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Council seat Region Year estab. Area [1] (km 2) Population [2] Notes Map (2021) (2022) City of Brisbane: Brisbane: South East Queensland: 1924 1,343: 1,264,024 1,284,698 Capital city of Queensland. Administers the central portion of the South East Queensland agglomeration The City of Brisbane was created from the 30 October 1924 amalgamation of:
The Commission recommended Queensland's 156 councils be reduced to 72, 32 Aboriginal and island councils will be reduced to 14, and as a result, 724 fewer elected council representatives. [23] The recommendations divided Queensland's mayors and sparked angry campaigns and protests against the reforms. [24]
There are 21 Queensland Government departments, each responsible for delivering a portfolio of government legislation and policy. [1] Each portfolio area is led by a minister who is a senior member of the governing party in the state Legislative Assembly .
2020 Queensland local elections: Bracken Ridge Ward [4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal National: Sandy Landers 11,798 50.0 −6.6 Labor: Cath Palmer 8,850 37.5 +2.9 Greens: Kathryn Fry 2,929 12.4 +3.6 Total formal votes 23,577 Informal votes 707 Turnout: 24,284 Two-party-preferred result Liberal National: Sandy Landers 12,127 54.2 −6.4 ...
The Morningside Ward is a Brisbane City Council ward covering Morningside, Balmoral, Bulimba, Hawthorne, Norman Park, Seven Hills, and parts of Camp Hill and Cannon Hill. [ 2 ] Councillors for Morningside Ward
Main article: Local government areas of Queensland Local government areas (municipalities, shires and divisions) in Queensland, March 1902 The local government areas (LGAs) of Queensland, Australia are the defined areas within which legally constituted local government authorities, known as councils, have responsibilities to provide local services. Determining the size and shape of the local ...
The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia. Brisbane City Council elections are significant in the scope of Australian local government politics, as the council is the largest in the country by population, area and has the largest economy of any local government area (LGA). [1] [2] [3]
The 2016 Queensland local elections were held on 19 March 2016 to elect the mayors and councils of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia. [ 1 ] The Queensland Greens had their first-ever local election victory, with Jonathan Sri being elected in The Gabba Ward in Brisbane .