday, March 15 only, it will be 9am-6pm, ahead of election day on Saturday, March 16, when voting is from 8am-6pm.
■ TO VOTE EARLY IN IPSWICH: Springfield Central: Brighton Homes Arena Brisbane Lions Stadium, 16 Eden Station Dr. Collingwood Park: St Luke’s, 40 Reerden St. Raceview: Whitehill Church, 219 Whitehill Rd. Ipswich Mall, 22 Nicholas St, Ipswich.
■ VOTERS from Redland, Logan, Moreton and Ipswich can also cast their votes early at Brisbane City Hall, in Adelaide St, from Monday, March 4 to Friday, March 15 from 9am to 5pm each day and 9am to 6pm on Friday, March 15.
LOGAN
Mayoral candidates in order of the ballot draw are: James Reid; Brett Raguse and Jon Raven. Here we give a quick profile of each candidate taken from their online profiles and from previous interviews.
JON RAVEN:Father of two, 42, living in Waterford West and was first elected as councillor in 2016. He was one of four councillors kept on as an adviser to an administrator in 2019 after the council was disbanded. Mr Raven, a paid-up member of the Queensland Labor Party, has support from federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who played a role in getting the city a late-announced indoor Olympic boxing venue, and state treasurer Cameron Dick, who shares an office building with the federal treasurer. This week, Mr Raven said: “it would be the first time there would be a member of the Labor Party as Mayor in Logan. I’m not an endorsed candidate, so I have to run as an independent, but it’s well known that I’m a member of the ALP. I have actively campaigned within the party to keep endorsed tickets out of Logan. I’ve seen how divisive party politics is in Brisbane City Council. The community doesn’t want to see that in Logan and neither do I.”
BRETT RAGUSE: The 63-year-old company director and real estate agent, lives in Bethania and from 2007 to 2010, was the federal ALP MP for the seat of Forde, now held by Bert van Manen. He was unsuccessful in his previous bids as mayor of Logan in 2016 and 2020.
He is a director on the board of the Bendigo Community Bank Logan, and involved in providing financial support to many community organisations and sporting clubs. He is on the record for saying a better way to determine a fairer rating system of rating properties was required.
JAMES REID: The 75-year-old retiree lives in Shailer Park. He was unsuccessful in an attempt to run for a divisional councillor seat at the 2020 Logan council election. If elected, he said he would review InvestLogan’s losses. The council’s property and investment arm is now defunct. He is a freemason, chairman of a body corporate and president of the Jaguar Drivers Club of Queensland for four years. He said he would donate half of his net salary to charity and reinstate the Lord Mayoress’ pensioner activities.
DIVISION 1
Lisa Bradley (Incumbent)
Alex Fisher
Peta Duffy
DIVISION 2
Teresa Lane (Incumbent)
Reese Preston-Smith
Jacinta Parer
DIVISION 3
Mindy Russell (Incumbent)
Kahill Evans
DIVISION 4
Joshua Lucey
Lucy Reilly
Nathan St Ledger
DIVISION 5
Sovannary Uk
Paul Jackson
Zoe McDonnell
DIVISION 6
Tony Hall (Incumbent returned unopposed)
DIVISION 7
Tim Frazer (Incumbent)
Anthony Shorten
DIVISION 8
Jacob Heremaia (Incumbent, returned unopposed)
DIVISION 9
Scott Bannan (Incumbent returned unopposed)
DIVISION 10
Miriam Stemp (Returned unopposed)
DIVISION 11
Natalie Willcocks (Returned unopposed)
DIVISION 12
Karen Murphy (Incumbent)
Nate Hamon
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