Greens candidates Wendy Aghdam (Central),Michaela Sargent (Walter Taylor),Seal Chong Wah (Paddington) will vie for the three key Brisbane City Council seats in March next year.
The party announced its candidates in three key Brisbane wards on Sunday – with more to come – in thefirst major move by a political party ahead of statewide council elections to be held in March.
“The Greens made history in 2022,and we have the candidates and platform to do the same in 2024 in Brisbane City Council,” Bates said in a statement. “Last year’s federal election put the political class on notice.
“The choice ... will be between a tired and out of touch LNP,or the Greens,who are dedicated to working alongside everyday people to deliver a better future for all of us.”
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At the 2020 election,Greens candidates gained more than 20 per cent of the primary vote across seven of the 26 wards making up the country’s largest council:one of their own,one held by Labor,and five held by the LNP.
Labor,consigned to the opposition benches for almost the past two decades and led by Jared Cassidy,holds just five wards. But it,too,ishoping to make waves against Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner’s long-dominant LNP administration. Fourteen wards are needed for a majority.
The Greens,viaoutgoing Gabba councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan,along with independent Nicole Johnston,form the rest of an otherwise LNP-weighted council chamber representing 1.2 million residents and overseeing a $3 billion budget.