While the election dust settles on a re-elected LNP administration,the century-old two-party system in Brisbane’s City Hall has firmly been turned on its head.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner is confident he will not have to contend with a hostile council chamber,as the LNP remained on track to win a majority in City Hall.
Voters in the once-safe Labor seats of Inala and Ipswich West have sent the government a strong message ahead of October’s state poll – and it wasn’t positive.
With a deadline three years after the next election,much of the heavy lifting will need to be done by the next class in City Hall – whatever its shape.
Queensland’s two major political parties have spent almost $2 million each in their attempts to win over Brisbane voters.
As all Queenslanders elect councillors and mayors on Saturday,two contests for empty seats in parliament will draw focus for reasons beyond their borders.
Ahead of an election-year budget,a new union-linked group is questioning the state government’s commitment to cost-of-living help – and urging people to join the fight.
As 200-ish political,business and community leaders picked at their convention centre plates,the questions candidates asked each other were maybe the most telling.
The publication of a photo of a message from now-Premier Steven Miles on a Labor MP’s phone during a Queensland parliament sitting has fuelled a political fight.
The importance of keeping rates low separates the three main candidates for Brisbane lord mayor.
We met with LNP lord mayoral candidate Adrian Schrinner on Friday,March 1,and put 20 questions to him. Here are his answers.