Doubling high frequency buses & connecting suburbs directly. Part of the Greens’ Public and Active Transport platform for the March 2024 Brisbane City Council election. A PDF version of this initiative is...
Part of the Greens’ Housing Justice platform for the March 2024 Brisbane City Council election. Rents in Brisbane are increasing at the fastest rate of anywhere in the country. Asking rents...
Rents and house prices are still rising, and thousands of Brisbanites can’t find secure, affordable housing. Meanwhile, business owners are struggling to afford high commercial rents, which also contributes to higher costs...
Part of the Greens’ Housing Justice platform for the March 2024 Brisbane City Council election. Across South-East Queensland, the conversion of residential investment properties into short-term accommodation via platforms like Airbnb...
The Greens are calling for public feedback on a bold proposal to replace Eagle Farm Racecourse with parkland, native forest, public infrastructure (including new schools), and 4000 publicly-owned rent-capped apartments. Our proposal...
Our political system has been hijacked by big business. Council decisions routinely prioritise the interests of big corporations ahead of fairness, sustainability and the long-term public interest. The next city council election...
In a city of 900 000 voters, it costs money to run an election campaign. Ideally, our city council campaign will be able to fundraise to pay a few staff to coordinate...
A lot of people in our city have strong views about escooters. Some think that they’re so dangerous that they should be banned outright, others think they’re an important piece of the...
There was a bit of sensationalist (and factually incorrect) coverage last week about some of the Greens’ Brisbane City Council policies regarding First Nations peoples. There’s obviously a long list of important...
A Greens-led Brisbane City Council would refuse to support the 2032 Olympics if the state government insists on spending $3 billion knocking down and rebuilding the Gabba to serve as the major...
Yesterday afternoon I attended a thought-provoking forum organised by the Brisbane West Lions Club about the transport priorities and challenges for the Moggill-Bellbowrie area, which is on the city’s south-western outskirts (but...
Right now, there are roughly 622 000 international tertiary education students living in Australia, with another 90 000 studying Australian courses remotely. Every year, thousands of young people from across the world...
