We met with Labor lord mayoral candidate Tracey Price on Thursday,February 29,and put 20 questions to her. Here are her answers.
Brisbane Times put the leading lord mayoral candidates on the spot with 20 questions ahead of the March 16 election. Their responses are uncensored.
A Greens-led Brisbane City Council would buy Eagle Farm racecourse – compulsorily if necessary – to provide housing for up to 10,000 people.
Key plans pitched at voters ahead of next weekend’s City Hall election rely on big changes (or dollars) from other governments. It’s not the first time.
The twice jailed convicted criminal is due to face court on unlawful stalking charges just as pre-poll voting begins. He hasn’t forgotten about the LNP.
To lose one political candidate may be regarded as a misfortune;to lose a political candidate election cycle after election cycle looks like carelessness.
Two years since the 2022 Brisbane floods,the party has also pledged a $20 million annual buyback scheme as part of its council election policy platform.
Revellers could be hopping off CityCats at Howard Smith Wharves by Easter,while EV ferries could be launched in 2027,under the LNP’s latest election pledges.
Brisbane’s LNP-run council set aside funds for a new terminal in the CBD,but the Greens want the money to be spent on a second terminal at West End.
Light-rail has been considered,and rejected,for Brisbane before,and has proved costly elsewhere. Why do the Greens want it on the Brisbane election agenda?
We are lucky in this country to have two bulwarks against the extremism creeping into other Western democracy – preferential and compulsory voting.