A new deal with Skyports will see “vertiports” built on council land,though Mayor Tom Tate isn’t ready to hand the controls to a robot just yet.
Paul Arnold was appointed chief executive of the government-owned corporation Urban Utilities in 2022,and will leave in October this year.
This week in our Queensland public sector column,Public Circus details a health service’s political run-in,a council’s AI warning,Powerlink’s (coming) new boss,and more.
The updated maps,already reviewed twice,are being looked at again by an independent adviser as the council deals with the fallout of the widespread changes.
Internal emails shed new light on the lead-up to a council’s decision to derail a development that would have competed with the Russell Island IGA.
Nicole Johnston used to be a Liberal. Now she’s the council’s biggest critic,and believes the Schrinner administration is failing Brisbane.
They say the council skipped steps to avoid public scrutiny when updating their flood maps which lead to massive insurance bills.
The council recently went through a restructure that a risk expert said could undermine transparency,and has refused to release documents that would shed light on the recruitment process.
The local council has met with two developers pushing for a fast-tracked transformation from rural farmland to urban sprawl.
However,the mayor’s register of interests shows the US president’s business paid for him to stay at the resort shortly before plans for Trump Tower were announced,as well as covering other expenses.