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Yes, big developers do get special treatment – particularly in terms of safety and environmental regulations
28 Sep 2021
Residents often complain to me that they feel like Brisbane City Council has one set of rules for big developers, and another set of rules for everyone else. If a local resident wants to renovate t...
How could you enforce a vacancy tax in practice?
28 Sep 2021
Australian cities have a high proportion of empty homes - both apartments and free-standing houses. These aren't homes that are temporarily empty after a long-term owner dies, or homes that are lef...
What's the likelihood of a new green bridge between Bulimba and Teneriffe?
15 Jun 2021
I’m one of six members of Brisbane City Council’s ‘Public and Active Transport Committee’ (which although it sounds like it might have a bit of influence, is actually a relatively powerless rubber-...
Pedestrian and cycling safety
What's the likelihood of a new green bridge between Bulimba and Teneriffe?
15 Jun 2021
I’m one of six members of Brisbane City Council’s ‘Public and Active Transport Committee’ (which although it sounds like it might have a bit of influence, is actually a relatively powerless rubber-...
West End Bridges Consultation Results
12 May 2021
Over the past few months, my ward office has undertaken a local consultation process in partnership with Amy MacMahon MP and Michael Berkman MP regarding BCC proposals for new active transport brid...
Alignment studies and pre-feasibility assessments for West End bridge proposals
11 Mar 2021
After multiple unsuccessful enquiries and eventually resorting to submitting formal document requests, we’ve finally secured copies of the feasibility studies that partially informed the bridge lan...
Development and housing affordability
Yes, big developers do get special treatment – particularly in terms of safety and environmental regulations
28 Sep 2021
Residents often complain to me that they feel like Brisbane City Council has one set of rules for big developers, and another set of rules for everyone else. If a local resident wants to renovate t...
Density is not intrinsically 'good' - it depends how you do it
08 Jun 2021
I’ve gotten sick of responding to the same simplistic comments on social media over and over again, so I thought I’d just write a quick blog post about it. In conversations about urban planning and...
5 Dudley Street, Highgate Hill: A new battle-line in the gentrification of South Brisbane?
28 May 2021
With the property industry redeveloping and gentrifying so much of the Kurilpa peninsula, and rents and property values climbing through the roof (even if the roof is in poor condition and leaks du...
Parks, public spaces and biodiversity
Kangaroo Point Peninsula Dog Off-Leash Area
19 Mar 2021
May 2021 update: Council’s Asset Services team have gotten back to me with the proposed layout of the Kangaroo Point dog off-leash area ('DOLA') in James Warner Park. Hopefully the diagram is relat...
Davies Park fig tree needs to be removed
08 Dec 2020
As a councillor, I tend to take a very hardline position in opposing any unjustified tree removals that are proposed simply to facilitate a new development. However sometimes, it's necessary to rem...
Transport, traffic and parking
What's the likelihood of a new green bridge between Bulimba and Teneriffe?
15 Jun 2021
I’m one of six members of Brisbane City Council’s ‘Public and Active Transport Committee’ (which although it sounds like it might have a bit of influence, is actually a relatively powerless rubber-...
Alignment studies and pre-feasibility assessments for West End bridge proposals
11 Mar 2021
After multiple unsuccessful enquiries and eventually resorting to submitting formal document requests, we’ve finally secured copies of the feasibility studies that partially informed the bridge lan...
Communities and Culture
Podcasts and Radio Interviews
11 May 2021
Unfortunately the mainstream media doesn’t always give us enough of a platform to go into detail on the important issues affecting our community, but over the years Jonno has also agreed to longer-...
Kangaroo Point Peninsula Dog Off-Leash Area
19 Mar 2021
May 2021 update: Council’s Asset Services team have gotten back to me with the proposed layout of the Kangaroo Point dog off-leash area ('DOLA') in James Warner Park. Hopefully the diagram is relat...