Since becoming a councillor in March 2016, I have advocated consistently for greater transparency and accountability, including calling for video recordings of Brisbane City Council meetings to be ...

Recently the council announced further changes it will be making in response to pedestrian safety concerns. They do not go anywhere near far enough, and in my view are manifestly inadequate. But at...

Council has allocated $2 million to enhance the West End Riverside Parklands on Riverside Drive, between Forbes Street and Victoria Street, West End.

Local residents will gather in Kurilpa Point Park on Saturday morning to protest the installation of hostile landscaping under the Kurilpa Bridge, calling for stronger renters rights and more inves...

The following open letter was sent on 8 November, 2018 to Councillor Schrinner (Chair of Public and Active Transport), Councillor Bourke (Chair of City Planning) and Councillor Cooper (Chair of Inf...

23 October, 2018 A lot of people around the country – myself included – have been psyched to see the Liberals lose the federal seat of Wentworth to Independent Kerryn Phelps (even the name of the e...

23 October, 2018 Over the last year or so, a lot of people have asked me what my views are on the Brisbane Metro. Generally, my answer has been that I don’t have a strong view because there has bee...

Here’s some basic advice on navigating the rules for holding public rallies and marches in Brisbane, which are governed by the Peaceful Assembly Act 1992. This is not a detailed guide on how to org...

Dear residents, We have another busy weekend coming up, with lots of events here in the Gabba Ward and across the city. The annual Pride march will be kicking off in the centre of Fortitude Valley ...

LATEST UPDATE: Here's an email I sent out after our community meeting on Saturday, 22 September. Further below, you can find a longer write-up about the hotel... Dear residents, I'm sending this to...

A development application has been lodged for the site at 107 to 117 Jane St, West End, directly opposite Davies Park. In some respects, this proposal actually achieves reasonably good outcomes fro...

Dear residents, I’m organising quite a few meetings and activities over the next few weeks, so I wanted to make sure these are all on your radar. If you can’t make it along to this weekend’s meetin...