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Greens refloat plan to ban new developments in flood-prone areas
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.
- by Matt Dennien
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LNP wants more ferries to popular nightlife spot, moves to electrify fleet
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.
- by Courtney Kruk
LNP, Greens clash over competing plans for new CityCat terminals
Brisbane’s LNP-run council set aside funds for a new terminal in the CBD, but the Greens want the money to be spent on a second terminal at West End.
- by Tony Moore
Greens criticised over $10 million proposal to revisit Brisbane trams
Light-rail has been considered, and rejected, for Brisbane before, and has proved costly elsewhere. Why do the Greens want it on the Brisbane election agenda?
- by Tony Moore
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City council
Talk of ‘dodgy’ preference and governing deals treats voters like mugs
We are lucky in this country to have two bulwarks against the extremism creeping into other Western democracy – preferential and compulsory voting.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Public Transport
Greens float free public transport ‘experiment’ as City Hall vote nears
With council elections in a little over a month, the party hopes capturing Brisbane voters’ attention could “help convince the state government to abolish fares for good”.
- by Matt Dennien
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AI deepfakes put us all on the front line in the war against disinformation
Artificial intelligence has already been put to malevolent use in the US election. As voters closer to home prepare to vote twice this year, Queensland is not immune.
- by Cameron Atfield
Labor’s ‘nuts’ half-price bus ticket policy for Brisbane panned
The plan to woo voters with half-price bus tickets has not gone down well with south-east Queensland’s top public transport boffin, who called it a vote grab.
- by Cameron Atfield
‘Disgusting behaviour’: Campaigns get dirty as Perth’s local government candidates go to war
Police are investigating after a City of Swan candidate with Indian background had his corflutes defaced with obscene graffiti.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Councillor elected fraudulently, tribunal finds, but voters won’t have to go back to the polls
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal found the current Merri-bek councillors were properly elected.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Local council
Former Labor councillor ‘unduly elected’ through voter fraud: VEC
The Victorian Electoral Commission said residents in Melbourne’s northern suburbs should not be forced back to the polls, despite arguing Milad El-Halabi was elected through voter fraud in 2020.
- by Rachel Eddie