By Monday night,Premier Steven Miles will have lost a seat in parliament,seen another become vulnerable,and been left to decide whether Brisbane can even afford an Olympic stadium.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner is confident he will not have to contend with a hostile council chamber,as the LNP remained on track to win a majority in City Hall.
With a deadline three years after the next election,much of the heavy lifting will need to be done by the next class in City Hall – whatever its shape.
Queensland’s two major political parties have spent almost $2 million each in their attempts to win over Brisbane voters.
As 200-ish political,business and community leaders picked at their convention centre plates,the questions candidates asked each other were maybe the most telling.
We met with LNP lord mayoral candidate Adrian Schrinner on Friday,March 1,and put 20 questions to him. Here are his answers.
Key plans pitched at voters ahead of next weekend’s City Hall election rely on big changes (or dollars) from other governments. It’s not the first time.
Two years since the 2022 Brisbane floods,the party has also pledged a $20 million annual buyback scheme as part of its council election policy platform.
Revellers could be hopping off CityCats at Howard Smith Wharves by Easter,while EV ferries could be launched in 2027,under the LNP’s latest election pledges.
We are lucky in this country to have two bulwarks against the extremism creeping into other Western democracy – preferential and compulsory voting.
Both the lord mayor and premier have made clear budget savings found by a new 60-day review should be directed elsewhere – and stressed the importance of transport.