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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
The 4631 meeting of the Brisbane City Council,
held at City Hall, Brisbane
on Tuesday 27 October 2020
at 2pm
Prepared by:
Council and Committee Liaison Office
City Administration and Governance
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS i
PRESENT: 3
OPENING OF MEETING: 3
APOLOGY: 3
MOTION OF APPRECIATION 4
MINUTES: 7
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: 7
QUESTION TIME: 10
CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS: 26
ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE 26
A Surrender of Parkland – 15B Butterfield Street, Herston 40
CITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 41
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – ECONOMIC RECOVERY TASKFORCE INITIATIVE 44
PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE 44
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – BRISBANE METRO UPDATE 49
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE 50
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – PRELIMINARY ROAD DESIGNS 55
B PETITIONS – Requesting a zebra crossing on Mildmay Street, Fairfield, between Fairfield Railway Station and Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre 57
C PETITION – Requesting Council decrease the speed limit from 50 km/h to 40 km/h on Sovereign Place, Boondall 59
D PETITION – Requesting Council turn all smaller residential streets and busy school and retail stretches in West End into shared zones 61
ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 64
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – SUSTAINABLE WATER USE – DROUGHT RESPONSE PLANNING 67
B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL EXTEND THE DOG OFF-LEASH AREA IN SEDGLEY PARK, ALDERLEY 68
C PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL RELOCATE THE DOG OFF-LEASH AREA WITHIN BULIMBA RIVERSIDE PARK, 51 ADDISON AVENUE, BULIMBA, TO AN AREA NEARBY THAT DOES NOT CAUSE ANY NUISANCE TO SURROUNDING RESIDENTS 70
D PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS AND AN ADDITIONAL TRACK AT THE BMX FACILITY LOCATED IN CHELMER RECREATION RESERVE, OXLEY ROAD, CHELMER 72
E PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL INSTALL LIGHTING AND REFURBISH THE BASKETBALL FACILITY IN MILTON PARK, MILTON 74
CITY STANDARDS, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE 75
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – MAINTAINING BRIDGES WITH COUNCIL’S NEW UNDERBRIDGE UNIT 82
B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL IMMEDATELY REMOVE SEAGRASS AND ALGAE FROM THE FORESHORES OF WYNNUM, MANLY AND LOTA 83
c PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL REINSTATE THE KERBSIDE COLLECTION SERVICE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF BRISBANE 85
d PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL INSTALL A FOOTPATH along JESMOND ROAD, FIG TREE POCKET 86
COMMUNITY, ARTS AND NIGHTTIME ECONOMY COMMITTEE 88
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – MUSEUM OF BRISBANE TOUR 89
FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE 90
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION AND REPORT – NET BORROWINGS – CASH INVESTMENTS AND FUNDING FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2020 QUARTER 91
B COMMITTEE REPORT – BANK AND INVESTMENT REPORT – AUGUST 2020 92
C PETITION – REQUESTING THAT THE OPENING PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING OF COUNCIL MEETINGS BE CONTINUED 92
D PETITION – REQUESTING REMOVAL OF THE OPENING PRAYER FROM COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THAT THEY INSTEAD BE OPENED WITH AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF THE LAND 94
E PETITION – REQUESTING RECOGNITION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN COUNCIL MEETINGS BY RETAINING THE OPENING PRAYER 95
CONSIDERATION OF NOTIFIED MOTION – ALTER THE COMMENCEMENT TIME OF THE ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 2020 FROM 2PM TO 2.30PM: 97
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS: 98
QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: 101
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN: 103
PRESENT:
The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR (Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER) – LNP
The Chair of Council, Councillor Andrew WINES (Enoggera Ward) – LNP
|LNP Councillors (and Wards) |ALP Councillors (and Wards) |
|Krista ADAMS (Holland Park) (Deputy Mayor) |Jared CASSIDY (Deagon) (The Leader of the Opposition) |
|Greg ADERMANN (Pullenvale) |Kara COOK (Morningside) (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) |
|Adam ALLAN (Northgate) |Peter CUMMING (Wynnum Manly) |
|Lisa ATWOOD (Doboy) |Steve GRIFFITHS (Moorooka) |
|Fiona CUNNINGHAM (Coorparoo) |Charles STRUNK (Forest Lake) |
|Tracy DAVIS (McDowall) | |
|Fiona HAMMOND (Marchant) | |
|Vicki HOWARD (Central) | |
|Steven HUANG (MacGregor) | |
|Sarah HUTTON (Jamboree) | |
|James MACKAY (Walter Taylor) | |
|Kim MARX (Runcorn) | |
|Peter MATIC (Paddington) | |
|David McLACHLAN (Hamilton) | |
|Ryan MURPHY (Chandler) | |
|Angela OWEN (Calamvale) | |
|Steven TOOMEY (The Gap) (Deputy Chair of Council) | |
| |Queensland Greens Councillor (and Ward) |
| |Jonathan SRI (The Gabba) |
| |Independent Councillor (and Ward) |
| |Nicole JOHNSTON (Tennyson) |
OPENING OF MEETING:
The Chair, Councillor Andrew WINES, opened the meeting with prayer and acknowledged the traditional custodians, and then proceeded with the business set out in the Agenda.
Chair: Councillors, I declare the meeting open.
Are there any apologies?
Councillor HUTTON.
APOLOGY:
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An apology was submitted on behalf of Councillor Sandy LANDERS, and she was granted leave of absence from the meeting on the motion of Councillor Sarah HUTTON, seconded by the DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS
Chair: There being no further apologies, Councillors, I draw to your attention the motion of special appreciation at item two of the agenda.
LORD MAYOR, would you please move the motion.
MOTION OF APPRECIATION
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The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER moved, seconded by the DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, the following motion of appreciation—
That this Council:
Acknowledges and commemorates the 10th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Brisbane and the City of Hyderabad, India.
Sister city arrangements continue to build significant civic and cultural ties between cities and foster relationships through sporting, educational and social exchanges, as well as developing links through tourism, trade and business.
Chair: Is there any debate?
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you, Mr Chair. As the motion points out, today we’re acknowledging and celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Sister City relationship between Brisbane and the City of Hyderabad in India. The Sister City relationship was signed on 5 October 2010 as part of the Lord Mayoral Business Mission held in that year, and it’s quite an interesting one, because it is a tripartite arrangement. It’s not just between the cities of Brisbane and Hyderabad, but it’s also between the dual cities in Australia, Brisbane and Ipswich, and also the City of Hyderabad. So, that’s quite a unique one when it comes to our Sister City arrangements. It’s been between two local Australian cities here and our Sister City in Hyderabad.
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and it’s also located on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River in the northern part of southern India. It has an estimated population of around 10 million people, so once again, as with a number of our sister cities, significantly larger city than Brisbane, and 10 million people makes it the fourth largest city in India. So, a very significant and important city in India, and therefore an important city in the entire Asia Pacific region, and an important city for us as a city to have a relationship with.
Hyderabad is known for its rich, rich history, its incredible food, its multilingual culture and was founded as a city in 1591. I’ll say that again, 1591. So, an incredibly ancient city, an incredible amount of history and culture in that city, and it’s also a city that has a tropical climate. So, the City of Hyderabad was a major pearl processing and trading hub until the 19th century and gave it the name as the City of Pearls. Hyderabad is well placed as a financial hub, and has attracted major research, manufacturing, pharmaceutical and biotech companies to be located there.
Particularly, as a result of India’s IT revolution, Hyderabad became effectively a cyber city, and was leading the way and has led the way in terms of India’s transition to that high-tech cyber economy, and it is doing incredibly well in that respect. Hyderabad is also a major hub for film production. Now, we have all heard of Bollywood, but Hyderabad is actually the home of Tollywood, which is particularly linked to a particular language in the Indian culture, Telugu, and that particular language has its own set of films and film industry associated with it. In fact, it is home to the world’s biggest film city.
We know we have in Hollywood and in Los Angeles an incredible film industry located there. Well, this in scale is bigger than Hollywood. So, Tollywood is bigger than Hollywood, and that film city spreads across 2,000 acres of land. It’s also a popular tourism and recreation centre that attracts many visitors a year, almost 1.5 million visitors in a normal year.
Following the 2014 Lord Mayoral Business Mission to Hyderabad, the relationship was successfully expanded between the two cities, and that is something we remain absolutely committed to doing, to expanding and growing this relationship to the mutual benefit of both cities, and in fact the three cities involved, including Ipswich as well.
I did want to shout out as well, in the gallery we have Raewyn Bailey, who is our representative on the Sister City steering committee for Hyderabad, and other members of the great team that we have fostering the relationship between our cities, and I wanted to pay tribute to their work in making sure that there is ongoing cultural, tourism and business exchanges between our two cities, and that the relationship continues to go from strength to strength. Thank you, Mr Chair.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Thanks very much, Chair. I just want to take this opportunity to support the motion of appreciation before us today, and thank our wonderful Sister City, Hyderabad, and commemorate our ongoing relations. Brisbane’s relationship with Hyderabad is strong and prosperous, and has only been strengthened over the last decade, building many cultural and economic ties.
Having a Sister City like Hyderabad is an asset to the City of Brisbane, giving us opportunities to trade, do business and, hopefully, build tourism links when we are back to some form of normality. Inter-city relations are very important, and let’s hope our bond with Hyderabad continues to grow.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor OWEN.
Councillor OWEN: Thank you, Mr Chair; I rise in support of this motion of appreciation for our Sister City agreement that we have now celebrated 10 years with Hyderabad. For many of the new Councillors in this place, they may not be aware that this was an unusual Sister City agreement. It was the first Sister City process that went out to the locally based Indian community for their contribution in the selection of the Sister City.
So, we started off with nominations from many people across all areas of India who are based here in Brisbane, and they cut that down to 13 cities. We then shortlisted out of those 13 cities to four, which were Chennai, Jaipur, Hyderabad and Lucknow. After much deliberation, we settled on Hyderabad because of the synergies of Hyderabad has with Brisbane.
Having the involvement of the Brisbane based Indian community was very important. It was a commitment that I gave in the 2008 election that I would work towards establishing with, then Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman a Sister City arrangement with an Indian Sister City. This is something that this Administration on this side of the Chamber has delivered and will continue to work on. It is very important with our Sister Cities that we foster the relationship in so many ways, not only arts and culture, but also mutually beneficial trade outcomes.
Now, I have hosted here delegations from Telangana, and it has been wonderful to experience the interactions that we have had. Also, as the LORD MAYOR has explained, this was the first ever tripartite Sister City agreement, and I think that that is significant because it reflects that the Indian community here in the south-east corner of Queensland is not just solely based in Brisbane, but it does extend right across the south-west corridor. For those people who live in Springfield, they will know how strong the Indian community is out there as well.
I am fortunate to have spent a lot of time over the past decade working on the relationships with many different multicultural communities, and can I say I am proud of the relationship that we have developed as a city with Hyderabad, and I do extend my thanks to the Sister City representatives who are here with us today, who are sitting up in the gallery, Mrs Raewyn Bailey, who is the Hyderabad representative, and Mr Anthony Lin, who is the Kaohsiung representative, because during my time as Chairman of the Sister Cities Committee, I know how hard that they have worked in their own time to make sure that they have enhanced the relationships.
I know that they have travelled to those cities, to take delegations to accompany former Lord Mayors to those cities, to make sure that we enhance all of the connections. Can I say a very special thank you for all of your efforts as well during the Asia Pacific Cities Summit, because I know that, when we had the delegations here in Brisbane, that you took a lot of your own personal time out of your day-to-day business and you invested it in our city for the sole purpose of enhancing those relationships.
So, it’s with great pleasure today, Mr Chair, that I rise in support of this motion of appreciation, not only for what has happened in this City but also to all of those in Hyderabad who have made this working relationship prosper. Thank you.
Chair: Further speakers?
DEPUTY MAYOR.
DEPUTY MAYOR: Thank you, Mr Chair, and I, too, stand in support of the motion of appreciation that acknowledges and commemorates the 10th anniversary of our Sister City relationship. As mentioned by both the previous speakers on this side, we’ve had a long history with India, and it was fantastic to see that signed in October 2010 with Hyderabad. It was a big choice between the cities. It was hotly contested, if I remember, who would get to be Sister Cities with Ipswich and Brisbane at the time. But we’re very happy to have that relationship with Hyderabad.
Raewyn Bailey, who is in the Chambers with us this afternoon, has been the Sister City representative for Hyderabad for all that time. Can I also acknowledge Mr Jordan Azcune who is here this afternoon, he’s the winner of the Lord Mayor’s Young and Emerging Artist grant, and he’s got the grant to actually do a project to celebrate this 10th anniversary for the Hyderabad Sister City relationship. In January he got that artists’ fellowship, and the proposal was to create a sculpture to celebrate the 10-year anniversary. It’s still, I understand, Jordan, in research and planning stages due to a few travel restrictions at this time, but we’re looking forward to seeing how that develops over the coming months as well.
We will continue on this program, whether it’s Hyderabad or any other of our Sister City students within Brisbane to support them. As well as that, we’ve got the International Internship Program which Hyderabad has always had students involved in that, and actually this year, for 2020, we’ve got three students from Hyderabad that are involved in being placed in Brisbane companies to not only learn about Brisbane business but also to share their experience of how to do business in India with those local businesses as well.
So, right through our International Relations Program, Sister Cities, internships, Multicultural Business Awards coming up, the Lord Mayor’s Multicultural Roundtable, we are focusing on still helping small to medium enterprises, our international students and fostering those relationships, so we can grow not only our domestic but our international markets as well. So, congratulations, and it’s been a pleasure to work with Hyderabad over the years.
Chair: Further speakers? I see no further speakers.
LORD MAYOR?
I will now put the resolution.
As there were no further speakers, the Chair restated the motion of condolence, which resulted in its being declared carried.
Chair: Councillors, the confirmation of Minutes, please.
MINUTES:
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The Minutes of the 4630 (post recess) meeting of Council held on 20 October 2020, copies of which had been forwarded to each Councillor, were presented, taken as read and confirmed on the motion of Councillor Sarah HUTTON, seconded by the DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
Chair: Councillors, I draw your attention to item four, the public participant.
Can I please invite Ms Rebecca Oelkers into the Chamber who will discuss the Brisbane Housing Company’s achievements and their contribution to Brisbane’s growth and recovery.
Welcome, Ms Oelkers, you have five minutes that commences when you begin. Please proceed.
Ms Rebecca Oelkers – Brisbane Housing Company’s achievements and contribution to Brisbane’s growth and recovery
Ms Rebecca Oelkers: Mr Chair, LORD MAYOR and Councillors, good afternoon. My name is Rebecca Oelkers and I’m the CEO of Brisbane Housing Company (BHC). BHC is a charity. We operate in Brisbane. We’re one of the largest affordable housing companies in Australia. Thank you so much, and thank you, for the support that Brisbane City Council (BCC) has given us over the last 18 years.
We were actually established in 2002, and since this period of time, and since the $10 million grant that you actually gave us back in 2002, we’ve actually been able to amass a portfolio of around 1,700 properties across Brisbane to house people in low and very low-income brackets, and really help support their lives. So, I want to say a very heartfelt thank you for that investment all of that time ago, and our appreciation for that. We really, really value the relationship that we have with BCC, and we are most appreciative.
As an ordinary shareholder in BHC, Council has played a very, very important role, and this opportunity to work with BHC to ensure that Brisbane residents have a safe and secure place to call home is extremely necessary in our City of Brisbane.
What I would like to say is that during this pandemic time, the importance of a roof over your head has even been more important. I can tell you, from my heart, that the tenants that I know and that I see are very appreciative of that home. But what I’m here today to talk with you about is actually the progress that we’ve made through the Pathways Out of Homelessness Grant the BCC has been so gracious to grant to us, to BHC.
So, I’m here really on behalf of BHC and also our partners, Communify and Bric Housing, to tell you of some of the successes that we’ve had, because this has truly been a life-changing project for the people who have been recipients of this program. Even though this program has only been in operation for the past three months, really since the end of July, it has been life-changing for people. So far there have been 67 residents of both Bric Housing and BHC that have been able to partake in this program.
So, basically, what happens is that we refer people to Communify and Communify is able to provide wraparound services for our tenants who might otherwise really, really struggle with their tenancies, and who may not succeed in their tenancies.
So, I want to tell you, there’s so many stories—there’s 67 different stories. But I’m going to tell you just a couple this afternoon. The first one is around Stephen. Stephen was a tenant of Brisbane Housing Company. He’s a man in his 50s. During a scheduled inspection, Stephen was actually found on the floor crying. He was crying because of the exhaustion. He was trying to get his house ready for the inspection, and he just couldn’t do it. He’d experienced a stroke in April. He’d been hospitalised, but due to COVID-19, he’d been discharged from hospital, probably without the supports that he really needed. His mental health was escalating, and he also had agoraphobia.
So, even though Stephen was a long-term tenant of BHC, he was really, really struggling to keep that tenancy going. So, because of the grant that Brisbane City Council has given to us, we were actually able to refer him to Communify and to our partners. During that period of time, which is just three weeks ago, the kinds of supports that we’ve been able to place for Stephen have been life changing. So, he’s been referred.
Since that time, he is now receiving weekly two-hour visits from a support worker to assist with his home-based tasks. He’s received an occupational therapy review. He’s received a mental health review for his medication, and these needed to be changed to help him. He wasn’t getting this support before, because his supports had fallen away. Without this grant, he wouldn’t have received this.
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding has been sought. This man is actually eligible for NDIS, but he didn’t know it, and nobody had helped him to actually fill the paperwork out to do it. He now has that sorted. The brokerage funding that you provided enables some cleans of his property, so actually just getting that property back into a position where he could then maintain it from that point was a really big benefit for him.
He has some new glasses. He’d wrecked his glasses. He couldn’t read properly. He now has some new glasses. He’s been connected with the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre so that he can wash his clothes and actually get some nutritious food. They’re really basic things, but that has made a massive difference to him and to his life.
He’s also now been connected with his family in New Zealand through the ability to access an iPad. So, you can probably see that all of these things have absolutely changed his life, and this is just one story.
The other story I wanted to share with you was a young man whose name is Jake, 22-year-old, moving out of home for the first time but living with an acquired brain injury. He actually came to live in our Green Square property, which was a property that was built on Council land, I might add. Initially our housing manager just thought this person is going to have some issues in adapting. She referred him directly, and not only has he the supports, the life skill supports, that he needs to know how to properly look after his unit, but the workforce participation part of the grant has actually assisted him to do a Certificate II in Business, and he starts his first job this coming Friday.
Chair: Ms Oelkers, I’m going to have to apologise, because what you were saying was very important, but the rules only allow a five-minute presentation, and I’m going to have to ask you to stop at this point. But thank you for taking the time to come in and talk about these things.
Could I please invite Councillor HOWARD to respond? Thank you.
Response by Councillor Vicki HOWARD, Chair of the Community, Arts and Nighttime Economy Committee
Councillor HOWARD: Thank you, Chair, and can I particularly thank Ms Oelkers for her presentation. Rebecca, it’s fantastic to have you here. I know that your work as the CEO with BHC is just going to continue the fantastic work that they’ve been doing for many years, and I know that Brisbane City Council has been very proud to partner with you since 2002, and long may that continue.
It was fantastic for you also to launch our Inclusive Brisbane strategy plan, and I know that the LORD MAYOR and Councillor MATIC before me worked very hard to get the Pathways Out of Homelessness Grant on board. We saw that as such an important grant. We really are so thrilled that so many organisations have collaborated with each other, and the work that you’re doing with Communify is just a perfect example of what we felt that that grant could do. We very much felt that the grant was about helping people, not just to get a roof over their head, but to have those wraparound services and to know that that would lead hopefully to a job.
I think the LORD MAYOR and some of my colleagues are very tired of hearing me say how important it is to find a job. It’s the thing, I think, that we really need to work so hard towards, and I know that this Pathways Out of Homelessness program is working really very successfully in that area, in that we have a lot of organisations who have, as I said, collaborated.
So, to hear the success of Stephen and Jake, and we’re sorry that we couldn’t hear all of the stories, but I know—I’ve been to the Communify Youth Centre that they’ve just opened, and I know what a difference that that is making to our vulnerable people right across Brisbane. So, it’s fantastic the work that BHC does. We are very proud to have partnered with you. We’re very much looking forward to doing a lot more work, and absolutely thrilled to hear the successes of the Pathway Out of Homelessness Grant, so thank you very much for being here this afternoon.
Chair: Thank you, Ms Oelkers. Mr Peers will assist you.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order.
Chair: Point of order to you, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, thank you, Mr Chair. Last week you indicated you were seeking legal advice about the procedure for voting. Have you sought this legal advice, and can you provide it to all Councillors?
Chair: I can. I don’t have it in writing at hand, but the advice I received on that day—there were three separate pieces of advice, and the final one that I believe to be the correct one is that section 242(e)(iii) reflects in Committee meetings alone. There was advice that that section was for the Council, but that is only relevant to Committee.
So, it does not reflect actions in this meeting.
All right, Councillors, I will now draw your attention to—
Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Mr Chairman.
Chair: Yes, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Sorry, just to be clear, then, there are no changes to the Meetings Local Law, they are just to Committee?
Chair: On that particular item that I mentioned, 242(e)(iii), that only reflects upon the Committee proceedings.
Chair: All right, Councillors, Question Time.
QUESTION TIME:
Chair: Are there any questions of the LORD MAYOR or a Chair of any Standing Committees?
Councillor HUTTON.
Question 1
Councillor HUTTON: Thank you, Chair; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. We are proud of this Administration’s track record when it comes to delivering infrastructure and maintaining a balanced budget. As we’ve now reached another milestone with the completion of the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade, delivered well under budget, can you outline what this saving will mean for the ratepayers of Brisbane?
Chair: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you, Councillor HUTTON, for the question, and indeed it is an exciting day. It is a day where we have reached yet another important infrastructure milestone in our city, the delivery of what is effectively the largest and most complex road project ever undertaken by Brisbane City Council. Obviously, we’ve delivered a range of bridges and tunnels, but in terms of road upgrades, this is the largest and most complicated. And it was delivered not only on budget but under budget.
Because it was delivered under budget, that saving will be paid now directly to the ratepayers of Brisbane. All ratepayers, more than 500,000 of them across Brisbane, will share in those savings. The $15 million in savings will go to reduce the rate accounts of more than 500,000 people and ratepayers across the city. This is a fantastic outcome for our city.
I can confirm today that when you take into account the six-month rate freeze which I announced in the recent budget, and when you take into account the reduction in rates of around $30, it will be $29 and various cents—we’re just finalising that figure—but when you take into account that actually $29.24 to be precise, that impact on the rate bill, the average rate bill for residential categories right across Brisbane—and when I say residential categories, I mean all residential categories—owner occupiers, non-owner occupiers, Community Title Scheme, all residential categories, the average rate bill across the year, when compared to last year, will go down.
The first time in living memory that rates have reduced in any year for residential property owners. This will be the first time. I can tell you the figures. The average rate bill for all residential property owners in 2019-20, so last financial year, was $1,668.17. This year, in 2020, the average rate bill across all residential properties will be $1,659.90, a reduction in the rate bill across the year. That is the outcome of responsible financial management. That is the outcome of responsible project management, a reduction in rate bills for the first time in living memory.
Now, I know that we’ve mentioned the first time in 34 or 35 years that there’s a rate freeze. We have to go back even further to find a year where rates went down for residential properties across Brisbane, and that is a fantastic outcome. It’s a tribute to everyone who has worked on this project, a tribute to Councillor McLACHLAN, a tribute to former Councillor Amanda Cooper and the next member for Aspley, a tribute to the project team in Council, a tribute to Lendlease and the 5,000 people that have worked on this project—5,000 people.
Five thousand people in recent times have gone home, they’ve put food on their table because of this Council’s investment in infrastructure. This investment is just the last—or the latest—not the last, it certainly won’t be the last, of many important infrastructure projects, going back to the Eleanor Schonell Bridge, the Go Between Bridge, Legacy Way, Clem7—a whole range of other investments right across the city, in 15 years’ worth of suburban road upgrades, in new sections of Riverwalk, whether it’s the Botanic Gardens Riverwalk, whether it’s rebuilding the New Farm Riverwalk or, right now, the Indooroopilly Riverwalk, or whether it’s investing in new CityCats, new KittyCats in more recent times.
Infrastructure has always been in our DNA. Building things has always been in our DNA. Our record of delivery speaks for itself. But one thing is apparent today. You cannot trust a word that Labor says when it comes to infrastructure. You cannot trust a word that Labor says when it comes to finances or project management. This is a team that amongst them has never managed a chook raffle, let alone a major project.
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: This is a project—Councillor COOK has managed a chook raffle, apparently. That’s okay.
Councillors interjecting.
Chair: All right.
LORD MAYOR: That’s okay, I stand corrected.
Councillors interjecting.
Chair: All right. Councillors, okay, Councillors.
LORD MAYOR, please return to the question.
LORD MAYOR: If you look at the history of what Labor Councillors have said about this project, Kingsford Smith Drive, let’s go back to October last year. In writing, they claimed a $70 million cost blowout on Kingsford Smith Drive. Right there, Councillor CASSIDY, on his Facebook was claiming a $70 million cost blowout. Then, fast forward through to January this year, $100 million blowout. There, on his Twitter account.
Chair: LORD MAYOR, your time has expired.
Are there any further questions?
Councillor STRUNK.
Question 2
Councillor STRUNK: Thank you, Chair; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. Residents in my ward and residents right across Brisbane are angry. They want kerbside collection to be reinstated. The community has gotten so desperate that local businesses and organisations are now picking up the LNP slack. Just recently I had the Inala Lions taking rubbish to the tip for elderly couples.
Now we’ve got private companies doing their own kerbside collection across Brisbane. It is clear residents want kerbside collection back, and you’re not listening. You claim to want to save money for the economic crisis, but you’re still wasting millions of ratepayers’ dollars on promoting yourself in Council documents like Living in Brisbane. LORD MAYOR, why do you continue to ignore the needs of the city instead of prioritising and marketing yourself at the expense of ratepayers?
Chair: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you, Mr Chair. I’m not sure whether that was a question or just a political statement. He said it with such vigour and passion that he had to read out every word. I can say here that Council, in its responsible management of the financial situation and our budget, will bring back kerbside collection as soon as we can financially do so, as soon as it is responsible to do so.
Councillors interjecting.
Chair: No, okay. Please allow the answer to be heard.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Well, it’s important that we just get that comment on the record, because Councillor STRUNK just said we just saved $15 million on Kingsford Smith Drive. Apparently, that’s a change in the Labor narrative, because apparently the project is $100 million over budget according to Councillor CASSIDY and his fake news. Now, what is it? Is the project under budget or is it over budget? Councillor STRUNK knows today, he’s finally admitted, that the project is under budget.
Chair: LORD MAYOR, can I ask you to address the question that was presented, please?
LORD MAYOR: I am just about to. That’s an interesting point, because I wonder if Councillor STRUNK is suggesting that instead of reducing rates for ratepayers, all ratepayers, that that money should have been used for kerbside collection. Is that what Councillor STRUNK is suggesting? Because that would be a very interesting proposition indeed, because we know that, while people do appreciate the once-a-year opportunity to take out the trash and put it on the kerbside, we know that right now the top priority is reducing and keeping down rate bills and the cost of living for people that are doing it tough.
So, if you gave people the opportunity: would you want some kerbside collection once a year, or would you want a reduction in your rate bill? I wonder what they would say. Obviously, Labor is not—
Councillors interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: Labor is obviously not—
Chair: Excuse me, LORD MAYOR.
Councillors—Councillors, please allow—
Councillors interjecting.
Chair: No, no, no, stop. Councillor CASSIDY—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: Councillor CASSIDY, that’s—why don’t you wait until General Business if you’re going to give a speech? Please keep interjections brief, and please put some effort into them, but keep them short. Try to be interesting.
Now, can I ask the LORD MAYOR to address the question at hand, and can I remind all Councillors the question was heard in silence, please allow the answer to be heard in silence.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you, Mr Chair. Look, you know that the louder Councillor CASSIDY squawks, the more he’s hurting, and the more things aren’t going his way. The more he Tweets and trolls, the more he’s hurting, and the more things aren’t going his way. I tell you, he’s been very busy this morning. He’s hurting a lot, and the reason for that is he’s been caught out in a lie, in a bold-faced lie, telling fibs for at least the last couple of years on Kingsford Smith Drive. Well, I tell you what—
Councillor STRUNK: Point of order, Mr Chair.
Chair: Point of order to you, Councillor STRUNK.
Councillor STRUNK: Yes. Can the LORD MAYOR answer my question that I asked? It’s nothing about—
Chair: No, I appreciate the point of order.
Councillor STRUNK: l—the Leader of the Opposition; it’s all about kerbside collection.
Chair: No, Councillor STRUNK, thank you, I have—
Councillors interjecting.
Chair: Councillor STRUNK, I have—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: Please allow me the time to address the point of order. Councillor STRUNK, thank you for your point of order. As you would be aware, I have asked the LORD MAYOR to come back to the question earlier, and I’ll do so again.
LORD MAYOR, please to the question at hand.
LORD MAYOR: I think I have answered the question, which is: we will bring back kerbside collection as soon as it is financially responsible to do so, and that will be as soon as we have the financial wherewithal, and it is the top of the priority list. Now, right now, the top of the priority list is keeping rates down. As I just explained before, this will be the first time in living memory that the average residential rate bill has gone down—not just frozen—has gone down.
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: Has gone down.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Not yet.
LORD MAYOR: The only time—
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: —in living memory that rates in Brisbane City Council—
Chair: Councillor JOHNSTON—Councillor JOHNSTON, please.
LORD MAYOR: —have gone down across all residential categories for the average ratepayer.
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: LNP responsible financial management delivering for ratepayers, and at the same time continuing to invest in major infrastructure projects that benefit the city, that benefit the future, that deliver a better Brisbane. That is our focus.
I will say again, as soon as we can bring back kerbside collection responsibly, we will do so. But it’s interesting to note—and Councillor STRUNK has sort of mentioned—that there are a number of other people stepping up, entrepreneurs stepping up to provide a free service to residents.
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: Yes, he’s saying that as though it’s a bad thing. This is a great thing.
Councillors interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: Heaven forbid—heaven forbid that the market will adapt, and businesses will provide a free service to residents.
Councillors interjecting.
Chair: LORD MAYOR—Councillors—
LORD MAYOR: That is a good thing.
Councillors interjecting.
Chair: LORD MAYOR, your time has expired.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you.
Chair: Are there any further questions?
Councillor HAMMOND.
Question 3
Councillor HAMMOND: Thank you. Mr Chair, my question is to the Chair of Infrastructure Committee, Councillor McLACHLAN. One of the Administration’s key projects has now been completed, with all lanes of traffic now open on Kingsford Smith Drive. Can you please give us the history of this project and how it will ease traffic congestion for the portside area?
Chair: Councillor McLACHLAN.
Councillor McLACHLAN: Thank you, Mr Chair, and through you to Councillor HAMMOND for the question. Yes, indeed, I can confirm that today Kingsford Smith Drive has reopened with three lanes along its entire length, three outbound lanes and three inbound lanes, at 60 km/h. Yet another example of us building a better Brisbane, Mr Chair.
The final and, in engineering terms, most complex section of this project, between Riverview Terrace and Cameron Rocks Reserve has been line-marked on a topcoat of freshly laid bitumen which we saw today, but these last finishing touches are only a part of the Kingsford Smith Drive upgrade. This has always been much more, Mr Chair, than increasing the number of lanes for vehicles. Deep beneath the surface of Kingsford Smith Drive is a complex myriad of utility services, some of which had dated back to the 1800s.
So, this upgrade has involved replacing kilometres of water mains, gas, electricity and stormwater infrastructure which has future-proofed the entire area and allows for future growth. New urban amenity and greenspaces were delivered, including a new park and plazas at Brett’s Wharf and the rejuvenated Cameron Rocks Reserve. We can now enjoy the Brisbane River from the terraced steps of these precincts, from the new recreation hub and the Lores Bonney Riverwalk, which has seen a staggering over 800,000 cyclists and pedestrian trips since it opened in late 2018.
Mr Chair, over 2,000 walkers and cyclists use this infrastructure each and every day, particularly at dawn and dusk, when there are spectacular views of the river that can be enjoyed. The ride or walk from Brett’s Wharf to Albion was a nightmare before this project, and only the brave or foolhardy tried it. I did try it a couple of times, but it was a scary experience, I’ve got to say, with the traffic right beside you on a one-metre wide bit of pathway.
Pedestrians and cyclists now have seven kilometres of new and separated pathways that encourage active transport, and the works will also allow bus services to increase into the future, in line with the growth of the area, including the projected population explosion that is dictated by the State’s priority development area in Northshore Hamilton, which is projected to see 15,000 new residents when that priority development area is completed.
There is much more, Mr Chair, that I could say about the great outcomes of this project, because it has truly transformed this part of the city. But I also want to acknowledge and pay tribute to those who made it happen. The Mayor has mentioned these. I’m reminded of this story that was published last year by Michael Madigan, An ode to our tradies who just get it done, which is true. Over 5,000 workers, as the LORD MAYOR mentioned, worked on this project, and they should take great pride in this project being completed.
I’d like to also thank the former Lord Mayor, Graham Quirk, and the current LORD MAYOR, Adrian SCHRINNER, for supporting the vision right the way through for Kingsford Smith Drive, and for committing to its delivery. Mr Chair, while there were engineering challenges of building a roadway on the river’s edge, that did provide some difficulties, I’d like to thank Lendlease who rose to the challenges. As I mentioned, thousands of workers contributed to the road—
Councillor interjecting.
Councillor McLACHLAN: —and they are proud of the achievement, and they have certainly left their mark on this city.
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: No, no, no more interjections, please.
Councillor McLACHLAN: They always remained determined to push on and to get the work done. Thank you to the Council’s Brisbane Infrastructure division, and particularly to the City Projects Office for their significant role in seeing this project through right from the beginning.
Thank you, may I say, to the local community for its patience while we worked to transform the corridor. For any major road upgrade, there will be disruption to those who live and work in the vicinity of the project. Council and Lendlease worked hard to minimise inconvenience as much as possible, and I appreciate the residents in the area were impacted for quite some time. But what has been delivered now is the rebuild of a road that’s a crucial artery in our city’s economy. It links major employment nodes throughout our city and beyond—the airport, the ports precinct, the factories of Eagle Farm and Pinkenba all will benefit from the completion of this project and the investment that we’ve made.
Mr Chair, as the local Councillor for Hamilton Ward, it’s been a privilege to see the project transform one of Brisbane’s most significant transport corridors from start to finish. It was in my first speech in this place that I said I was committed to making sure that we would see a world class pedestrian and cyclist connection along Kingsford Smith Drive, and I’m very pleased to say that we have delivered that in spades, and it is now one of the most travelled bits of active transport that we have in the city.
This accomplishment marks the realisation of a vision for the precinct which started this road back in 1829 when it was a horse and cart trail between Brisbane City and Eagle Farm, and it is now completed.
Chair: Councillor McLACHLAN, your time has expired.
Are there any further questions?
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Question 4
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, my question is to the LORD MAYOR. Tomorrow, hundreds of children will be walking to Junction Park State School and have to cross the very busy and dangerous Ipswich Road at Annerley Junction. Has the 50 km/h speed limit reduction been approved for Ipswich Road, Annerley, yet, and if not, when is the determination due?
Chair: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you for the question, Councillor JOHNSTON. Look, I am not aware of whether there’s been an approval for a 50 km/h speed limit, but I’m certainly happy to take that on notice. I know that there has been a lot of work done by many people in trying to get a positive outcome here, and there’s been a lot of work done in things like pedestrian movement studies and traffic surveys and a whole range of things, but I will take that one on notice for you.
Chair: Further questions?
Councillor ATWOOD.
Question 5
Councillor ATWOOD: Thank you, Chair. My question is to the LORD MAYOR. A recent petition on Council’s website was seeking the support of residents for Council’s fifth green bridge to the east of the Story Bridge. Can you update the Chamber on what work may have already been done to investigate this idea?
Chair: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you, Councillor ATWOOD, for the question. I know that this is of interest to quite a few people, but the idea of a Bulimba to Teneriffe bridge has certainly been kicking around for a little while. Back in 2017, the State Minister for Transport, Mark Bailey, cc’d the then Chair, Amanda Cooper who, as I pointed out, is the next member for Aspley, in a response—
Councillors interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: —in a response to a resident inquiry about a potential bridge from Bulimba to Teneriffe. So, it was—
Councillor COOK: Point of order, Mr Chair.
Chair: Point of order to you, Councillor COOK.
Councillor COOK: Could you just clarify? Was the question about a bridge east of the Story Bridge or specifically the Teneriffe to Bulimba bridge? I thought it was east of the Story Bridge.
Chair: I believe that was right, but that’s a large area that would include that location.
Councillor COOK: Yes. Oh, so we’re going through each option?
Chair: Well, I’m not sure. I only heard the question. I’m now listening to the answer.
Councillor COOK: Okay, thank you.
Chair: So, the question is about pedestrian bridge options east of the Story Bridge.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: That’s correct. It is interesting, because back then there was correspondence between the State Government and the then Chair, Amanda Cooper, about work that had been done on an exploration study back in 2015. Now, this study was not a Council study; it was indeed a State Government study. It says in broad terms, the study indicated that this section of the Brisbane River was too wide, and any future bridge must be at a height which would allow for the use of the river by a number of different vessels.
The Minister then goes on to state, and I quote: ‘that there are no current plans to progress the project beyond the initial study’. Well, there you go. Minister Bailey thought it was not feasible to have a bridge in his exploratory study, but unfortunately no one has ever seen this report in the public. It is a secret Labor report into a potential bridge in that part of Brisbane.
But, enter the State election, and Councillor COOK, Di Farmer and Grace Grace. We now have a little bit of posturing going on in the community calling on Council to investigate a fifth bridge east of the Story Bridge. Now, I don’t know whether it is ignorance or whether it is a deliberate attempt to hide the fact that there has already been a study done by the State Government, but it is right for residents to ask the question: what happened to that study, and why wasn’t it released to the public? Because you now have three Labor members asking Council to do a study that appears to have already been done by the State Government, and covered up and made secret and—
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: Councillor COOK—
Chair: Councillors, Councillor COOK, please allow the answer to be heard.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Councillor COOK, like Councillor CASSIDY, squawks and squeals when they’re feeling uncomfortable, and the reality is she is rightly uncomfortable that there is a secret State Labor report that they are covering up and haven’t released to the public, yet now they’re calling on Council to do another report.
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: So, I’d suggest that the first thing that we should do is have a look at that State Government secret report—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: Councillor COOK! Councillor COOK!
LORD MAYOR: —to see what the findings of that were—
Chair: No, LORD MAYOR, please stop.
Councillor COOK, can I please ask that you cease interjecting. I think you’ve made your point through your interjections.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Now, Councillor COOK, a simple request to you: if you do have any sway with your Labor colleagues, either at the State level or any other level, please ask them for approval to release that report.
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: No, don’t talk about Councillor MURPHY here.
Chair: No, Councillor COOK, please—
LORD MAYOR: This is about a State Labor—
Chair: LORD MAYOR, please stop.
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: Councillor COOK—
LORD MAYOR: Talk about a glass jaw. Talk about a glass jaw.
Chair: No, no, all Councillors will stop.
Councillor COOK—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: All I’m saying, Councillor COOK, as I say, I do tolerate a certain level of interjections, but you have been somewhat relentless in this answer. Your point has been made. Can I please ask you—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: No. Can I please ask you just to remain silent for the balance of the question?
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: I would simply point out that one of the best things that could help us all going forward in making a decision on future bridges is to start with, is having a copy of this State Labor secret report.
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: Now, we know, Councillor COOK, in terms of her record, is not good when it comes to getting her Labor colleagues to do anything, in fact. We know she ran a campaign to try and get the fares removed from the cross-river ferry, and Minister Bailey said no thanks, I won’t have a bar of that one.
Councillors interjecting.
Chair: Hang on, hang on, stop. Councillor—no, no, LORD MAYOR, everybody, stop.
All right. Councillor COOK, I consider that you are displaying—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: Councillor COOK, I consider that you are displaying unsuitable meeting conduct, and in accordance with section 21(5) of the Meetings Local Law 2001, I hereby request that you cease interjecting and refrain from exhibiting that conduct.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: As I was pointing out, the efforts to get the fares removed—and fares are a State Government issue—from the cross-river ferry—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: LORD MAYOR, your time has expired.
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: Councillor COOK, if you continue to interject at this level, I will move through the section 21 component of the Meetings Local Law 2001 around unsuitable meeting conduct.
Are there any further questions?
Councillor CASSIDY.
Question 6
Councillor CASSIDY: Yes, thank you. Thanks very much, Chair; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. Thousands of residents have signed petitions calling for kerbside collection to be reinstated. I’m sure you already know this, of course, because you keep a very keen watch on petitions. But your choice to scrap the community service was a very unpopular one. What residents also dislike is the fact that you blame the economic crisis for cutting kerbside collections but continue to spend millions of dollars on promoting yourself.
Now, Chair, the LORD MAYOR even rubs this in their face by sending out thousands of Living in Brisbane newsletters each and every month. I received my Living in Brisbane newsletter in the mailbox the very same day I received my rates bill, all bundled up into a little pack together. The only problem, Chair, is this gift isn’t one myself or any other resident wanted or needed in a time of crisis.
So, LORD MAYOR, how are you okay with shamelessly using residents’ money to advertise yourself while at the same time depriving them of vital community services, like kerbside collection?
Chair: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you for the question, Councillor CASSIDY. Well, I can say that there’s not too many things that you could teach me, but shameless self-promotion is one of those things. Because I don’t send any newsletters out with multiple photos of myself on them, yet we see Councillor CASSIDY is a world champion at doing exactly that. Not only sending out a newsletter with lots of photos of himself in them, but also his mate, Uncle Stirling or Minister Hinchliffe, in the lead-up to a State election, nonetheless.
So, Councillor CASSIDY, was this newsletter produced at ratepayer expense? Simple question. It’s got a Council logo on it. It’s got your ward office, ratepayer funded email address, ratepayer funded office address on it. It talks about all the great things Council is doing in your ward, and there are many great things. Apparently, Councillor CASSIDY is responsible for getting $5.6 million in road and congestion funding. What a champion. He has a similar record to Councillor SRI, who has achieved nothing but claims credit for everything, yet attacks anything that the LNP Administration does.
So, Councillor CASSIDY, this is a classic case of a hypocritical question where the premise of the question is simply wrong. I could learn a few things from you about shameless self-promotion, but what I can say is, anything that we send to the ratepayers of Brisbane is important information so that they know what is happening, and so that they know how the LNP is responsibly administering their funds that they pay in rates in delivering a better Brisbane. We will continue to do that, because it’s important that they know.
Now, Labor Councillors would prefer people to be kept in the dark, because if they were kept in the dark, they might believe this spin that is put forward by the handful of Labor Councillors. They might in fact believe that Councillor CASSIDY and Labor are responsible for all good things that happen in this city, even though they do not hold Administration, and even though they oppose most things that happen.
But we will continue to tell people how we’re building a better Brisbane. We will continue to tell people about our core projects—
Councillor CASSIDY: Point of order, Chair.
Chair: Point of order to you, Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Yes, Chair, just on relevance. I know the LORD MAYOR has a really odd weird obsession with me, but this question was about kerbside collection.
Councillors interjecting.
Councillor CASSIDY: It was about kerbside collection. It’s getting a little weird—
Chair: No, no, all right.
Councillor CASSIDY: I get some weird vibes here, Chair. But if he could perhaps answer the question about kerbside collection.
Chair: I will address the actual point of your point of order, which is, LORD MAYOR, could you please draw your comments to the question at hand, please.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Okay. Thank you, Councillor CASSIDY. I can assure you it’s nothing personal, but I will continue to call out hypocrisy when I see it. If you don’t want me to keep doing that, don’t be so hypocritical. It’s really quite simple.
But as I was pointing out, we will continue to provide ratepayers and residents of Brisbane the important information they need to know on what their Council is doing to serve them better, what we are doing to build a better Brisbane, and publications like the Living in Brisbane newsletter is much loved by Brisbane residents, much loved. They appreciate the opportunity to hear what is happening. Guess what. There is no party politics in that newsletter. It’s just the facts. It’s just information that they need to know.
Unlike this sort of red material that we see distributed by wards at ratepayer expense, ours is straight up and down, what’s happening, what you need to know. It will continue to be the case while ever I’m Lord Mayor that we keep people informed about the facts that they need to know about. Now, it is interesting when things happen that they don’t like. The first thing that they will say in response is: there hasn’t been enough consultation. People don’t know about this. People need to know. People need more opportunity to have a say.
Yet, when we give people lots of opportunities to have a say on things, when we give them lots of information, when we provide multiple channels through which they can have their say and provide feedback, apparently, according to Labor, that is self-promotion. Well, no, it’s not. It’s doing our job and providing the information that people need to have and providing the opportunity to have a say. So, we will continue to do that. We will continue to make sure that our budget is managed responsibly. We will continue to make sure projects are delivered, and infrastructure is built. Building infrastructure is in our DNA. Running responsible budgets is in our DNA. Telling porkies, unfortunately, is in Labor’s DNA, and that is a real shame, but unfortunately is not surprising or unexpected.
Chair: Further questions; Councillor—
Councillor CASSIDY: Point of order, Chair.
Chair: Point of order, Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Thanks very much, Chair.
233/2020-21
At that juncture, Councillor Jared CASSIDY moved, seconded by Councillor Kara COOK, that the Standing Rules be suspended to allow the moving of the following motion(
That the Lord Mayor immediately pause the production and distribution of Brisbane City Council’s ‘Living in Brisbane’ newsletter and reinstate Kerbside Collection.
Chair: Councillor CASSIDY, to the matter of urgency.
We will reset your clock right now, and you’ve got three minutes from when the clock resets. There you go.
Councillor CASSIDY: Thanks very much, Chair; thanks. This is urgent today because, like the residents all around Brisbane, I received my rates bill in the mail and bundled up, as I said, was the Living in Brisbane newsletter. We know from figures that were released by this Administration that this newsletter costs ratepayers—it doesn’t cost the LORD MAYOR, it doesn’t cost us Councillors in here, or it does a little bit out of our rates that we pay—in excess of $100,000 each and every month, Chair.
History tells us that, when tough decisions have to be made by this LORD MAYOR, as he says, Chair, that the only thing that is immune from budget cuts is his self-promotion fund.
DEPUTY MAYOR: Point of order, Mr Chair.
Chair: Point of order to you, DEPUTY MAYOR.
DEPUTY MAYOR: Relevance to urgency.
Chair: Yes, thank you, DEPUTY MAYOR.
I remind Councillor CASSIDY, please, the three minutes that you have is for the purpose of demonstrating urgency, and can you please limit your comments to those.
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Well, thanks very much, Chair. It’s urgent because we know that, as every week goes by that kerbside collection is not available to people, and the more that they—
Councillor ALLAN: Point of order.
Chair: Point of order to you, Councillor ALLAN.
Councillor ALLAN: Mr Chair, just to urgency. Councillor CASSIDY has just received this newsletter. They’re quarterly and I don’t see urgency in this at all.
Chair: Thank you, Councillor ALLAN.
Whether the matter is urgent or not is a democratic matter for this room that will be voted on in a moment. Councillor CASSIDY is provided this time now to try and make his argument, why it should be, why it is urgent. The decision on whether it’s urgent will be up to all of us in a moment.
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Thank you, that’s right, Chair. This is urgent because this Chamber needs to make this decision, because the LORD MAYOR, as we know, each and every week that goes by, the so-called tough decisions he has to make usually amount to cutting basic services. They never amount—they never amount to cutting the advertising budget that he allocates himself. So, we must deal with this, Chair. It’s urgent that this Chamber deals with this, because the LORD MAYOR continues to ignore the basic services in our community. He continues to produce these at over $1.2 million each and every year.
The newsletter I put out there, LORD MAYOR, costs a couple of thousand dollars. We know that—
Chair: Councillor CASSIDY—
Councillor CASSIDY: —this costs $1.2 million—
Chair: Councillor CASSIDY, I must—
Councillor CASSIDY: —and it is all designed—
Chair: Councillor CASSIDY, I must ask you to come back to urgency, please.
Councillor CASSIDY: —it is all designed, it is all designed to promote the LORD MAYOR. In the middle of an economic crisis, we need services that produce jobs, like kerbside collection; we need services—
Chair: Okay, Councillor CASSIDY—
Councillor CASSIDY: —that people demand, like kerbside collection.
Chair: Councillor CASSIDY, I appreciate the argument you’re making. However, it’s substantive and not urgent. Can you please—you’ve been going for about two minutes and 20 seconds; please, why is this matter urgent?
Councillor CASSIDY: Well, the mic was off, LORD MAYOR, and it’s now back on. Thank you very much. It is urgent to deal with this because the LORD MAYOR continues to refuse, so we’ve heard in response to questions that Councillor STRUNK and I have asked. Questions about basic services, questions to this LORD MAYOR, Chair, and he should be accountable to the people of Brisbane and to this Chamber, questions about providing the basic services for the rates that he collects.
Now, what he is more interested in doing is promoting himself with the rates that he collects than providing basic services to the people of Brisbane. So, it is urgent that this Council deals with this matter today.
Chair: Councillors, on the matter of urgency.
The Chair submitted the motion for the suspension of the Standing Rules to the Chamber and it was declared lost on the voices.
Thereupon, Councillors Jared CASSIDY and Kara COOK immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared lost.
The voting was as follows:
AYES: 5 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Jared CASSIDY, and Councillors Kara COOK, Peter CUMMING, Steve GRIFFITHS and Charles STRUNK.
NOES: 20 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, and Councillors Greg ADERMANN, Adam ALLAN, Lisa ATWOOD, Fiona CUNNINGHAM, Tracy DAVIS, Fiona HAMMOND, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Sarah HUTTON, James MACKAY, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Steven TOOMEY, Andrew WINES, Jonathan SRI and Nicole JOHNSTON.
Chair: Thank you, Councillors.
We will now return to Question Time.
There is quite a bit of time to go, so Councillor DAVIS, your question please.
Question 7
Councillor DAVIS: Thank you, Chair; my question is to the Chair of the City Planning and Economic Development Committee, Councillor ADAMS. DEPUTY MAYOR, can you give the Chamber an update on the Bridgeman Downs neighbourhood plan which is currently out for public consultation and covers my ward of McDowall?
Chair: DEPUTY MAYOR.
DEPUTY MAYOR: Thank you, Mr Chair, and thank you, Councillor DAVIS, for the question. Hopefully I can get through the question without being yelled down from the Opposition. But it’s great to see a local Councillor quite passionate about her community and the future of her growing suburbs. I know that, since becoming a Councillor, Councillor DAVIS, this has been one of your focus in working with the community to create this neighbourhood plan which is out for public consultation right now. We started with listening to the residents of Bridgeman Downs and creating a draft plan to reflect the feedback that we got from them, and it’s a clear vision to safeguard the area’s future and preserve what residents love best about their growing community.
When we launched late last year, we asked residents to tell us what they valued most about the area, and what they think could be improved, how we start every neighbourhood plan. The State Government had flagged the area for future development by including it in the urban footprint, and Council wanted to ensure that this urban development was in keeping with the residents’ desire in the future for their suburb.
One of the important themes that emerged was that many of the residents felt that recent housing developments—townhouses and apartments—were not consistent with the green and leafy nature of the area. The draft strategy proposes to restrict these types of development and only allow for free-standing homes on larger suburban lots.
To manage the rate of development, the plan sets clear boundaries for short, medium and long-term housing over a 20-plus year timeframe. In areas to the east of Beckett and Bridgeman Roads, residents can expect to see similar residential housing estates constructed over the next 10 to 20 years, and accompanying each proposal we want to see detailed site-based planning and environmental assessments that demonstrate how these values will be protected and enhanced.
To the west, in the established acreage areas of Bridgeman Downs, we don’t expect to see much change any time soon, and there are additional planning controls in place to ensure the projection of the important bushland and waterway corridors. There are two ecologically important freshwater creeks that run through Bridgeman Downs. These creeks feed into larger tributaries before the South Pine River to the north. You will see these areas clearly marked on the neighbourhood plan mapping as priority protection areas.
This means that, although housing may be accommodated outside these corridors, larger lots with vegetated buffers are required. It will also require developers and property owners to undertake restorative planting and even negotiate transferring land back to Council ownership. We know urban growth in this area will continue. Council will continue to take action and pull what levers we have available to protect the valued bushland in Bridgeman Downs as part of the development of the suburb.
As mentioned, the draft strategy is out for consultation until mid-November, and the feedback so far has been really positive. I understand at a Meet the Planner on the weekend, Councillor DAVIS, that there was 100 or more that turned up, and the majority were in support of what was actually being proposed in the neighbourhood plan, which I think is a very important reflection of how we have listened and you have made representations to your local area as well.
We know that what the people see in Bridgeman Downs is a relaxed suburb combining city convenience with bushland beauty. Here, natural habitat and waterways are protected and embraced. Well-designed homes contribute to the local community and are connected to natural habitats. Convenient transport connections make getting to surrounding areas easy, and active travel options inspire healthy living, clean air, outdoor recreation and smart travel choices. That’s a beautiful vision that the people of Bridgeman Downs have put together for this neighbourhood plan and what we have continued with.
We will continue to take action and pull what levers we have available to protect the valued bushland in Bridgeman Downs as part of the development of the suburb. As mentioned, the feedback so far has been positive. Over the weekend, as I said, we got the feedback from the community, and there are other opportunities for them to have their say and speak with Council planners, by either booking a virtual Talk to the Planner session or visiting the next information kiosk, which is on in the next week.
We look forward to working with the Bridgeman Downs residents to create their neighbourhood plan and ensure that Bridgeman Downs remains a great place to live into the future.
Chair: Further questions?
Councillor CASSIDY.
Question 8
Councillor CASSIDY: Thanks very much, Chair; my question is to the LORD MAYOR. You’ve always said that ongoing Council work should be done by Council employees. Yet, week on week, we continue to see contracts brought to this Council for jobs as simple and ongoing as footpath construction and repair. This type of work should be Council’s bread and butter, not outsourced to labour hire companies. Considering we have more than 6,000 streets without any concrete footpath at all, this is a prime example of work that is ongoing.
With this in mind, LORD MAYOR, why do you continue to deny Brisbane residents solid and permanent jobs at a time when they need income security the most?
Chair: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you for the question. Look, the first thing I want to clarify is when I have ever made that statement that you suggest I have made. So, I’d actually appreciate my memory being jogged here, because I don’t remember ever saying something like that. That is not something I can remember ever coming out of my mouth.
But what I do remember is that, once again we see Labor hypocrisy at work here. We see the political party that outsourced the collection of rubbish to the private sector contractors now claiming that everything should be insourced. Now, is there any other example of ongoing core essential service like the collection of rubbish every week? That has got to be the one that touches the most people across the city and happens every single week in every street without fail. Yet, Labor outsourced that to the private sector. Now they are suggesting that somehow this is wrong. They did it.
Another example is the operation of CityCats and ferries. CityCats and ferries were outsourced by Labor and they continue to be part of the ongoing work of the city. So, this suggestion that they’re making—first of all, I don’t remember making that statement that was made, or that they suggest I made, but secondly, their hypocrisy is breath-taking here. This is, if you ask me, just another case of the unions controlling the Labor Party, and the union line coming up again and again in Question Time.
We saw a period where, every week, the questions were being fed to Labor by the unions. Now, once again, there’s this suggestion that somehow Labor wants to insource everything, and we support outsourcing. Well, the biggest ever outsourcing in the history of this city was done by the Australian Labor Party Councillors. The biggest ever outsourcing was done by the Labor Party. I would like to know if you support, Councillor CASSIDY, the collection of waste being done by Council rather than by a contractor. I’d be interested to know that.
I’d be interested to know if you support the operation of ferries and CityCats being done by Council rather than by a contractor, because that would be the biggest and most monumental change in Labor policy that we have seen in this place, and there have been a lot of changes and a lot of backflips and a lot of moving feasts, but that would be the biggest shift in position. So, if that is now indeed your position, I’d be very interested to know.
But I do remember, when this issue about footpaths came up recently, there was a figure of something like up to $20 million over I think seven years or something—that was the potential length of the contract. Now, this year, we’re investing—
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: It was eight years, was it?
Councillor MARX: Nine.
LORD MAYOR: Nine years? Okay. So, $20 million over nine years that was potentially being done in partnership with the private sector. Yet, this year, we’re investing around $40 million into things like footpaths. So, you can see the quantum of what we do in-house versus what we do in partnership with the private sector when it comes to footpaths.
But I just have to again return to this hypocrisy in the question. Councillor CASSIDY just either isn’t aware of his own party’s history in this place or is just trying to gloss over that and pretend that he believes something that he doesn’t believe; I don’t know. But we know that Labor supports outsourcing. Their record shows it.
We believe that each case should be judged on its merits. There are some situations that are better done in-house, and there are others which are better done in partnership with the private sector. We make a judgment on a case-by-case basis, and we don’t have a philosophical view one way of the other.
I’ll give you an example. We had the option, if we wished, to propose Brisbane Metro should be operated by private sector operators—i.e. not by Transport for Brisbane but by the private sector. What did we do? We recommended that it should be operated by Transport for Brisbane, by our Council bus operators. So, our record shows once again that we make this judgment on a case-by-case basis in the best interests of the city, in the best interests of the ratepayers of Brisbane, and we will continue to do so going forward. So, there’s not an ideological bent here one way or the other, it’s practical and it’s based on a case-by-case basis.
Chair: Further questions?
Councillor ADERMANN.
Question 9
Councillor ADERMANN: Thank you, Chair; my question is to the Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee, Councillor ALLAN. Council has recently run a number of advertisements promoting local businesses across the suburbs of Brisbane. Can you outline for the Chamber how this has been promoting buy local, and helping them recover from a COVID-19 downturn?
Chair: Councillor ALLAN.
Councillor ALLAN: Thank you, Mr Chair, and thank you, Councillor ADERMANN, for the question. It’s pleasing to note your interest in the welfare of businesses and particularly local businesses during these challenging times. Having grown up in the Pullenvale Ward, I’m well aware of the diversity of the businesses in that ward, and also the very strong local business precincts you have. A lot of those have very long-term proprietors, and it’s a tightknit business community.
Mr Chair, the Brisbetter Local campaign is a localised promotional campaign to drive economic recovery by promoting suburban businesses and shopping precincts, and encouraging residents to get out and about, buy local and discover more things to see and do close to home. We are not blind in the devastating economic impact of COVID-19 and the impact it continues to have on residents and businesses alike.
This particular initiative was one of the initiatives from the Economic Recovery Taskforce and is part of the Economic Recovery Plan which I tabled in this Chamber during the last session. The $550,000 campaign will profile hundreds of local businesses and is all about encouraging residents to explore their own backyard, support local businesses, local jobs and drive local economic activity. It’s about injecting new life into our local shopping precincts.
These 70 localised social media videos are produced in Brisbane for Brisbane and are a great benefit to residents and businesses alike. The vast majority of the work undertaken to produce these videos is undertaken by Council staff, and I think to date they have done a terrific job. I truly believe Brisbane is the best place to live, and Brisbetter local is all about highlighting all there is to see and do in our suburbs.
To date we have produced 11 videos that feature businesses across the city, from multiple wards, including The Gap, Forest Lake, MacGregor, Deagon, Wynnum Manly, Tennyson to name a few, and there will be more to come. All of these videos are currently available on the Council website.
Mr Chair, you don’t need to leave Brisbane to have a good time or create great memories. Some of the best experiences are right here in our own backyards, and this campaign is all about reminding residents to back Brisbane during these tough times. I cannot stress enough that this will be a much-needed economic boost to local businesses. It’s vital we all do our bit and get behind our local businesses right now, and this is particularly important as we lead into the Christmas period where there’s a great opportunity to support our local businesses. It not only keeps these businesses with their doors open, but it supports local jobs and creates a great sense of local community.
Whether it’s grabbing a cup of coffee, purchasing a gift for someone or a voucher, or enjoying a meal with family, it’s never a better time to get out and support our local businesses. It would also be remiss of me not to say that this is a great way of making the Brisbane of today even better than the Brisbane of tomorrow.
For those listening in today, and for Councillors here, please visit Council’s website and search Brisbetter Local. These videos are there. There’s 11 of them, as I mentioned. They’re spread right across the city, and it really gives you an ability to see what the city’s got to offer. The videos feature a diverse range of local businesses. What I would say to all Councillors, and I think that at this point in time we need to get behind the city, we need to get behind the city’s businesses.
Those videos are a great way to promote your local businesses. So, when you see them come up, share them on your social media, really support them, get out there and say to your businesses, we’re here to support you. If you’ve got businesses in your area who you think might like to be profiled on these videos, there’s an opportunity to make some recommendations. Clearly, we can’t get all of them up, but certainly we want to try and provide a real mix of the businesses that are out there, and we want them to feature in these videos. So, to the whole of the Chamber, please get behind these. Thank you.
Chair: That concludes Question Time.
Councillors, I draw to your attention the consideration of Committee reports.
Please, the Establishment and Coordination Committee.
LORD MAYOR.
CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS:
ESTABLISHMENT AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE
The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR (Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER), Chair of the Establishment and Coordination Committee, moved, seconded by the DEPUTY MAYOR (Councillor Krista ADAMS), that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 19 October 2020, be adopted.
Chair: Is there any debate?
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you, Mr Chair. First of all, I just wanted to start off by acknowledging that tomorrow marks the fourth anniversary of the death of Manmeet Sharma, one of our much-loved bus operators, and someone who has now become a household name across Brisbane, and someone who literally caused everyone in Brisbane on that day to pause in horror at what had happened here in our city. Someone who was much loved by their colleagues, someone who was just doing their job, and someone who was brutally and tragically murdered while doing their job.
I just want to, at this time, say that our thoughts—and I’m sure I speak on behalf of all Councillors and all Council staff—our thoughts are with Manmeet’s family, his friends and, indeed, all Council bus operators as we approach the fourth anniversary of this tragedy.
Down in Luxworth Place, known as Manmeet’s Paradise and Park, there is a permanent memorial to Manmeet acknowledging, I guess, the absolute tragedy that happened here, and I guess reminding the community on the importance of, first of all, the work that our Council staff do, whether they’re bus operators or in our libraries or in a range of other public facing roles, and also the unexpected nature of just an inconceivable threat like this that can come out of the blue.
I will never forget that day, because on that day I was the Chair of the Public and Active Transport Committee. On that day, I was responsible for our bus network and our public transport and felt responsible for all of our bus operators. On that day, I will never forget the shock and horror that I felt as the events unfolded to hear the news of what had happened, and then to progressively learn more and more about that tragic attack.
I will never forget that the person who committed this horrific crime was walking along the street, and at one point following a woman and a young child with the potential for the same thing to happen to that woman and young child. So, it wasn’t Manmeet’s fault that he was there at that time, on that day, providing a service. But it is a reminder to all of us on just how precious life is, and how we should cherish each other, and on how we should continue to support that culture that Brisbane has where we do simple things, like when we get off the bus, we thank the driver. Not all cities do that. It doesn’t happen everywhere.
There are plenty of cities were people walk around looking at the ground not making eye contact with each other. There are plenty of cities where they don’t show the level of kindness and respect to people like bus operators, and it is something that we must always remember and retain. It’s those simple kindnesses that go a long way. It is also a time when we should reflect that it is still not okay that a small number of people in our community continue to perpetuate abuse and violence towards bus operators and other public officials doing their job.
I won’t go into any of the politics of this, obviously, but simply to say tomorrow is an opportunity for us to all think about what we can do as a community to say no to this kind of violence, this kind of abuse, and this kind of threat to people that are just doing their job, and recommit ourselves to a kinder society and one that says thank you, driver, and one that values the work that our staff and public officials do in providing those great services.
In my normal introduction to the E&C Report, I just wanted to refer to a number of events and, I guess, community causes that we normally do to acknowledge through the lighting up of Council assets. The month of October marks Sexual Violence Awareness month in Queensland. Zig Zag Young Women’s Resource Centre works with young women aged from 12 to 25 years around issues of sexual violence and homelessness, as well as working with the community to raise awareness.
The Tropical Dome at Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane City Hall, the Victoria Bridge and Story Bridge will light up in teal this evening in support of the work that is done by Zig Zag and so many other people and so many other groups to say no to sexual violence.
On Wednesday, so tomorrow, the Reddacliff Place sculptures and the Victoria Bridge and Story Bridge will be lit up in red to support the Red Bag Appeal. The Red Bag Appeal is the Wesley Mission’s annual appeal which is all about the community coming together to give dignity and respect and show the spirit of Christmas to those individuals and families that are doing it tough. We know that this year will be a more challenging year than most for many families. So, we’re keen to, as we always do, support the Wesley Mission in their Red Bag Appeal.
Thursday marks the eve of World Teachers Day. The Queensland College of Teachers promotes the teaching profession and the importance of teachers in our children’s lives. There are few professions that have such an impact in the life of a child than our teachers. They do a fantastic job. We know many inspirational teachers. My sister is a teacher and I’m proud of the work that she does.
In moving around the community and moving around my local area, there’s not too many times where I don’t bump into someone and they say, your sister taught me when I was in grade 5 or in grade 4, and she was amazing, and she changed my life. That story is repeated with so many teachers across the city. It’s a truly admirable profession. It is a profession that makes a real difference, and obviously we all join together in supporting World Teachers Day. The Story Bridge, Victoria Bridge and Reddacliff Place sculptures will be lit in green on Thursday in support of World Teachers Day.
I wanted to mention a couple of good news stories. First of all, I wanted to point out that just recently Council and also our conference organiser, Carillon Conference Management, won the award for the best congress or conference at the 2020 Australian Event Awards. So, this is the annual awards for conventions and events across Australia, and the winner was the 2019 Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors’ Forum. So, that picked up the award for best congress or conference in the 2020 Australian Event Awards.
The summit was nominated by the organiser, Carillon Conference Management, who did a fantastic job, and Ashley and the team are just amazing. This is an event that was so complicated. It involved so many visitors and official delegations from all around the Asia Pacific region and all around the world, and the event ran incredibly smoothly. The event further strengthened the relationships that we have at the city level between so many cities, so many councils, so many mayors and deputy mayors right across the region, and it was great that this summit was acknowledged in that way.
I want to particularly thank, not only the conference organisers, Carillon, but our team here in Council who literally worked day and night on this. The blood, sweat and tears that went into this event was incredible. I will never forget the frantic pace of that event. I think I lost my voice a couple of times, but I just want to thank everyone who was involved in putting that together. I know the DEPUTY MAYOR is particularly proud of the team as well for that event.
Also, warmest congratulations to Council’s City Archivist, Annabel Lloyd, on being recently awarded a 2020 President’s Award from the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA). There is such a society, and it is a very serious society, because they deal with some very serious business. The archiving of public records and Council records is really important. It’s an important thing and one that we treat very seriously, not only when it comes to making sure that we have access to the records to make decisions or that the public has access to the records for transparency reasons, but that there is a historical record of what has happened in our city and when—
Chair: LORD MAYOR, your time has expired.
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At that point, the LORD MAYOR was granted an extension of time on the motion of the DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, seconded by Councillor Sarah HUTTON.
Chair: LORD MAYOR, 10 minutes.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you. As I was saying, it is so important that there’s a historical record of the growth and development of our city and the decisions that were made by our Council, and it is just a fascinating but important job. Annabel has said that she has found her involvement with the association to be rewarding and stimulating, providing understanding of the wider context of her profession and the key policies that underpin archival work.
She has met colleagues from across Australia and the world, and she believes that being part of the organisation provides much-needed professional development and support to an archivist working in isolation from other archivists. That is also an important point as well. We don’t have a lot of archivists in Brisbane City Council. It is, in some ways, quite a lonely job. You’re there in a big building with a lot of documents and not too many other people. It takes a certain type of person, but her involvement with other archivists across Australia is very important.
Annabel’s contribution to the ASA has also been significant over many years. She’s been a convenor, council member and secretary, and her involvement has extended to conference committees, training and standards development. In recent years she’s been a member of the Professional Accreditation Committee, supporting members who wish to attain professional recognition by the society. Anyone who knows Annabel will also understand her passionate commitment to her profession and to her role. Council’s City Archives certainly benefits from that passion, extensive knowledge and expertise. It’s great to see this professional acknowledgment for Annabel and also her wider profession.
The item that we have in front of us, and there’s one item on the agenda at the moment, is for the surrender of parkland at 15B Butterfield Street, Herston. This item relates to the surrender of land associated with the Queensland Government’s Ernie’s Roundabout, bus layover and driver facility. So, this is effectively right near the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital station, a little bit to the north of that, and it is a much-needed and important layover area for our bus fleet and other bus companies as well, and also a rest area for drivers as well.
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is now planning to construct an additional and new bus layover at 35 Butterfield Street, Herston, which is near the existing bus layover, but in between those two sites is a section of Council land—well, it’s land that’s owned by the State but held in trust by Council, which is the case for a lot of land across the city.
The land located at 15B Butterfield Street is 753 square metres and is currently managed by Council for parks and gardens purposes. For TMR to carry out their works to deliver this busway connection, Council will need to surrender the trusteeship of the land. Council’s Transport Planning and Operations within Brisbane Infrastructure have supported this because of the public transport benefits that it will bring.
Obviously, this layover area will also be of benefit to the Brisbane Metro, and as we gear up services and provide those new larger and longer fully electric vehicles, this will be of benefit to the Brisbane Metro as well as to the wider transport network. So, it is a matter of having land that is currently designated for one purpose transferred to be designated for another purpose. There is a good community benefit in this. There is a good public transport benefit and it is something that we do support.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Thanks very much, Chair. In the E&C Report today, there’s an item giving State Government land back for a worthwhile purpose and Labor Councillors are supportive of that. But I think what is interesting is how threadbare this E&C Report is. We’re in the middle of a global pandemic, and a recession, and we’re having throughout Question Time and online—oh, I try and have a debate with Councillor SCHRINNER online, but he’s blocked me on all those platforms.
But there are a lot of things to debate, Chair, at the moment, in our city: the type of city we want to have, the type of city we want to leave for future generations. But, when you see the documents that this Administration brings to Council to debate, these are decisions of the highest decision-making body outside of this Chamber in terms of the Administration of this city, it’s pretty threadbare.
Why aren’t we discussing items like this LORD MAYOR’s double-barrel rates hike, Chair? We know that he’s going to increase rates on 1 January, and he’s going to increase rates—
Chair: Councillor CASSIDY, I appreciate—
Councillor CASSIDY: —again on 1 July.
Chair: No, no, please allow me to speak.
I understand the point that you’re making in argument, but I will allow comments about the report generally, but to draw in items that are clearly not in the report, because you wish to speak about them is outside the rules.
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: But that’s exactly the point, Chair, there is nothing of substance for this Council to debate when it comes to the decisions that are being made by this LORD MAYOR and his Civic Cabinet. What about kerbside collection, Chair? What about this LORD MAYOR’s refusal to reinstate kerbside collection for people?
Chair: Hang on, this is the exact point—
Councillor CASSIDY: We have thousands of people signing—
Chair: —I was making.
You can talk about the nature of the report. We have allowed that in the past. Sometimes it is quite substantial, and have had 15, 17 items, and we’ve allowed debate about the size of the report. But again, you just can’t—the rules don’t allow for you to just choose any issue and just talk about it. That’s the limiting nature of the rules.
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: And that’s what this LORD MAYOR is doing, Chair. He is limiting the work that this Council is doing in the middle of a pandemic, in the middle of a recession where we should be talking about things like contracting out, for instance, and having the debate about the type of Council and the type of jobs we want to have here in Brisbane, Chair. That’s what should be in this E&C, instead of the LORD MAYOR throwing away glib political lines. Instead of answering genuine questions in Question Time, why don’t we have this debate in the E&C? We don’t know whether these people in E&C are discussing these items or not—
DEPUTY MAYOR: Point of order, Mr Chair.
Chair: Point of order to you, Councillor ADAMS.
DEPUTY MAYOR: Twice you’ve directed—again, relevance to the report before us.
Councillor CASSIDY: There’s nothing in it. Look at it.
Chair: No, no.
Councillor CASSIDY: That’s it. That’s all the business of Civic Cabinet.
Chair: Okay, hang on, no.
Councillor CASSIDY, I’m obligated to address all points of order that are made.
Yes, thank you, DEPUTY MAYOR.
Councillor CASSIDY, can I please draw you back to the report. As I’ve said, making general comments about the report in front of us is always allowed, but pulling in items that are not here is not allowed.
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Well, somebody needs to talk about them, Chair, because this LORD MAYOR and this Administration simply won’t. They won’t address the issues that our city will be facing as we emerge from the COVID-19 health pandemic into the COVID-19 recession. We need to know what the plan is going forward as to how with these double-barrel rates increases—
Chair: No, no—
Councillor CASSIDY: —and insecure work, this LORD MAYOR is blocking these—
Chair: No, Councillor CASSIDY, I’m going to stop you there.
All right. Section 35(7), during the debate—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: No, I’m speaking—35(7), during the debate on the motion, the Chairman may rule out of order any aspects of the debate which do not relate to the specified subject matter under debate and may direct that the issue may be raised during General Business.
Councillor CASSIDY, I have asked many times for you to—I have permitted general discussion, but you are expanding my leniency beyond what I believe to be acceptable, so can I please bring you back to the report.
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Well, thanks, Chair, and again, this report is so threadbare that other items really do need to be discussed by this Council. It shouldn’t just be up to individual Councillors making General Business speeches about this. This is about the way in which our city is being governed, and the future that we are leaving for residents of this city.
On another point, Chair, that we should be discussing, the LORD MAYOR did mention it in his opening remarks, was another piece of land on the other side of the city at Balmoral High. We had an opportunity to discuss that last week—
Chair: Okay, look, I appreciate you’re trying to build an argument, but if I allow this, then it would be a new ruling that would be beyond—it would set a new precedent that is not acceptable in this place. So, can I please ask you to come back to the topic at hand.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order.
Chair: Point of order; Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, would the Leader of the Opposition take a question?
Chair: No questions.
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor JOHNSTON: What?
Chair: We’ve been over this.
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: No, no, no, there will be no—
Councillor JOHNSTON: How do you know until you hear the question?
Chair: I can. I can refuse a question to be asked, it’s within the rules.
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor JOHNSTON: I move dissent in your ruling.
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|Councillor Nicole JOHNSTON moved, seconded by Councillor Jonathan SRI, that the Chair’s ruling be dissented from. Upon being submitted |
|to the Chamber, the motion of dissent was declared lost on the voices. |
Thereupon, Councillors Nicole JOHNSTON and Jonathan SRI immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared lost.
The voting was as follows:
AYES: 7 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Jared CASSIDY, and Councillors Kara COOK, Peter CUMMING, Steve GRIFFITHS, Charles STRUNK, Jonathan SRI and Nicole JOHNSTON.
NOES: 19 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, and Councillors Greg ADERMANN, Adam ALLAN, Lisa ATWOOD, Fiona CUNNINGHAM, Tracy DAVIS, Fiona HAMMOND, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Sarah HUTTON, James MACKAY, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN, Steven TOOMEY and Andrew WINES.
Chair: Councillors, I draw your attention to section 41(11)(a) which allows the Chairman to refuse permission for general questions to be asked.
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Thanks very much, Chair. They can give it, but they can’t take it, in this place. The LORD MAYOR very clearly referred to that matter, and that is a matter that is exactly the same as is contained in this report. There is a request for Council to surrender the trust of a piece of land back to the State Government for their purposes, and that’s what we were attempting to debate last week.
That’s what we know is the exact case on the other side of the city, Chair, and the LORD MAYOR referred to that, a very simple request why they won’t deal with issues like that, but in this instance we’re able to deal with it in a very, very simple way. That’s exactly what we would have been able to do, had the LORD MAYOR taken that item through the E&C and brought it to this Council Chamber.
So, the point I am trying to make, Chair, and I am sure everyone realises what it is, is that the work that this Administration is carrying out, particularly at the moment as we are about to enter one of the worst recessions this country has ever seen, we have a plethora of issues that need to be dealt with by this Administration and all we are getting is a two-page threadbare document which is a pretty standard business as usual thing.
That needs to happen, of course; we can deal with that. But this approach by this Administration as a business as usual approach in the middle of the worst health pandemic and economic crisis we have ever seen, is actually very pathetic.
Chair: Further speakers? Anyone?
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Well, I’ll say a few words on the only item in the report before us today. Simply because, at this point, my question to the Leader of the Opposition was brutally smacked down by the Chairman. It’s not often that that happens. I’ve been here 12 years. I think that’s the second time in 12 years it’s been done, and both times to me, and both times by the current Chairman, from memory.
There is only one item on the E&C agenda today, that’s item A. That relates to the surrender of land for the Queensland State Government. For this one item, I believe the LORD MAYOR is paid an extra $100,000 for his efforts this year, and the Chairmen of the Committees: $20-something. So, between them at least another $100,000. I’d just like to put on the record to the residents of Brisbane that there are all these other issues that we would like to speak about in this Chamber, but because the LORD MAYOR, who’s paid an extra $100,000 a year sets the agenda, he’s only put one item on the agenda. That’s the surrender of parkland in Herston.
As a result of his complete and utter control of the agenda, we’re not allowed to speak on anything else. For this privilege, he’s paid an extra $100,000 a year, and the E&C Committee, all of whom sat in deliberation of this item behind closed doors, and agreed with his decision to only put one item on the Council agenda today, are also paid—
DEPUTY MAYOR: Point of order, Mr Chair.
Chair: Point of order.
DEPUTY MAYOR: I believe the Councillor is imputing motive.
Chair: I’m not sure if I agree with the sentiment that she’s imputing motive, but—
Councillors interjecting.
Chair: —I think that, in this instance, while the Councillor is being impolite, she’s not breaking the rules.
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: I’m sorry, is it impolite the LORD MAYOR is being paid $100,000 a year to consider one item and not do any work on behalf of the city, and then attempt to restrict debate in this place? That’s what’s impolite. Telling me I’m impolite—
DEPUTY MAYOR: Point of order.
Chair: Point of order to you, Councillor ADAMS.
DEPUTY MAYOR: Her comments are incorrect, therefore imputing motive.
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: No, no, okay. Councillors, as I say, this item in front of us is about the surrender of land for the purpose of allowing improved bus layover facilities in Herston. That is what we are talking about. I’ve allowed the Leader of the Opposition some capacity to talk about the nature of the document. I would ask Councillors to keep their comments courteous and to limit their comments to those that are reflected within the rules.
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, thank you, Mr Chair. It does worry me to some extent that the DEPUTY MAYOR doesn’t understand the difference between facts and imputing motive, and that is a bit of a worry. But I just make the point in wrapping up that it’s not good enough that the LORD MAYOR sets the agenda in this place which restricts the ability to speak on matters. For this privilege, he, Councillor ADAMS, and all of the Chairs are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in additional salary. Meanwhile, whilst the issue of the surrender of parkland at Herston I’m sure took all of about two minutes for them to process, there are huge issues in this city that they are refusing to allow us to discuss because of the way in which they control the agenda.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor SRI.
Councillor SRI: Thanks, Chair; I just rise to speak on the item on the report, and place on the record my concerns about converting this public greenspace into other uses. Obviously, I can see the need for the public transport facility and bus layover services, but as a general principle, I think we need to treat inner city public greenspace as something of a priority. If land is needed for public transport infrastructure or active transport infrastructure, or other community facilities, then that land should be acquired from other sites as opposed to simply converting more and more inner-city greenspace.
We’re seeing a general trend across the inner city. We’ve seen this with Victoria Park in particular, but with quite a lot of other public greenspaces where, whenever we need land for some other project, or the State Government needs land for some other project, inevitably parkland is the cheapest and easiest way to find that land. So, parkland is gradually converted bit by bit towards other uses. It’s a consistent trend in this city across many years, but it is something that we need to start drawing the line on. If the State Government really needs extra space for X or Y purpose, then they need to be offsetting any loss of public greenspace through the creation of new public greenspace.
Particularly on this site, I think it’s important to maintain a solid buffer to that creek corridor, but just as a general principle. I think the local Councillors who represent this part of the city should be a little bit more vocal about this, because I think they’ve perhaps not been advocating strongly enough around this idea that, if we are to lose public greenspace for any kind of facility or service in the inner city, there needs to be a net increase in public greenspace nearby to offset that. The continual erosion and piecemeal removal of public parkland is not something that I support, and I think there’s a better balance to be struck where we say, okay, if you need space for a bus layover or whatever it is, buy private land off the neighbouring site.
In this case it’s not a large block of land. We’re talking about a couple of hundred square metres, so it’s not something that I think we need to make a big fuss about, but I think as a general principle, we should be very cautious about just turning over public greenspace to other uses because it has unfortunately become the habit of this Administration just to continue doing that whenever we need land for any other purpose.
I don’t think it’s something that residents are particularly happy about because time and again we hear about the loss of public greenspace. We hear residents complaining that there’s not enough greenspace in the inner city and a big part of that problem is what little greenspace we do have is gradually getting converted to other uses, whether that’s road infrastructure, public transport infrastructure, what have you. So, I won’t be supporting that particular item. I’ll leave my comments at that.
Chair: Further speakers?
There being none, LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you, Mr Chair. I can confirm a couple of important bits of information that are really relevant when you’ve heard the contribution today. First of all, we will never judge the outcomes of this Council by the number of paper submissions that come through to Council each week. That will never be a true test of the impact of what we do and the positive benefits that we deliver. If Labor’s measure of the work that we do is the amount of paper that comes through to Council each week, then it really shows that they’ve got the wrong priorities.
Our measure of the benefit for ratepayers is projects like Kingsford Smith Drive, which are city-changing projects, delivered under budget, which then deliver a savings to ratepayers. Projects like the Brisbane Metro, projects like Victoria Park, projects like new double-decker CityCats, projects like the $500 million of road upgrades right across the suburbs, projects like the record investment in parks and greenspace, projects like saving bushland, which this Administration and this side of politics has championed for the last 30 years. They’re the sort of things that make a difference to ratepayers and the residents of Brisbane, not the amount of paperwork that comes through to a Council meeting.
Councillor CASSIDY must be in some incredible political bubble if he thinks—
Councillors interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: —that that is the true test of the work of an Administration.
Chair: Councillors, please allow the LORD MAYOR to be heard in silence.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: But we know he is in a bubble. It’s a bubble that effectively involves him thinking that Twitter is real life, him thinking that his trolling and efforts on social media are real life. Real life is the 70,000 motorists a day and the thousands and thousands of pedestrians and cyclists that will benefit from the KSD upgrade, the upgrade which Labor opposed, the upgrade which Labor repeatedly told fibs about, the upgrade which Labor again and again says was $100 million over budget—their words—yet today has come in under budget by $15 million.
Councillor CASSIDY talks about what we’re doing in a time of crisis. Well, I can tell you. He obviously hasn’t been listening at all, because when it goes beyond his prepared script and his questions and his political lines, he seems to have no interest in what actually happens in this place. But what I confirmed earlier today is that this financial year, for the first time in living memory, we will see the average residential rates bill go down—not just be frozen, but to go down.
I asked our finance team to tell me the last time that this happened, and they’ve been searching the archives, thanks to our archivist, and guess what—couldn’t find another year where average residential rates in Brisbane went down. Not one year.
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: No, no, no. No interjections, please.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Not one year in the records that they have available to them, could they find another year where average residential rates went backwards.
Councillor JOHNSTON: They haven’t gone backwards.
Chair: No, no interjections, please.
LORD MAYOR.
Councillor SRI: Point of order, Chair.
Chair: Point of order to you, Councillor SRI.
Councillor SRI: Will the LORD MAYOR take a question?
Chair: LORD MAYOR, will you take a question?
LORD MAYOR: No.
Chair: No, he’s declined.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: So, to confirm once again—
Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order.
Chair: Point of order, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, I just ask, Mr Chair, why Councillor SRI is allowed to ask a question, but you’ve refused to allow me to ask a question.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Your question earlier was clearly a cynical attempt to get around my earlier direction to Councillor CASSIDY.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you, Mr Chair.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order, Mr Chairman.
Chair: Point of order, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: As I didn’t actually get to ask a question—
Councillors interjecting.
Chair: No, I know what your point of order is.
Councillor JOHNSTON: No, no, it’s not funny. It demonstrates bias—
Chair: I am well experienced—
LORD MAYOR: It demonstrates experience, Mr Chair.
Chair: I am well experienced with you, Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: No, no, no—no.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, you are. You are, and I will be—
Chair: Councillor JOHNSTON, you are displaying unsuitable meeting conduct, and in accordance with section 21(5) of the Meetings Local Law, I hereby request that you apologise for your comments.
Councillor JOHNSTON: You need to apologise for being biased and abusing me.
LORD MAYOR: Point of order, Mr Chair.
Chair: Councillor JOHNSTON, as you have failed to comply with the request to take remedial action for your unsuitable meeting conduct, I hereby warn you in accordance with section 21(7) of the Meetings Local Law, that failing to comply with the request may result in an order being issued against you.
Chair: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Point of order.
Councillor interjecting.
LORD MAYOR: I would ask Councillor JOHNSTON to please withdraw those comments. The suggestion that you are biased or abusive is just outrageous, and I would call on Councillor JOHNSTON to please withdraw.
Chair: Councillor JOHNSTON, I call on you to withdraw your comments that I am biased and abusive, because they are both factually not true.
Councillor JOHNSTON: You were clearly biased and abusive towards me in your commentary outside of the rules of procedure in an inappropriate way, and I will not accept it.
Chair: Councillor JOHNSTON, as you continue to fail to comply with the request to take remedial action for your unsuitable meeting conduct, in accordance with section 21(9) of the Meetings Local Law 2001, I hereby make an order reprimanding you for your conduct. Your conduct and this reprimand will be noted in the Minutes of this meeting.
|Order – Councillor Nicole Johnston |
|The Chair then advised Councillor Nicole Johnston that as she had continued to fail to comply with his request for remedial action for |
|her unsuitable meeting conduct, in accordance with section 21(9) of the Meetings Local Law 2001, an order reprimanding her for her |
|conduct was being issued. |
Chair: LORD MAYOR.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Point of order.
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|Councillor Nicole JOHNSTON moved, seconded by Councillor Steve GRIFFITHS, that the Chair’s ruling be dissented from. Upon being |
|submitted to the Chamber, the motion of dissent was declared lost on the voices. |
Thereupon, Councillors Nicole JOHNSTON and Steve GRIFFITHS immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared lost.
The voting was as follows:
AYES: 7 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Jared CASSIDY, and Councillors Kara COOK, Peter CUMMING, Steve GRIFFITHS, Charles STRUNK, Jonathan SRI and Nicole JOHNSTON.
NOES: 19 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, and Councillors Greg ADERMANN, Adam ALLAN, Lisa ATWOOD, Fiona CUNNINGHAM, Tracy DAVIS, Fiona HAMMOND, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Sarah HUTTON, James MACKAY, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN, Steven TOOMEY and Andrew WINES.
Chair: Councillors, also, in future, threats of legal action against me will not be tolerated in the future.
LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you, Mr Chair. Before I move on to talking about the issues that I was raising before, I did want to address this current issue at the moment. While it is true that you are a member of the LNP, as the Chair always is a member of a political party through successive Administrations, your job is to apply the rules fairly and I have seen week after week you do that. So much so, that if I step out of line, you will not hesitate to bring me back in. So much so, that members of our team will be reprimanded or brought back into line. It happens week after week, again and again.
But that point aside, the suggestion that you are abusive I find incredibly offensive. It actually—it really takes away weight from what is a very serious claim. We live in a society where there is ever-increasing concerns about abusive behaviour and bullying, and threatening and violence—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: Councillor JOHNSTON—no, Councillor JOHNSTON—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: Councillor JOHNSTON, I direct you to cease interjecting. Councillor JOHNSTON, I consider that you are displaying unsuitable meeting conduct, and in accordance with section 21(5) of the Meetings Local Law 2001, I hereby request that you cease interjecting and refrain from that conduct.
Chair: LORD MAYOR.
LORD MAYOR: Thank you, Mr Chair. It is very easy for people to throw around claims of abusive behaviour or bullying and I have seen you week after week, just in the same way that you apply the rules fairly, deal in a very gracious and patient way with sometimes incredibly challenging and frustrating situations. I also know you personally and you are the last person to be abusive. You’re a teddy bear. I know that and you’ve approached this role with professionalism, and I thank you for that, and I really do believe it’s been inappropriate today what Councillor JOHNSTON has claimed.
Moving back to this discussion on what this Administration is doing in a time of crisis, in a time of economic challenge, and I was pointing out that this Administration has delivered the very first reduction in rate bills for the average residential property that we have seen in the city’s history. Our Corporate Finance team have not been able to find another financial year where this has happened, yet it will happen this year. It will only happen through responsible financial management and that will mean that the average residential rate bill across all residential properties will go from $1,668.17, last financial year, down to $1,659.90, this financial year.
So, not only are we building the infrastructure our city needs; we’re also keeping rates down, and literally down. Because, the way that the current COVID-19 rebate works, as you’re aware, there’s a special rebate for the first two quarters, what that does is that prevents the accounts going up. So, the rate bill is going up, so it level pegs them with what they would have paid last year, but for many residential properties, they’re actually going backwards.
So, while it prevents an increase, it doesn’t prevent people going down. So, the overall movement as a result of the COVID-19 rebate, and also now the Kingsford Smith Drive special rebate that we’ll be bringing in for the next quarter, is that the average residential rate bill is going down.
Now, Labor can make all types of outrageous claims, but the facts will speak for themselves. The impacts and the evidence will speak for itself. We support ratepayers in a time of need. But we also build the infrastructure our city needs, and we don’t shy away from those big complex projects. So, what can this Council do to support Brisbane in a time of need? We can keep rates down and we can build infrastructure and support local jobs and the local economy, and they are the things we are absolutely focused on. They are the things that we will remain focused on, and I don’t care how many paper reports come through to this Council, the important thing is the impact out on the ground. The important thing are the results out on the ground, building a better Brisbane, and that’s what we will continue to do.
Councillor COOK: Point of order, Mr Chair.
Chair: Point of order to you, Councillor COOK.
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At that juncture, Councillor Kara COOK moved, seconded by Councillor Jared CASSIDY, that the Standing Rules be suspended to allow the moving of the following motion(
That Brisbane City Council condemn the decision of Mayor Adrian Schrinner and the LNP Administration to decommission the Norman Park Ferry Terminal and cancel all Norman Park cross river Ferry Services. Further, that Brisbane City Council commit to repair and upgrade of the Norman Park Ferry Terminal and the reinstatement of Norman Park Ferry Services.
Chair: I trust you’ve got that in writing for distribution?
Councillor COOK: Thank you; it’s been sent to you now.
Chair: All right, it’s being sent around.
Chair: Councillor COOK, you have three minutes to establish urgency. Please limit your comments to the matters of urgency.
Councillor COOK.
Councillor COOK: Thank you, Mr Chair. Mr Chair, late on Friday afternoon, the day before the AFL grand final in Brisbane, before anyone had the courtesy to tell me as the local Councillor, let alone consult me, this LNP Administration dropped letters to my residents—or, to be fair, some of my residents, not all residents in my area who were actually impacted by this callous decision—telling them, not consulting them, telling them that the Norman Park ferry would close for good, and public transport in their local area would be cut because Lord Mayor Adrian SCHRINNER and the LNP have let the terminal deteriorate and that patronage was not where it needed to be.
This is urgent because this is the first opportunity since that decision was made, with no consultation, for this LNP Administration to be held accountable for this appalling decision. This is urgent because over 600 residents have now signed the petition for reinstatement of these services. This is also urgent because I know that, since Friday, my residents have personally written to the Mayor, hundreds have expressed despair and disappointment online, and shared their own experiences of how these cuts to critical public transport infrastructure will impact their lives.
Mr Chair, Candy has written to the LORD MAYOR and said—
Chair: Councillor COOK, I appreciate the points you are making, but I believe they are probably more likely to be of a substantive nature rather than urgent and procedural nature. Can I please ask you to draw your comments back to the matter of urgency?
Councillor COOK: This is urgent because Candy says, ‘Norman Park residents are being treated as second-class citizens, an absolute disgrace’. This is urgent because Renee says, ‘my commute to work has been severely impact by adding an extra 40 minutes to my commute time’. This is urgent because Claire says ‘it’s utterly disgusting, disappointing and downright stupid to remove public transport as the city grows. It’s a community service, public transport, and not something that must always generate income’.
It’s urgent because Daniel says, ‘Adrian, isn’t your job as Mayor meant to focus on the Brisbane community and protecting their rights and wellbeing?’ He goes on: ‘why wasn’t there a discussion with the impacted community about ways to make it work? Maybe shorter hours, less frequent crossings, a program to generate more usage’. It’s urgent, Mr Chair, because Cathy says, ‘you say that the Norman Park Ferry Terminal is not up to standard. Whose fault is that? Yours. After all, you are responsible for the ferry terminals. Suggesting we use other public transport is an insult as it is so infrequent on weekends and after 6 at night’.
It’s urgent because Gregory says, ‘this is yet another decision by this out-of-touch Council’. Change this decision. Roland says, ‘if this behaviour is not challenged and halted, who knows what is next in their sights’.
Chair: Councillor COOK, your time has expired.
On the matter of urgency.
The Chair submitted the motion for the suspension of the Standing Rules to the Chamber and it was declared lost on the voices.
Thereupon, Councillors Kara COOK and Jared CASSIDY immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared lost.
The voting was as follows:
AYES: 7 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Jared CASSIDY, and Councillors Kara COOK, Peter CUMMING, Steve GRIFFITHS, Charles STRUNK, Jonathan SRI and Nicole JOHNSTON.
NOES: 19 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, and Councillors Greg ADERMANN, Adam ALLAN, Lisa ATWOOD, Fiona CUNNINGHAM, Tracy DAVIS, Fiona HAMMOND, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Sarah HUTTON, James MACKAY, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN, Steven TOOMEY and Andrew WINES.
Councillor HUTTON: Point of order, Mr Chair.
Chair: Point of order, Councillor HUTTON.
ADJOURNMENT:
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|At that time, 4.06pm, it was resolved on the motion of Councillor Sarah HUTTON, seconded by the DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, |
|that the meeting adjourn for a period of 15 minutes, to commence only when all Councillors had vacated the Chamber and the doors |
|locked. |
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|Council stood adjourned at 4.08pm. |
UPON RESUMPTION:
Chair: Welcome back, Councillors.
Chair: We will now conduct a vote for the Establishment and Coordination Committee report, please.
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Establishment and Coordination Committee was declared carried on the voices.
The report read as follows(
A Surrender of Parkland – 15B Butterfield Street, Herston
161/20/439/453
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1. The Divisional Manager, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the information below.
2. The Queensland Government is proposing to construct a bus layover area on land controlled by the Queensland Government’s Department of Transport and Main Roads at 35 Butterfield Street, Herston, shown outlined in red at Attachment B (submitted on file). It is proposed to construct a section of busway to connect the layover area to Ernie’s Roundabout in accordance with the design drawing at Attachment C (submitted on file).
3. To allow for construction of this connection, it will be necessary to surrender trusteeship of the land at 15B Butterfield Street, Herston, described as Lot 42 on SP135353, and having an area of 753 square metres. Council holds this land in trust for parks and gardens purposes. The area is shown bounded in green at Attachment B (submitted on file).
4. The land was identified as a pedestrian and cycle link in the Ithaca District Local Plan in Brisbane City Plan 2000 (superseded). Part of the pedestrian and cycle path was built on the adjoining road reserve, shown outlined in blue at Attachment B (submitted on file). The proposed section over 15B Butterfield Street, Herston, was never constructed. This connection was removed from the current Ithaca district neighbourhood plan in Brisbane City Plan 2014.
5. Council’s Transport Planning and Operations, Brisbane Infrastructure, have advised that the land is surplus to Council’s needs.
6. The Divisional Manager provided the following recommendation and the Committee agreed.
7. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT COUNCIL RESOLVE AS PER THE DRAFT RESOLUTION SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder.
Attachment A
Draft Resolution
DRAFT RESOLUTION TO SURRENDER TRUSTEESHIP OF A RESERVE AT 15B BUTTERFIELD STREET, HERSTON, TO BE DEDICATED AS BUSWAY FOR THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT’S BUTTERFIELD STREET BUS LAYOVER AREA
As:
i) Council holds land at 15B Butterfield Street, Herston, in trust for parks and gardens purposes
ii) this land is required by the Queensland Government’s Department of Transport and Main Roads for the Butterfield Street bus layover area,
then:
i) Council resolves to surrender trusteeship of the land, situated at 15B Butterfield Street, Herston, and described as Lot 42 on SP135353, shown outlined in green at Attachment B (submitted on file).
ADOPTED
CITY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
The DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, Chair of the City Planning and Economic Development Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Sarah HUTTON that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 20 October 2020, be adopted.
Chair: Is there is any debate?
The DEPUTY MAYOR.
DEPUTY MAYOR: Yes, thank you, Mr Chair.
Look, I just want to speak about a couple of things before I actually get to the report itself. The first one being I would just also like to thank the team in International Relations and the amazing work that they do, not only for what we were talking about earlier today and the continuation of the relationships with our sister cities and developing those economic, social and cultural ties, but for their amazing work that they did with the Asia Pacific Cities Summit 2019 with Carillon Conventions to be awarded, the event of the year , the convention of the year for the Asia Pacific Summit 2019.
It was awarded to a congress or a conference that best advances the aims of organising body and provides a rewarding experience for attendees. The judges said the event had such a strong and clear purpose which clearly defined goals for the conference and I could not have summed it up better myself. The conference was fantastic. I think the brainwave of having a koala in the foyer of the convention centre from Lone Pine, which then obviously we had trouble keeping everyone in the convention centre because they all just wanted to go and visit Lone Pine.
We really did actually premiere Brisbane as well as the City Summit as well. So, can I just say congratulations to the team up at international relations and to Ashley Gordon and the team of Carillon Conference Management as well.
An event coming up this weekend and it is interesting, we hear from those opposite complaining time and again that we do not get to see what is happening and so here I am, and none of them are here from afternoon tea—obviously coffee and tea took a little bit longer than the 10 minutes that we had for our break—to talk about some economic recovery opportunities that are coming up this weekend. We have the shop BNE City. Now, this is something that we have run for the last five years but I think this year it is more important than ever that you can support our COVID-19 struck retailers in the CBD and help them rebuild after the economic impacts that we have seen.
So Queen Street Mall as we have heard, particularly if you are in my Committee, has been particularly hit as a shopping precinct, even though some people are then turning the spending to their suburban shops and enjoying finding out about their locals, as we heard from Councillor ALLAN earlier today. What we are seeing in the Queen Street Mall, particularly around the city heart, is that when people have not come back to work and have not come back to the offices, that it is really difficult for coffee shops and retailers to keep the foot traffic up and keep the money coming through the day.
So, this is an event that happens every year but it is a particularly large one for this year, that the Brisbane Economic Development Agency is really driving to bring out everyone, all stops, to encourage residents to come out and enjoy the city over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There is going to be three days of exclusive retail discounts, Councillor MARX, hope you are listening. There is going to be pop up bars and live entertainment, hope you are listening, Councillor MURPHY.
Next Hotel is going to open up its pool to the general public to transform it into an urban oasis, live music, food and drinks offered. Jimmy’s on the Mall is going to transform into an Italian inspired garden. There is going to be retro-themed departure lounges, there is going to be musicians front and centre at all of our city live music stages and there is over 70 exclusive offers that will be available over the three-day event.
So, if you are thinking early about getting out and getting organised for Christmas, it is actually two months away as of Sunday, goodness help us, now is the time. Support our city heart, think about the weekend to come down from this Friday and really support those businesses to get back on their feet as we go into that Christmas season as well.
Also within the city heart, but becoming the heart of what is going to become a very big organisation of business hubs and network hubs as well, is the Brisbane Business Hub that we spoke about last Tuesday in Committee launched on that Tuesday morning and spoke about in Council as well. It is being facilitated by Brisbane Economic Development Agency through the Economic Recovery Taskforce and the LORD MAYOR would have spoken about that, you would have heard through budget as well.
The idea is that all businesses, small, medium and large, will have access to a range of business information from local experts, ranging from marketing and operations, human resources and finance. You can get a business health check, transformational guidance, advice on growing, building more resilient businesses. Make sure you can get check in for your latest business COVID-19 updates, learn all about recovery grants, whether they are from us or other levels of government as well, stimulus initiatives and basically just network with like businesses and other businesses on how to overcome the funding challenges and accessing financing, capital and customers into the future.
It is very, very exciting. I know it is busy already. We had a meet the planner day organised the day after the opening and it was booked out a week in advance. So, there is a website. I encourage you to get on the website, share it with your residents, please. They will be coming to a suburb near you as well and we really want to support our businesses out of this, and we want to be the most business friendly city in Australia and this going a long way to making sure we do that.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor ALLAN.
Councillor ALLAN: Thank you, Mr Chair.
I would like to join the debate on item A related to the Brisbane Business Hub. Since the formation of the Economic Recovery Taskforce, I have had the opportunity to engage with a wide range of businesses, industry groups and community groups, to hear firsthand how COVID-19 is impacting their organisations and members.
Research was undertaken, as outlined in this presentation, to inform Council’s response to COVID-19 and the formulation of the Economic Recovery Plan. One of the common themes that emerged was that they needed support in the reboot and recovery phases. Support was required in a range of areas, including reducing business costs, helping to source customers, identifying opportunities, developing new skills and sourcing advice.
With this in mind, the concept of the Brisbane Business Hub was formulated. I have had the opportunity to visit the Brisbane Business Hub and last week attended the opening. In my view, it is a terrific use of the space that is well configured and well located to aid all Brisbane businesses in need of support, be they large or small. The space lends itself to a wide range of uses, including seminars, coaching, networking events, workshops, the list goes on.
An extensive list of programs and events is currently being developed to support local businesses, covering a wide range of functional disciplines, such as marketing, HR strategy. As I mentioned, a very lengthy list. Importantly, many of Brisbane’s best-known business and business-people have stepped up to support and partner with the Brisbane Business Hub to support the economic recovery of the city.
As noted in the presentation, the Brisbane Business Hub is a joint initiative between Brisbane City Council and the Brisbane Economic Development Agency (EDA) with the Hub being managed on a day to day basis by Brisbane EDA. I would encourage all Councillors in this Chamber to visit the Hub, familiarise yourself with the services and encourage your local businesses to avail themselves of the resources available.
Thank you.
Chair: Further speakers?
There being none, the DEPUTY MAYOR?
Chair: I will now put the resolution.
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the City Planning and Economic Development Committee was declared carried on the voices.
The report read as follows(
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – ECONOMIC RECOVERY TASKFORCE INITIATIVE
240/2020-21
1. The General Manager, Industry Growth and Trade, Brisbane Economic Development Agency, attended the meeting to provide an update on the Economic Recovery Taskforce initiative. He provided the information below.
2. A graph was shown to the Committee outlining responses from local businesses about what Council can do in the long term to assist with economic recovery. From 723 respondents it was identified that residents want Council to grow the overall economy; help reduce business costs and source customers; and highlight new opportunities for businesses.
3. The Brisbane Business Hub is a joint initiative facilitated by Brisbane Economic Development Agency and Brisbane City Council and helps Brisbane businesses by providing:
- access to a range of business information from local experts, ranging from marketing and operations, through to human resources and finance
- business health checks and transformation guidance
- advice on transforming, growing and building more resilient businesses
- the latest COVID-19 updates, recovery grants and stimulus initiatives
- advice on overcoming funding challenges and accessing financing and capital.
4. The Brisbane Business Hub has a physical space in the Brisbane CBD and a virtual space online at .au, offering workshops and programs, mentoring, resources, content, advice and online learning.
5. As part of its services, Brisbane Business Hub has over 60 workshops programmed, 31 business mentors and 100 online resources.
6. A table displaying the various themes of the initiative was shown to the Committee, which included:
- Managing money (finance)
- business strategy (business planning)
- the legal stuff (legal)
- get techy (information technology)
- marketing
- Brisbane stories (case studies and success stories)
- your people (human resources)
- the day-to-day (operations and administration)
7. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chair thanked the General Manager for his informative presentation.
8. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT.
ADOPTED
PUBLIC AND ACTIVE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE
Councillor Ryan MURPHY, Chair of the Public and Active Transport Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Sarah HUTTON, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 20 October 2020, be adopted.
Chair: Is there any debate?
Councillor MURPHY?
Councillor MURPHY: Yes, thanks, Chair.
I just want to talk about our presentation last week, which was on the Brisbane Metro project. So, before I go into what was discussed as part of the presentation, I would just like to update the Chamber on some exciting news. The Brisbane Metro is a finalist in the City’s Power Partnership Innovation Award. The City’s Power Partnership is Australia’s largest network of cities and towns tackling climate change. It involved 140 local government areas, it involves 500 cities and towns and it has 50% of Australians represented within its jurisdictions.
The Innovation Award is about transformative climate solutions which the fully electric Brisbane Metro vehicle is. I will be attending the awards evening virtually on Teams this Thursday evening from the safety and comfort of my own home. But that in no way diminishes the massive achievement of Council being a finalist. I would like to thank the Brisbane Metro team on behalf of Council for their work on this project.
Part of the citation for Council’s entry speaks to the massive evidence-based changes that we have seen in the project from conception to now being in the delivery phase. The Opposition will often cite the project’s major changes in scope as one of its drawbacks, but we have always said that the changes have only ever improved the project and its value offering to Brisbane residents. It is good to see one of the nation’s largest climate non-government organisations to back that up.
Moving to the presentation, this was, of course, the first update on Brisbane Metro for the Public and Active Transport Committee this term. As we all know, the Brisbane Metro will be a key part of Brisbane’s greater transport network, connecting the city to our suburbs with a rapid turn up and go service. Since 2017, there has been some significant engagement with the Queensland Government resulting in more than 500 meetings and briefings.
Following the application to TMR, the Director-General, Neil Scales, and the execution of the State Project Deed and Construction Interface Deed, approval was granted under section 311 of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 for the collaborative partnership to undertake works on the Queensland Government’s busway.
As discussed during the Committee, there has been a lot of additional conditions put on to Council by the State for us to be able to upgrade and to provide this faster, more efficient, turn up and go system for Brisbane. The delays and additional conditions have added to the costs of the project and for the sign off to come the eleventh hour before the State election proves that these additional delays could have been avoided and the costs to the ratepayer could have been significantly less.
Project Director, Steven Hammer, spoke about the Brisbane Move consortium. The collaborative partnership comprises ACCIONA Construction Australia Proprietary Limited and Arup Australia Projects. Brisbane Move, the collaborative partnership, will deliver the cultural centre station and precinct upgrades, the Victoria Bridge upgrades, public rail improvements and traffic and transport changes to North Quay, the Adelaide Street vision, including the Adelaide Street tunnel works from North Quay to King George Square station and finally end of route facilities, one of which will be at Ernie’s Roundabout, which we voted on earlier today.
Speaking of our collaborative partnership, I can also advise the Chamber that the CEO was able to sign off on the deed for the CP (condition precedent) contract last week. This partnership agreement could not be signed off until after the State Government had given their approval and I am pleased to say that Brisbane Metro is now finally, after several years, after 500 meetings, after numerous redesigns, Brisbane Metro is happening.
As part of the CP arrangements, the Brisbane Metro project team here on Ann Street will now deploy to the CP offices at the corner of Melbourne Street and Maryvale Street. There they will work closely hand in hand in the true spirit of collaboration to build this project and deliver the turn up and go public transport solutions that our city needs. Of course, Chair, our depot work started at the end of last year and design and construct request for tender was released in August this year.
The depot will be located on five parcels of land owned by Council, three parcels of land gazetted by the Queensland Government in September 2020 for acquisition and a TMR owned parcel of land to be purchased by Council later this year. The depot will be used for stabling, maintenance and overnight charging of the Brisbane Metro vehicles. One of the things that I find most exciting about this project is the vehicle. The LORD MAYOR announced last year that it would be fully electric in line with our clean and green vision for our city.
It is great news for Brisbane Metro, and I am really looking forward to getting it underway and seeing the project take shape across all the various worksites in the city.
Just another portfolio item, Chair, while I go around. I have taken the opportunity during the State election to conduct a little bit of a literature review of some of the Greens State candidate material as it pertains to public and active transport projects around our city. Would you believe, once again we have the Greens taking credit for things outside their jurisdiction.
I want to take you through just three flyers that have come past my desk in recent weeks and I will start with actually one of the better ones and this is the flyer, joint flyer, between Jonathan SRI and Amy MacMahon. It is called Our Vision for South Brisbane. Gee, it has got some good stuff in it, Councillor SRI, so there are 13 projects in the flyer. One, keep the Gabba station in public hands. So that is a State project. Number two, footbridge from West End to Toowong. Council project.
Number three, new east-west to north-south CityGlider route, so that is a Council project. Number four is upgrade the 192 bus routes to a high frequency service. Council project. Number five is a new CityCat terminal near Victoria Street. Council project. New riverside parklands to replace old industrial sites along Montague Road, which is a Council project. Well, I suppose would be a Council or a State project, depending on who would resume the site and certainly we do not have that power.
Number seven is to complete the Kangaroo Point Riverwalk, which is a Council project. Number eight is turn the Boggo Road Gaol precinct into a visual and performing arts hub. I am going to give that to the State. I am going to give that one to the State. I know it could be a Council project but let us give it to the State just for the benefit of the doubt. Number nine is an Aboriginal cultural centre at Musgrave Park. Probably a Council project. The LORD MAYOR has certainly expressed his interest in that.
Number 10, separated bike lanes along Vulture Street, which Councillor SRI and I have been talking about. Council project. Number 11 is expand East Brisbane State School, which is a State project. Number 12, upgrade O’Keefe Street and Logan Road roundabout, which is a Council project and number 13, create a new park in Highgate Hill, which is a Council project. So out of 13 projects and commitments that Amy MacMahon is making at this election, 10 are Council projects and three are State. So, I am going to give that a C.
We have also got now here—I’ve got Victor Huml. He is a dashing looking candidate for Greenslopes here. He has got nine commitments in his brochure, Our Vision for Greenslopes. Now, of the projects, fully fund Greenslopes State Schools. State project. Create new public parks in Greenslopes and Coorparoo. Council project. Establish two new high frequency bus routes. Council project. Re-engineer the Coorparoo train level crossing. I am going to give that to the State. State project.
Expand the 173 and 203 bus services. Council project. Protect Stephens Mountain Reserve from development. Council project. Tick. I think that is already achieved but improve cycling infrastructure on Old Cleveland Road. Council project. Establish a cultural and entertainment hub in Stones Corner. I am going to give it to the State because otherwise they are not going to have many in this list, and fix the O’Keefe Street roundabout, which is a Council project.
So, I am going to give Victor Huml a B. Well done, Victor Huml. He actually—but I know. Some say I am too generous, Councillor CUNNINGHAM, but I am going to say I am not going to be generous about the next one because the next one is called Maiwar Matters. It is Michael Berkman’s newsletter and I was really shocked when I opened this one because while Councillor SRI was saying this is our vision and, you know, visions are things that you deliver in collaboration with other levels of government. I think that we can all agree that that is fair enough.
Victor Huml was making election commitments. Michael Berkman has claimed something altogether different. He has written what we have delivered, what we have delivered. Let us kick off with the first one. Green bridges. Michael Berkman has delivered funding for two new green bridges from Toowong to St Lucia to West End. Not, I am going to do this. Not, I am fighting for it, but he has personally delivered funding for green bridges. So I am very much, very much, looking forward to the rivers of gold that will flow from the State Government if the Greens hold the balance of power after Saturday’s election, Mr Chair, and God hope that they don’t but I am so, so shocked and appalled that Michael Berkman would try to claim a Council project.
LORD MAYOR Adrian SCHRINNER’s signature project that he announced on the day that he took over the mayoral chains as something that he, Michael Berkman, the member for Maiwar, had delivered. But it does not stop there. He also claims that he has stopped the zipline, that he personally stopped the zipline. That was actually the only mention of the LNP Council really. He did not mention us on green bridges, but he did mention us in regards to the zipline. So very generous there.
Also, he claimed credit for a new direct bus route from Bardon, Auchenflower and Paddington to Kelvin Grove, which I know Councillors in this place have been working on—
Chair: Councillor MURPHY, your time has expired.
Councillor MURPHY: Thank you, Chair.
Chair: Are there any further speakers?
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes. I rise to speak on item A, the Brisbane Metro Project update.
After almost five years, it is astonishing that Councillor MURPHY is standing up and claiming that the Brisbane Metro is a successful project for Council. This is a project that was poorly conceived back in 2016 and since it was announced as a thought bubble at the 2016 election, the LNP Administration, under the leadership of Adrian Schrinner as the Deputy Mayor responsible for the project and now Lord Mayor, who also did not return from afternoon tea, has thoroughly botched the delivery of the Metro.
The outcome of what this LNP have done is somewhere in the vicinity of $400 million, or $500 million, more than Council estimated of the $944 million budget originally announced. Up to half a billion dollars of ratepayers’ funds have been wasted, wasted, by this LNP Administration on their botched handling of this project. The project was poorly scoped. It has changed so many times from rail to light rail to buses. It has been poorly managed.
Tenders were put out before the approval of the landholders to actually deliver the project were sought, causing tenders that had cost hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars to be aborted at the last minute costing major contractors in Australia, and overseas, millions of dollars, which Council had to refund part of those costs. It is astonishing, astonishing, that this Administration continues to claim that they are doing a good job on the Metro.
In addition to the poor conception, the poor scope, the poor management, the outcome of this project delivers less than was originally promised. One of the biggest issues has been the underground link under Melbourne Street. That has just been cut altogether. We are going to get an at-surface solution that basically, at the time it is delivered, is inadequate to manage the buses that will go through it. That is clearly in the business case that was released on the change of scope.
It is unacceptable that Council is spending up to half a million dollars more for a worse project for Brisbane ratepayers. What do we get from Councillor MURPHY? A bunch of schoolboy Liberal politics about the Greens. It is just astonishing that this Administration wants to talk about those issues but wants to avoid the serious problems with the Metro. Now that doesn’t even take into account that a foreign company is delivering Brisbane City Council’s major infrastructure project in the State.
Yes, there are local partners but certainly the idea that this Council will be working, as the LORD MAYOR often says, with local contractors is certainly not the case when it comes to Brisbane’s biggest infrastructure project. The Brisbane Metro then fails to deliver for the southside of Brisbane. Southsiders who have currently direct bus services to the University of Queensland, will lose those bus services and they will be forced to go into the Mater Hill area, change buses and loop back to the University of Queensland.
It is astonishing that this Administration has not included a link to the University of Queensland from the southside. It is shameful. We don’t know yet how many other bus services are going to be truncated at South Brisbane and I fear that my residents are going to be significantly disadvantaged. The alignment of this route does not deliver for elderly residents who need access into certain parts of the city that they currently have.
This Administration has still not released any details about the impacts of the changes to the bus timetables, to bus routes and bus services and yet the Chairman stands up and crows about the delivery of this project. It is not good enough that bus services are going to be cut and this LNP Administration has failed to be transparent with Brisbane residents about how their local bus services will be impacted.
We know that at least 125 bus services are going to be cut. That was what was in the original business case. It could be a lot more today, but you will not find the LNP discussing cuts to bus services. They will do what they did last time in 2012. There will be a secret memo go, after E&C signs off on it, up to George Street, where they say cut these bus services to the Minister for Transport. That is what they did in 2012. They cut the 101, they cut the 102, they cut services on the 104 route. They cut back services on the 116 route.
It is unacceptable, unacceptable, that this Administration refuses to tell us how the Brisbane Metro is going to impact on bus services. We will hear them stand up and crow day after day about well, the suburbs will get better bus services. Tell us. Tell us what they will be. Release the services that are going to be cut, release the services that are going to be cancelled, release the services that are going to be truncated and tell us which suburban services are going to be improved because none of that information is in the public sphere.
What do we get from the Chairperson? Schoolboy politics about the Greens. So, let me be clear. The Brisbane Metro has been an absolute debacle for this LNP Administration. It is five years of stuff up after stuff up that has cost Brisbane ratepayers up to half a billion dollars. They are getting less infrastructure and they are getting bus cuts that they will not come clean about. That is absolutely not good enough, not good enough.
Every time the Chairman brings this report in here and talks about the Metro, the truth of it is going to be raised. It is simply unacceptable that the cost blow outs on this project, which mean that every other project we want happening to improve local roads, to improve safety on bikeways, to fix footpaths, there is no money for that because this LNP Administration have spent somewhere pretty close to half a billion dollars on trying to patch up a project that they botched from the beginning.
I don’t think that is anything to be proud of and I understand why Councillor MURPHY would rather play schoolboy politics and attack the Greens instead of taking ownership of this botched project.
Chair: Further speakers?
Anyone? Councillor MURPHY?
Chair: I will now put the resolution.
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Public and Active Transport Committee was declared carried on the voices.
The report read as follows(
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – BRISBANE METRO UPDATE
241/2020-21
1. The Program Director, Major Projects, City Projects Office, Brisbane Infrastructure, attended the meeting to provide an update on Brisbane Metro. He provided the information below.
2. Since late 2017, Council has undertaken significant engagement with the Queensland Government, resulting in more than 500 meetings and briefings. The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) acts as the coordinating agency for the Queensland Government for the Brisbane Metro project. Following the application to TMR’s Director-General and execution of the State Project Deed and Construction Interface Deed, approval was granted under section 311 of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 for the collaborative partnership to undertake works on the Queensland Government owned busway.
3. The Queensland Government has placed several conditions on Council to progress the project. These include:
- Cultural Centre busway station collaborative design process to achieve best performance outcomes
- Buranda busway station platform extensions to improve the level of performance
- Griffith University station bus layover
- King George Square station and Cultural Centre station customer information enhancements
- Victoria Bridge pedestrian pathway shading (subject to engineering)
- a pocket park installed at 125 Grey Street, South Brisbane
- Go Between Bridge toll concession rebate for the construction period of Brisbane Metro
- agreed process to evaluate and manage fare evasion following introduction of policy changes
- cost reimbursement arrangement for TMR interactions
- agreed process for network planning and service changes.
4. The Brisbane Move consortium comprises of Acciona Construction Australia Pty Ltd and Arup Australia Projects Pty Ltd. The contract is based on alliancing principles. Brisbane Move will deliver:
- Cultural Centre station and precinct upgrades
- Victoria Bridge three-laning
- North Quay traffic and transport changes and public realm improvements
- the Adelaide Street Vision
- Adelaide Street tunnel works from North Quay to King George Square station
- end of route facilities.
5. Site preparation works for the Brisbane Metro depot commenced in late 2019. The depot will be used for stabling, maintenance and overnight charging of the Brisbane Metro vehicles. The Design and Construct Request for Tender was released in August 2020. The depot will be located on five parcels of land owned by Council, three parcels of land published in the Queensland Government Gazette in September 2020 for acquisition and a TMR owned parcel of land to be purchased by Council in late 2020.
6. The detailed design is underway for the Brisbane Metro vehicle, including ongoing engagement with an accessibility working group. An artist’s impression of a Brisbane Metro vehicle on the Victoria Bridge and an image of an accessibility manoeuvrability session were shown to the Committee.
7. Early works include:
- the completed Peel Street, Grey Street and Stanley Place intersection upgrade
- the utility relocation of a sewer pump station in collaboration with Urban Utilities commenced February 2020
- works underway on the sewer gravity main, with launch and receival pits under construction
- the sewer rising main with works due to commence in the coming weeks.
8. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chair thanked the Program Director for his informative presentation.
9. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT.
ADOPTED
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Councillor David McLACHLAN, Chair of the Infrastructure Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Sarah HUTTON, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 20 October 2020, be adopted.
Chair: Is there any debate?
Councillor MCLACHLAN?
Councillor MCLACHLAN: Thank you, Mr Chairman.
Before I get to the matters before us in the agenda, I would just like address a question that was put to the LORD MAYOR in Question Time from Councillor JOHNSTON about speed reviews on Ipswich Road at Annerley.
As the Chamber will be aware, we are installing traffic lights at the intersection of Ipswich Road and Ponsonby Street as a result of the accident rate that has been recorded there and the funding provided by the Federal Government through the Black Spot Program. This is an intersection, or the intersection is one block away from Junction Park State School and as everyone would be aware, that signalised intersections do reduce the speed of vehicles. In fact, they bring them to a stop and the consequence of this work will be to install a signalised pedestrian crossing across Ipswich Road close to the Junction Park State School, which would be to the benefit of anybody who needs to get across Ipswich Road at that location.
So, I think with that in mind, and in relation to the speed limit request that was made prior to the implementation of that Black Spot Program, we will still consider a speed reduction on Ipswich Road but—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair: No interjections. Councillor JOHNSTON, no interjections.
Councillor MCLACHLAN.
Councillor MCLACHLAN: Thank you, Mr Chair.
And see what happens as a consequence of the construction of the traffic signalised pedestrian crossing at this intersection.
Mr Chair, it has been an exciting week in the Infrastructure portfolio with the release of the Indooroopilly roundabout upgrade business case and of course what we saw today with the all lanes on Kingsford Smith Drive open for business today. So, it is great to see that we are making Brisbane a better place day by day, transformational projects across the city that are hitting major milestones, making the road network safer and more accessible for all.
Of course, all road upgrades are born out of planning and investigative work which was the focus of our Committee presentation last week, from little things big things grow. They all start with planning and the presentation was on the preliminary road design schedule, which is included in Council’s budget each year. We took the opportunity with the presentation last week to look at what has been included in this year’s budget, eight locations across the city being investigated under the preliminary road designs program, including roads in Chermside West, Toowong, Wavell Heights and Durack.
This, Mr Chair, provides a starting point for future road upgrades and the goal is to identify potential short term, medium term and long-term improvements as well as possible staging options, conceptual plans and high-level cost estimates. After this, the projects can be considered for potential inclusion in future Council budgets.
The presentation last week took the members of the Committee through this year’s schedule to understand where the—what were the drivers, what we—the point that we had reached to with that investigation and what the potential will be for future upgrades and future budgets. So as I said, this provides insights into the first steps that Council takes when undertaking road upgrades and I recommend that Councillors be aware in the program two, the specific item, preliminary road designs, will give all Councillors an insight into the starting point for any road works that are being undertaken.
Mr Chair, there were three petitions also presented to the Committee last week. At this stage, I will leave it to anybody who wants to participate in debating and come back later if necessary.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor CASSIDY.
Councillor CASSIDY: Up and down like a yoyo. Thank you, Chair.
Seriatim - Clause C
|Councillor Jared CASSIDY requested that Clause C, REQUESTING COUNCIL DECREASE THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 50 KM/H TO 40 KM/H ON SOVEREIGN |
|PLACE, BOONDALL, be taken seriatim for voting purposes. |
Chair: Item C taken seriatim for voting.
Councillor CASSIDY: Yes, thank you, which is a petition requesting Council decrease the speed limit from 50 km/h to 40 km/h on Sovereign Place, Boondall. Chair, this is a very typical response from this do-nothing Administration here. We have local residents in a very local street pleading with Council to listen to them. They live in this street, they know it best, it is not a thoroughfare. Reducing the speed here will only affect the residents in that street and they are the ones that are actually calling for it.
What is going on here? Why won’t this Administration and this LORD MAYOR listen to them? I have. I have met these residents and I am supporting them here today. These are the small local changes that can have a positive impact on a community and ones that this LNP Administration continue to fail on.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes. Just briefly on item B, the zebra crossing on Mildmay Street, Fairfield.
Look, the State Government is undertaking a number of major rail station upgrades along the Cross River Rail corridor in my ward including Dutton Park, Fairfield, Yeronga, Yeerongpilly and there are others further away. It is inconceivable, in my view, that there are no pedestrian upgrades to access the station that are included in these projects.
It is now some four years on since Graceville station was upgraded and the fight to get a zebra crossing on Appel Street continues with inaction from this Council. I have spoken to the Cross River Rail team about this matter. I have asked Council about this matter and we have done a petition. The pedestrian access across Mildmay Street between Fairfield rail station and Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre is an extremely busy one.
Not only do people get off the train and then walk into the shopping centre, the overpass is a pedestrian thoroughfare for Annerley residents travelling through to Fairfield, to the shops, parks and beyond. It is unreasonable that Council will not work with the State Government to deliver pedestrian upgrades as part of these rail station upgrades. The Cross River Rail people advised me that Council just refused to include any pedestrian upgrades as part of this project.
It makes no sense to me that the State and Council will not work together, when these station upgrades are done, to make sure that there are active travel improvements that can be delivered for our community. It is a matter of despair to me that this Council fails, fails, to consider pedestrian upgrades and simply says no, we are not going to do anything. Our community has spoken up. They want a safe crossing point in this location.
There are a huge amount of vehicles going in and out of this area every day and we want safe access for pedestrians and cyclists who are moving to and from the station, to and from the shops, and between Annerley and Fairfield. I just want to put on the record. It says that I support the recommendation in here, which is to do a pedestrian count. That is not actually what I said so I am going to table what I said and put on the record what I think should be happening.
‘Dear Matthew, I support the petition response but just note that I actually support the zebra crossing.’ Council need to install a zebra crossing in this location. Pedestrian safety should be included in the station upgrades as a matter of course. Council and the Queensland Rail people and the Cross River Rail authority have officers who are working together. What is the point of that if they are not considering safety upgrades for pedestrians so we can get people safely to public transport.
I am so lucky to have two fantastic—well, technically three rail lines—but two really good commuter rail lines in my ward and we want to get people on public transport. We want to get people safely to that public transport and improving their access, improving their ability to get to the station and across the rail lines so that they can enjoy community life and get access to the parks and the shops and the churches, that is what we want.
I am sick of the inaction by this Council, when this is a simple measure that needs to be done. I feel very sad because this response will be yes, there is only like however many people cross there, it is not enough, we are not going to do anything. I am guessing, I have got my crystal ball out. I can tell you like Graceville, I will not be going away on this. Residents in my ward support public transport, they support walkable neighbourhoods, they support active transport and we want to see better connections to public transport across Council roads to facilitate safe active travel.
242/2020-21
At that juncture, Councillor Nicole JOHNSTON moved, seconded by Councillor Steve GRIFFITHS, that the Standing Rules be suspended to allow the moving of the following motion(
That Council reduces the speed limit on Ipswich Road, Annerley, to 50 km/h immediately.
Chair: I understand it is being distributed to Councillors at the moment.
Councillor JOHNSTON, three minutes to urgency, please. This is an urgency resolution. Please limit your comments as to why this matter is urgent.
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, this matter is urgent because I asked the LORD MAYOR a question in Question Time earlier today about what has happened to the speed reduction that has been long promised on Ipswich Road at Annerley and the Chair, Councillor McLACHLAN, has stood up and said it is now on hold pending the traffic lights on Ponsonby Street at Annerley.
Now, I have had numerous discussions with senior Council officers and their advice to me was that the reduction for 50 kilometres an hour through Annerley Junction was supported by Council and it was going to be put to the speed limit review committee, which comprises a Council officer, an officer from the Department of Main Roads and a police officer. I was advised that that is what was being done just a few weeks ago.
I can see Councillor McLACHLAN shaking his head. If that is the case, and Ipswich Road, Annerley, is not being reduced to 50 kilometres an hour as I have been told, why have I not been updated about this matter? Annerley residents—
Chair: Councillor JOHNSTON, I appreciate—
Councillor interjecting.
Chair Councillor JOHNSTON, I am speaking. I appreciate that you are making comments about the nature of your proposal. However, the matter at hand is urgency and I ask you once again to return to urgency, please.
Councillor JOHNSTON: And it is urgent because this is new advice today. We have been told that this matter was going back to the speed limit review committee and it would be considered for 50 kilometres an hour and that is what Council was recommending. It now turns out, based on Councillor McLACHLAN’s advice, that Council has either withheld or cancelled or not doing anything about it because they are undertaking an upgrade of Ponsonby Street that not a single person in 12 years has ever asked me for.
It is irrelevant to the speed limit through the junction and I want to know why Council has cancelled the 50 kilometre an hour recommendation for Ipswich Road at Annerley and it is urgent that this Council debates the matter so we can improve road safety along Ipswich Road in Annerley.
The Chair submitted the motion for the suspension of the Standing Rules to the Chamber and it was declared lost on the voices.
Thereupon, Councillors Nicole JOHNSTON and Jared CASSIDY immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared lost.
The voting was as follows:
AYES: 7 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Jared CASSIDY, and Councillors Kara COOK, Peter CUMMING, Steve GRIFFITHS, Charles STRUNK, Jonathan SRI and Nicole JOHNSTON.
NOES: 19 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, and Councillors Greg ADERMANN, Adam ALLAN, Lisa ATWOOD, Fiona CUNNINGHAM, Tracy DAVIS, Fiona HAMMOND, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Sarah HUTTON, James MACKAY, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN, Steven TOOMEY and Andrew WINES.
Chair: Councillor JOHNSTON, do you require the balance of your presentation?
Further speakers?
Councillor HUTTON.
Councillor HUTTON: Thank you, Chair.
I rise to speak in relation to item A.
Council is committed to upgrading high priority network links, including road and intersection upgrades, the focus of this presentation.
Robust planning and design is essential and this year, as Councillor McLACHLAN mentioned, we will be investigating eight intersections across our city. I was delighted to hear the intersection connecting Boundary, Formation and Tile Streets in Wacol will be considered as part of this program.
Boundary Road, for those of you who do not know, provides the north-south connection through two industrial estates in Carole Park and Wacol. These industrial estates are well connected with access to the Logan Motorway to the south and Ipswich Motorway to the north. Almost 30,000 vehicles per day use Boundary Road, with 20% heavy vehicles, including semitrailers, B-Doubles and vehicle carriers.
It is the intersection connection Tile and Formation Streets where this design will be focused, while considering the larger corridor through to Boundary Road. Unfortunately, over the past five years, this intersection has seen 10 crashes resulting in one hospitalisation, eight people requiring medical treatment and three minor injuries.
Councillor interjecting.
Councillor HUTTON: This design will improve traffic congestion, road safety and active transport accessibility, specifically considering expanding the roundabout to cater for 26 metre B-Doubles, additional cycle lanes and pedestrian footpaths. This investment in robust planning will not only help hundreds of businesses, some of the largest being Seeley Australia, Easter Transport, National Masonry and Hitachi Construction. It will also improve those immediately adjoining the intersection, including Carole Park State School, Forest Lake Junior Rugby League Football Club and Ellen Grove residential community.
We know that an effective transport network delivers economic, social and environmental benefits, reduces the costs of goods and services, while improving amenity and convenience. This project will inform a longer-term upgrade in the area and will benefit more than just local residents but the business community too.
I want to thank the Chair, Councillor McLACHLAN, and Council officers for their work on the project thus far. I look forward to seeing the designs in the near future.
Chair: Further speakers? I see no further speakers?
Councillor McLACHLAN?
I will now put the resolution for items A, B and D.
Clauses A, B and D put
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clauses A, B and D of the report of the Infrastructure Committee was declared carried on the voices.
Chair: On item C.
Clause C put
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clause C of the report of the Infrastructure Committee was declared carried on the voices.
Thereupon, Jared CASSIDY and Councillor Kara COOK immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried.
The voting was as follows:
AYES: 19 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, and Councillors Greg ADERMANN, Adam ALLAN, Lisa ATWOOD, Fiona CUNNINGHAM, Tracy DAVIS, Fiona HAMMOND, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Sarah HUTTON, James MACKAY, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Angela OWEN, Steven TOOMEY and Andrew WINES.
NOES: 7 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Jared CASSIDY, and Councillors Kara COOK, Peter CUMMING, Steve GRIFFITHS, Charles STRUNK, Jonathan SRI and Nicole JOHNSTON.
The report read as follows(
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – PRELIMINARY ROAD DESIGNS
243/2020-21
1. The Policy Strategy and Planning Manager, Transport Planning and Operations, Brisbane Infrastructure, attended the meeting to provide an update on preliminary road designs. He provided the information below.
2. The Committee was advised that the Transport Plan for Brisbane – Strategic Directions (Transport Plan) helps guide Council’s transport planning and design. It sets out strategic directions, desired outcomes and guiding principles. The key initiatives and implementation actions from the Transport Plan informs the preliminary road designs for projects.
3. The Committee was shown an image of the current projects, including:
- Hamilton Road, Chermside, and Webster Road, Chermside West
- Toombul Road, Northgate and Virginia
- Brookes Street, Bowen Hills and Fortitude Valley
- Milton Road and Croydon Street, Toowong
- Boundary Road, Formation Street and Tile Street, Wacol
- Newman Road, Geebung and Wavell Heights
- Boundary Road, Coopers Plains; McCullough Street, Sunnybank; and Padstow Road, Eight Mile Plains
- Inala Avenue, Acacia Ridge; King Avenue, Willawong; and Learoyd Road, Durack.
4. The Committee was shown the methodology in selecting projects, which includes the consideration of stakeholders, networks, data and framework.
5. Project outputs include:
- short-term improvements (0-5 years)
- medium-term improvements (5-10 years)
- long-term improvements
- staging options
- preferred concepts
- cost estimate (high level).
6. Future actions for projects include:
- consultation
- potential inclusion in future Council budget across different programs
- informing land requirements for development applications.
7. The Committee was shown the site map for Boundary Road, Coopers Plains; McCullough Street, Sunnybank; and Padstow Road, Eight Mile Plains. The Committee was advised of the key project drivers, including a history of 87 crashes in five years; traffic congestion; it is a primary freight route and a primary public and active transport route.
8. The Committee was shown the site map for Boundary Road, Formation Street and Tile Street, Wacol. The Committee was advised of the key project drivers, including a history of 10 crashes in five years; traffic congestion; it is a primary freight route and the lack of active transport infrastructure.
9. The Committee was shown the site map for Brookes Street, Bowen Hills and Fortitude Valley. The Committee was advised of the key project drivers, including a history of 63 crashes in five years; the traffic congestion; and it is an Economic Development Queensland priority development area. The works will improve urban amenity and active transport infrastructure.
10. The Committee was shown the site map for Hamilton Road, Chermside, and Webster Road, Chermside West. The Committee was advised of the key project drivers, including a history of 53 crashes in five years and it is a primary cycle route. The works will improve active transport accessibility and reduce traffic congestion on approach to the roundabout.
11. The Committee was shown the site map for Inala Avenue, Acacia Ridge; King Avenue, Willawong; and Learoyd Road, Durack. The Committee was advised of the key project drivers, including a history of 97 crashes in five years; it is a primary freight route and public and active transport route; the traffic congestion; and that it is a key east-west network link.
12. The Committee was shown the site map for Milton Road and Croydon Street, Toowong. The Committee was advised of the key project drivers, including that the area experiences traffic congestion and safety issues, and is a primary cycle route along Sylvan Road.
13. The Committee was shown the site map for Newman Road, Geebung and Wavell Heights. The Committee was advised of the key project drivers, including that the area has two schools nearby, has a high pedestrian count, is a heavy vehicle route and traffic congestion.
14. The Committee was shown the site map for Toombul Road, Northgate and Virginia. The Committee was advised of the key project drivers, including that the area is a primary freight route, experiences traffic congestion, and is planned for a future park and ride expansion. The works will improve pedestrian safety at intersections.
15. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chair thanked the Policy Strategy and Planning Manager for his informative presentation.
16. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT.
ADOPTED
B PETITIONS – Requesting a zebra crossing on Mildmay Street, Fairfield, between Fairfield Railway Station and Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre
CA20/833894 and CA20/834025
244/2020-21
17. Two petitions from residents, requesting a zebra crossing on Mildmay Street, Fairfield, between Fairfield Railway Station and Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre, were presented to the meeting of Council held on 4 August 2020, by Councillor Nicole Johnston, and received.
18. The Manager, Transport Planning and Operations, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.
19. The first petition (CA20/833894) contains 20 signatures. Of the petitioners, 15 live in the City of Brisbane and five live outside the City of Brisbane. The second petition (CA20/834025) contains 127 signatures. Of the petitioners 126 live in the City of Brisbane and one lives outside the City of Brisbane.
20. Mildmay Street has a 50 km/h speed limit and functions as a neighbourhood road in Council’s road hierarchy providing access to local residential properties. Attachment B (submitted on file) shows a locality map of the location.
21. Fairfield Station is proposed to be upgraded as part of the Queensland Government’s Cross River Rail project. Queensland Government information indicates that preliminary works are underway in preparation of future construction, including a relocated pedestrian overpass landing on Mildmay Street. Attachment C (submitted on file) shows the current proposed design of Fairfield Station.
22. The petitioners’ request for a zebra crossing has been noted. When considering a location for a pedestrian facility, Council’s primary focus is for the safety of pedestrians while maintaining efficient traffic movement on the road network. In order to achieve the best solution, an assessment of individual environments is conducted using the Queensland Government’s Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices in conjunction with the Australian Standard (AS) 1742.10-2009.
23. Zebra crossings are not suitable in all locations as they can lead to dangerous interactions between vehicles and pedestrians. Studies have shown that pedestrians often assume drivers will stop at zebra crossings and may walk in front of vehicles. In addition, at under-utilised crossings, drivers can grow accustomed to not seeing pedestrians using the crossing and tend to disregard them over time.
24. It is noted that, in accordance with the AS, zebra crossings are installed in locations where there is consistent pedestrian movement throughout the day and the road speed limit is not more than 50 km/h. A pedestrian survey will be undertaken at the location to gather information regarding pedestrian movements and a traffic survey will be conducted to determine vehicle volumes and speeds. This will help Council to determine if a zebra crossing along this section for Mildmay Street is warranted or if another suitable crossing facility could be considered to help pedestrians cross between Fairfield Station and Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre.
25. Once completed, if the pedestrian and traffic survey results indicate that a zebra crossing or other suitable crossing facility should be implemented at this specific location, or a nearby location, design and construction will be subject to future funding consideration against other similar citywide projects.
Consultation
26. Councillor Nicole Johnston, Councillor for Tennyson Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.
Customer impact
27. The response will address the petitioners’ concerns.
28. The Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed.
29. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS SUBMISSION BE NOTED AND THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition References: CA20/833894 and CA20/834025
Thank you for your petitions requesting a zebra crossing on Mildmay Street, Fairfield, between Fairfield Railway Station and Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre.
Mildmay Street, Fairfield, is recognised as a neighbourhood road in Brisbane City Plan 2014 with a posted speed limit of 50 km/h. Neighbourhood roads provide access to residential buildings and catchments of approximately 300 households.
Fairfield Station is proposed to be upgraded as part of the Queensland Government’s Cross River Rail project. Queensland Government information indicates that preliminary works are underway in preparation of future construction, including a relocated pedestrian overpass landing on Mildmay Street.
Your request for a zebra crossing has been noted. When considering a location for a pedestrian facility, Council’s primary focus is for the safety of pedestrians while maintaining efficient traffic movement on the road network. In order to achieve the best solution, an assessment of individual environments is conducted using the Queensland Government’s Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices in conjunction with the Australian Standard (AS) 1742.10-2009.
Zebra crossings are not suitable in all locations as they can lead to dangerous interactions between vehicles and pedestrians. Studies have shown that pedestrians often assume drivers will stop at zebra crossings and may walk in front of vehicles. In addition, at under-utilised crossings, drivers can grow accustomed to not seeing pedestrians using the crossing and tend to disregard them over time.
It is noted that, in accordance with the AS, zebra crossings are installed in locations where there is consistent pedestrian movement throughout the day and the road speed limit is not more than 50 km/h. A pedestrian survey will be undertaken at the location to gather information regarding pedestrian movements and a traffic survey will be conducted to determine vehicle volumes and speeds. This will help Council to determine if a zebra crossing along this section for Mildmay Street is warranted or if another suitable crossing facility could be considered to help pedestrians cross between Fairfield Station and Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre.
Once completed, if the pedestrian and traffic survey results indicate that a zebra crossing or other suitable crossing facility should be implemented at this specific location, or a nearby location, design and construction will be subject to future funding consideration against other similar citywide projects.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Kiran Sreedharan, Senior Transport Network Officer, Transport Network Operations – South, Investigations Unit, Transport Network Operations, Transport Planning and Operations, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3178 1178.
ADOPTED
C PETITION – Requesting Council decrease the speed limit from 50 km/h to 40 km/h on Sovereign Place, Boondall
CA20/835482
245/2020-21
30. A petition from residents, requesting Council decrease the speed limit from 50 km/h to 40 km/h on Sovereign Place, Boondall, was presented to the meeting of Council held on 4 August 2020, by Councillor Jared Cassidy, and received.
31. The Manager, Transport Planning and Operations, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.
32. The petition contains 29 signatures. Of the petitioners, 19 live on Sovereign Place, nine live on Colonial Court, a cul-de-sac which runs off Sovereign Place, and one lives outside the City of Brisbane.
33. The petitioners are requesting the speed limit be decreased to increase pedestrian safety as several residents have mobility issues requiring them to use the road as there are no footpaths along Sovereign Place. Sovereign Place is classified as a neighbourhood road in Council’s Brisbane City Plan 2014 road network hierarchy. Sovereign Place is designated the default 50 km/h maximum speed limit for all residential streets throughout Queensland. Attachment B (submitted on file) shows a locality map.
34. The petitioners’ request to decrease the speed limit has been noted. Speed limits on all roads in Queensland are set in accordance with the Queensland Government’s Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). This ensures that speed limits are set in a consistent and credible manner across Queensland. The 50 km/h speed limit is considered the most appropriate for residential street environments and has been in place since the 50 km/h Speed Limit for Local Streets Program, which was implemented in March 1999 by the Queensland Government.
35. Council evaluates requests for 40 km/h zones based on the guidelines outlined in the MUTCD. Roads identified as potentially suitable for a speed limit reduction are then subjected to a formalised speed limit review process. All speed limit reviews consider the roads intended function, recorded traffic speeds and volumes, a risk assessment of the road environment and analysis of recorded crash data from the Queensland Government’s crash database.
36. Under the MUTCD, 40 km/h zones can only be implemented in very specific circumstances. 40km/h speed zones are usually limited to areas with highly concentrated pedestrian activity adjacent to the road or where traffic calming devices such as speed bumps are installed to deter non-local traffic from using local streets, more commonly known as ‘rat running’.
37. A review of the road environment on Sovereign Place, Boondall, shows that the street is relatively short and provides no through connectivity to use as a ‘rat running’ route. Therefore, any traffic generated is entirely local. Sovereign Place has a narrow road environment which helps to encourage low traffic speeds. The road width where vehicles have parked on street is also insufficient for two-way traffic flow, which further encourages low traffic speeds. The roundabout at the Heritage Court intersection also acts as a traffic calming device, requiring motorists to slow and potentially give way.
38. Given that the road configuration of Sovereign Place already encourages safe speeds and it does not meet the requirements for consideration of a 40 km/h speed limit under the MUTCD, the request to decrease the speed limit from 50 km/h to 40 km/h is not supported.
39. The petitioners are encouraged to raise any concerns with speeding motorists directly with the Queensland Police Service via the Hoon Hotline on 13 HOON (13 46 66).
40. The unformed footpath on both sides of Sovereign Place does contain several trees with the root systems having minimal exposure to the surface. A Council officer inspected the area on 2 September 2020 and found no work was required at the time of the inspection.
41. The petitioners’ request for construction of a new concrete footpath in Sovereign Place, Boondall, has been forwarded to Councillor Jared Cassidy, Councillor for Deagon Ward, for his consideration and action.
Consultation
42. Councillor Jared Cassidy, Councillor for Deagon Ward, has been consulted and does not support the recommendation.
Customer impact
43. The response will address the petitioners’ concerns.
44. The Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillors Steve Griffiths and Charles Strunk dissenting. In accordance with section 65(3) of Meetings Local Law 2001, the Chair exercised the determining vote.
45. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS SUBMISSION BE NOTED AND THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA20/835482
Thank you for your petition requesting Council decrease the speed limit in Sovereign Place, Boondall, from 50 km/h to 40 km/h.
Your request to decrease the speed limit has been noted. Speed limits on all roads in Queensland are set in accordance with the Queensland Government’s Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). This ensures that speed limits are set in a consistent and credible manner across Queensland. The 50 km/h speed limit is considered the most appropriate for residential street environments and has been in place since the 50 km/h Speed Limit for Local Streets Program, which was implemented in March 1999 by the Queensland Government.
Council evaluates requests for 40 km/h zones based on the guidelines outlined in the MUTCD. Roads identified as potentially suitable for a speed limit reduction are then subjected to a formalised speed limit review process. All speed limit reviews consider the roads intended function, recorded traffic speeds and volumes, a risk assessment of the road environment and analysis of recorded crash data from the Queensland Government’s crash database.
Under the MUTCD, 40 km/h zones can only be implemented in very specific circumstances. 40km/h speed zones are usually limited to areas with highly concentrated pedestrian activity adjacent to the road or where traffic calming devices such as speed bumps are installed to deter non-local traffic from using local streets, more commonly known as ‘rat running’.
A review of the road environment on Sovereign Place, Boondall, shows that the street is relatively short and provides no through connectivity to use as a ‘rat running’ route. Therefore, any traffic generated is entirely local. Sovereign Place has a narrow road environment which helps to encourage low traffic speeds. The road width where vehicles have parked on street is also insufficient for two-way traffic flow, which further encourages low traffic speeds. The roundabout at the Heritage Court intersection also acts as a traffic calming device, requiring motorists to slow and potentially give way.
Given that the road configuration of Sovereign Place already encourages safe speeds and it does not meet the requirements for consideration of a 40 km/h speed limit under the MUTCD, the request to decrease the speed limit from 50 km/h to 40 km/h is not supported.
You are encouraged to raise any concerns with speeding motorists directly with the Queensland Police Service via the Hoon Hotline on 13 HOON (13 46 66).
The unformed footpath on both sides of Sovereign Place, Boondall does contain several trees with the root systems having minimal exposure to the surface. A Council officer inspected the area on 2 September 2020 and found no work was required at the time of the inspection.
In the 2020-21 financial year, $14.68 million has been distributed evenly between each Ward to build new footpaths and make local park improvements. You may be interested to know the local Councillor plays a role in determining which new footpath projects are funded from their Suburban Enhancement Fund, following consultation with adjacent property owners.
Your request for construction of a new concrete footpath in Sovereign Place, Boondall, has been forwarded to Councillor Jared Cassidy, Councillor for Deagon Ward, for his consideration and action.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Michael Denman, Senior Transport Network Officer, Transport Network Operations – North, Investigations Unit, Transport Network Operations, Transport Planning and Operations, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3178 0985.
ADOPTED
D PETITION – Requesting Council turn all smaller residential streets and busy school and retail stretches in West End into shared zones
CA20/835693
246/2020-21
46. A petition from residents, requesting Council turn all smaller residential streets and busy school and retail stretches in West End into shared zones, was received during Winter Recess 2020.
47. The Manager, Transport Planning and Operations, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.
48. The petition contains 51 signatures. Of the petitioners, 17 live in West End, 31 live in other suburbs of the City of Brisbane and three live outside the City of Brisbane.
49. The petitioners are requesting the speed limit be reduced to increase pedestrian and cyclist safety around residential streets, schools and retail areas in West End.
50. The petitioners’ request for shared zones throughout West End has been noted. Council installs shared zones in accordance with the Queensland Government’s Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. This ensures these road treatments are installed in a consistent and credible manner across Queensland.
51. Shared zones involve the implementation of 10 km/h speed limits and are generally implemented in areas where there are competing demands of pedestrians, cyclists, motorised vehicles and parking, which require a form of control. Shared zones allow complete pedestrian mobility and enhance pedestrian safety. Such areas are generally characterised by heavy pedestrian demand generated by major education, business and/or tourist activities.
52. It is acknowledged that West End State School is currently undergoing an expansion by the Queensland Government. Notwithstanding this, all surrounding roads including Vulture Street, Hardgrave Road and Jane Street have school zones in place which includes a 40 km/h speed limit during peak times from 7-9am and 2-4pm each school day. School zones are a treatment used across Brisbane and are not considered to warrant a shared zone or a 10 km/h speed limit.
53. Furthermore, shared zones are not permitted on through traffic routes. It is noted that the majority of the retail stretches in West End are on Montague Road, Vulture Street, Boundary Street and Hardgrave Road. As these roads are all classified as through traffic routes within West End, they do not meet the requirements to be considered as shared zones.
54. With regard to local residential streets throughout West End, the majority have established footpaths on one side of the street or in some cases, both. Pedestrian movements are a key factor in determining shared zones along with prioritisation of pedestrian movements. While every residential street will create some general pedestrian activities including road crossings, the majority will be using established footpaths to avoid conflicts with motor vehicles. As such, prioritising pedestrian movements on these streets and implementing 10 km/h speed limits would not be considered credible and would lead to significant enforcement complications. For example, motorists entering shared zones would be expecting to encounter large volumes of pedestrians on the roadway. Where there is limited pedestrian activity, motorists are unlikely to adhere to 10 km/h speed limits.
55. For these reasons, it is considered that the local residential streets in West End do not meet the criteria to be considered as shared zones and a 10 km/h speed limit is not supported.
56. Council has implemented speed limit reductions in West End where considered appropriate. In response to a petition from local residents considered by Council at its meeting of 20 August 2019, a formal speed limit review was undertaken on Montague Road, between Drake and Vulture Streets. The Speed Management Committee (SMC) endorsed the recommended speed reduction from 60 km/h to 50 km/h for this section of Montague Road and the changes were implemented in February 2020. An additional speed limit review was subsequently undertaken on the remaining section of Montague Road from Vulture Street to Stanley Place, and this section was reduced from 60 km/h to 50 km/h in July 2020 following endorsement by the SMC of this recommendation.
Consultation
57. Councillor Jonathan Sri, Councillor for The Gabba Ward, has been consulted and does not support the recommendation.
Customer impact
58. The response will address the petitioners’ concerns.
59. The Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed.
60. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS SUBMISSION BE NOTED AND THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA20/835693
Thank you for your petition requesting Council turn all smaller residential streets and busy school and retail stretches in West End into shared zones.
Your request for shared zones throughout West End has been noted. Council installs shared zones in accordance with the Queensland Government’s Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. This ensures these road treatments are installed in a consistent and credible manner across Queensland.
Shared zones involve the implementation of 10 km/h speed limits and are generally implemented in areas where there are competing demands of pedestrians, cyclists, motorised vehicles and parking, which require a form of control. Shared zones allow complete pedestrian mobility and enhance pedestrian safety. Such areas are generally characterised by heavy pedestrian demand generated by major education, business and/or tourist activities.
It is acknowledged that West End State School is currently undergoing an expansion by the Queensland Government. Notwithstanding this, all surrounding roads including Vulture Street, Hardgrave Road and Jane Street have school zones in place which includes a 40 km/h speed limit during peak times from 7-9am and 2-4pm each school day. School zones are a treatment used across Brisbane and are not considered to warrant a shared zone or a 10 km/h speed limit.
Furthermore, shared zones are not permitted on through traffic routes. It is noted that the majority of the retail stretches in West End are on Montague Road, Vulture Street, Boundary Street and Hardgrave Road. As these roads are all classified as through traffic routes within West End, they do not meet the requirements to be considered as shared zones.
With regard to local residential streets throughout West End, the majority have established footpaths on one side of the street or in some cases, both. Pedestrian movements are a key factor in determining shared zones along with prioritisation of pedestrian movements. While every residential street will create some general pedestrian activities including road crossings, the majority will be using established footpaths to avoid conflicts with motor vehicles. As such, prioritising pedestrian movements on these streets and implementing 10 km/h speed limits would not be considered credible and would lead to significant enforcement complications. For example, motorists entering shared zones would be expecting to encounter large volumes of pedestrians on the roadway. Where there is limited pedestrian activity, motorists are unlikely to adhere to 10 km/h speed limits.
For these reasons, it is considered that the local residential streets in West End do not meet the criteria to be considered as shared zones and a 10 km/h speed limit is not supported.
Council has implemented speed limit reductions in West End where considered appropriate. In response to a petition from local residents considered by Council at its meeting of 20 August 2019, a formal speed limit review was undertaken on Montague Road, between Drake and Vulture Streets. The Speed Management Committee (SMC) endorsed the recommended speed reduction from 60 km/h to 50 km/h for this section of Montague Road and the changes were implemented in February 2020. An additional speed limit review was subsequently undertaken on the remaining section of Montague Road from Vulture Street to Stanley Place, and this section was reduced from 60 km/h to 50 km/h in July 2020 following endorsement by the SMC of this recommendation.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Kiran Sreedharan, Senior Transport Network Officer, Transport Network Operations – South, Investigations Unit, Transport Network Operations, Transport Planning and Operations, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3178 8977.
ADOPTED
ENVIRONMENT, PARKS AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Councillor Fiona CUNNINGHAM, Chair of the Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Sarah HUTTON, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 20 October 2020, be adopted.
Chair: Is there any debate?
Councillor CUNNINGHAM?
Councillor CUNNINGHAM: Mr Chair, our Committee presentation last week was on sustainable water use and drought response planning.
Now, it might seem like a strange topic, given the weather outside at the moment and indeed predictions of a La Nina event in coming months but Dorothea Mackeller famously wrote we are a country of droughts and flooding rains. To be a truly resilient city, we must plan for drought during times of rain and vice versa and Council is certainly doing everything we can to ensure our city can stand up to whatever mother nature sends our way.
During the recess, the Seqwater water grid capacity actually dropped below 60%. It means we entered a period of voluntary restrictions with the focus on encouraging the community to become more water aware and reduce their water use wherever possible. Seqwater and Urban Utilities jointly are the lead agencies when it comes to delivering communication and education on behaviour change and water restrictions and compliance.
Council plays a supporting role in encouraging the community to reduce water use and also looks to lead by example in reducing our own water use. The presentation highlighted some of Council’s water saving initiatives. For example, fountains that have been built with new modern technology to minimise water loss. Additionally, Council has built approximately 400 megalitres of stormwater capacity at around 30 assets across Brisbane to irrigate our parks and gardens.
Also, in the Committee report are four petition responses. First, requesting that Council extend the dog off-leash area in Sedgley Park at Alderley. Another requesting that Council relocate the dog off-leash area within Bulimba Riverside Park. Another one requesting that Council provide improvements and an additional track at the BMX facility located in Chelmer Recreation Reserve and the final one requesting that Council install lighting and refurbish the basketball facility in Milton Park at Milton.
I will leave the rest to the Chamber.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, thank you, Mr Chair.
I rise to speak on item D, the petition requesting improvements at the BMX track facility located in the Chelmer Recreation Reserve on Oxley Road at Chelmer and I acknowledge and say hello to those people watching at home tonight, including the Bellamywells family and friends. This is your item we are on now. I am so pleased to speak to this matter today and I want to let the Chamber and all Brisbane residents know about how this matter came about.
I think the best thing to do today is to read the letter that I wrote about what happened with respect to this request and I think it will make sense to residents as I read it. So, I am writing to the year coordinator of Year 10 St Peter’s Lutheran College.
I am writing to let you know about the wondering advocacy work of St Peter’s student, Lewis Bellamywells, has undertaken recently in my local community. The Bellamywells are my constituent and live in Chelmer. In January this year, Lewis wrote to my office with a request to upgrade the Chelmer BMX track. He put together a detailed and well written submission to support his request.
In my view, the submission was of an extremely high quality and if I did not know he was 15 at the time—he is 16 now, I think—I would have assumed it was written by a professional stakeholder group. It contained photos, it contained information about why the upgrade was needed, it was reasoned, it was thorough, it was a very impressive piece of work.
At that point, Council was reluctant to upgrade the Chelmer BMX track. So, Lewis and I discussed how we could use community advocacy to pressure Council into acknowledging the need and the benefits of a better BMX track for young people in the district. I advised Lewis about Council’s petition process and how the matter would then be considered by all Councillors at a Council meeting and that is what we are doing today.
Lewis went away and put an e-Petition together and circulated within our community garnering great support. Hundreds of local residents responded to Lewis’ request and signed this petition.
The petition was discussed within Council and whilst a large upgrade due to cost and environmental constraints was not possible, due to Lewis’ advocacy, a compromise was reached for a smaller but significantly improved BMX facility. Lewis then worked directly with Council’s Parks officers, and a big thank you to Dean and all the officers at Park South, and with the contractors to help scope the project, providing some advice on how children and young adults use the facility and what would be helpful in the upgrade, ensuring that it met the needs of young people of all ages who use the BMX track.
We officially opened the track a few weekends ago and the feedback from all the young people and their parents has been phenomenal. I cannot tell you how impressed I am with the way in which Lewis has undertaken this project. His efforts are a wonderful reflection of a capable and smart young man. At any point, Lewis could have given up, but didn’t. I hope his actions serve as a reminder to young people that while they may not be able to vote until they are 18, they have a voice and they have the power to effect change for the benefit of our community.
I want to acknowledge today Lewis’ commitment, thoughtful approach and follow up in helping to secure, design and deliver the wonderful community asset that is the upgraded Chelmer BMX track. Lewis is a credit to St Peter’s, his school, to his family and I hope his work in improving our local community can be recognised by his school.
We are recognising it here today in the Chamber. Lewis’ contributions will now form part of the record of the debate on this matter today and I just want to say—and this might of interest to Lewis and I hope it makes him feel even prouder—I had someone who saw our interactions on Facebook come to me via email and say, Nicole, I want an upgrade for Fairfield and I said yes, absolutely. Let’s get a petition together, this is what we need to do, this is how we did it over in Chelmer. This was an adult, have not heard a peep from that adult in terms of upgrades over there.
I cannot tell you how impressed I have been. I know that his family will be very proud of him. He has done a great service for young people in our community. There are still a couple of little things Council need to fix. I think there is a seat still to go in and some signage that they need to fix but I just want to say that whilst we did not get exactly what Lewis wanted, he has been an integral part of the process, he has helped secure an outstanding outcome for our community.
It demonstrates that young people can have a voice in the democratic process and in community life and I just want to thank him and his family who have supported him through the process. I know his mum has been encouraging behind the scenes, but I know it is Lewis that has done the hard work.
I just want to say to all the Councillors here today that this is a young man we can be very proud of and I am very pleased that we have been able to deliver on this upgraded BMX track in Chelmer which is just being loved to death by the young people in my community. So, a big thank you to all the Parks South officers who were involved, the contractors and to Lewis and his family.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor MATIC.
Councillor MATIC: Thank you, Mr Chair.
I rise to speak on item E, which is a petition requesting that Council install lighting and refurbish the basketball facility in Milton Park at Milton.
Mr Chair, this petition was received during the Winter Recess 2020 and it contains 49 signatures of local residents who are asking that Council assess the half basketball court and look at installing lighting as well as part of the process.
Mr Chair, for the benefit of the Chamber, Milton Park is a very popular local park, it has a number of facilities that are attractive to the local area. There is an all abilities playground. There is a dog off-leash park for both large and small dogs. There is a netball court and a half-size basketball court and then some shelters and picnic areas and so it does get a lot of use all year round.
But of course during the autumn and winter periods, it starts to get darker earlier and we do have a lot of younger people within that Auchenflower area that love to get out and play sport and as a Council, we encourage it but during those periods of the year, it does get darker and so their ability to play longer is curtailed. Despite the darkness though, their passion for basketball sees through and so a lot of them are playing in the dark, which I think we would all agree is not suitable.
Through this petition, they have brought to our notice the importance of this upgrade. I did speak with Council officers about this petition and looking for options and was informed at the time that there was already money in the budget for a general upgrade of lighting within the park, but that unfortunately it did not include this basketball court.
I thought that given the importance of this local leisure recreation and through this meaningful engagement by a petition by these local residents, that it was important to try and meet that need. I thought it was appropriate in conversation with the officers that if they already had contractors out there upgrading the lighting, it was the best timing to incorporate the lighting of this basketball court as well.
So, through the generous grant that the LORD MAYOR applies through the Suburban Enhancement Fund, I was able to provide the allocated funding. The officers undertook an investigation as to what the cost would be and so there is a figure of $50,000, which is set out in this response. There was adequate funding within that allocation of grand moneys to be able to contribute towards this.
This is ultimately a great outcome for the local community and for these 49 signatories on so many levels. Having their voices heard firstly, enhancing our local facilities and as all Councillors know, that is an important part of our roles to continue to provide improvements to our local amenity, and also making sure that our infrastructure continues to meet a standard and a compliance level as well through that process.
This is a win-win for the local community. I could not be more pleased, as the local Councillor, to be able to facilitate this outcome and to work in collaboration with these local residents in meeting their needs and importantly also with our local Parks officers who do a great job of constantly assessing and upgrading our parks but being able to contribute extra funding to that outcome and enhancing the services that we provide there so that this signature park within our local area continues to be an important local asset and enhance outdoor recreation activity and also build community.
On behalf of the officers who are really pleased with the outcome, I would like to say thank you to these signatories for bringing this to our attention and ultimately achieving a better outcome for everyone. Thank you.
Chair: Further speakers? I see no further speakers.
Councillor CUNNINGHAM?
I will now put the resolution.
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee was declared carried on the voices.
The report read as follows(
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – SUSTAINABLE WATER USE – DROUGHT RESPONSE PLANNING
247/2020-21
1. The Water, Energy and Environment Systems Manager, Natural Environment, Water and Sustainability, City Planning and Sustainability, attended the meeting to provide an update on sustainable water use and drought response planning. She provided the information below.
2. A regional update was provided to the Committee. As at 16 October 2020, the water grid storage capacity was 58.1%, which is a decrease of 0.6% from the previous week. The catchment’s average rainfall was 4.4 millimetres and the average daily use of water was 188 litres per person, which is an increase of 11 litres from the previous week. As of 15 September 2020, the South East Queensland drought response approach is at the stage of voluntary restrictions, with the desalination plant operating at full capacity. This is due to water grid levels being under 60%.
3. South East Queensland’s water agencies, along with Council, hold certain roles and responsibilities during drought response. South East Queensland’s water agencies include Seqwater, which is responsible for bulk water supply, managing water infrastructure and developing a regional water security plan; and Urban Utilities, which is Brisbane’s water retailer. Urban Utilities delivers drinking water, recycled water and sewerage services to Brisbane. Both water agencies are responsible for leading communications on regional water messaging.
4. Council’s role in drought response is to ensure sustainable water use across Council’s business and assets; demonstrate leadership in actively reducing water use and adopting innovative water solutions; maintain Brisbane’s liveability while managing water sustainably; and encourage the community to reduce their water use.
5. The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed that a La Nina weather event is expected this summer. This means a higher rainfall intensity and tropical cyclones. Notwithstanding this, to build a resilient city and be ready for the next drought, it is important to plan and prepare before the drought occurs.
6. Best practice water efficient methods in Council mean that water use across Council assets is monitored using smart metres and reduced with efficient devices and processes such as moisture sensors, pressure reducing valves and water efficient fittings. Water use is also replaced with sustainable and affordable ‘fit for purpose alternate’ water sources such as stormwater harvesting and water collected through rainwater tanks.
7. Community behaviour change campaigns led by Seqwater and Urban Utilities focus on community education and building water literacy. Council has a supporting role in community education.
8. Communication through Council channels, such as Council’s corporate website, has been updated to advise that the drinking water supply capacity has fallen to below 60% and to advise what steps are being taken by Council and Seqwater during the drought response. Council also communicates water saving initiatives and supports community behaviour changes.
9. Pictures of key water saving achievements were shown to the Committee, including fountains at Emma Miller Place and E.E. McCormick Place, Brisbane City, and stormwater harvesting at Mott Park, Holland Park.
10. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chair thanked the Water, Energy and Environment Systems Manager for her informative presentation.
11. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT.
ADOPTED
B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL EXTEND THE DOG OFF-LEASH AREA IN SEDGLEY PARK, ALDERLEY
CA19/938561
248/2020-21
12. A petition from residents, requesting the extension of the dog off-leash area in Sedgley Park, Alderley, was received during the Spring Recess 2019.
13. The Executive Manager, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.
14. The petition contains 39 signatures. Of the petitioners, 10 reside in Alderley, 15 live in other suburbs of the City of Brisbane and 14 live outside the City of Brisbane.
15. Sedgley Park is situated along Enoggera Road, Alderley, and supports multiple uses including:
- playground nodes
- picnic nodes
- fitness nodes
- a dog off-leash area
- general kick about spaces
- a pool complex with supporting infrastructure (i.e. car parking).
16. The usable space in Sedgley Park, excluding the pool and car park, is approximately 35,600 m². The dog off-leash area is approximately 2,600 m², constituting 7.3% of Sedgley Park. Over the past few years, the dog off-leash area has had turf upgrades.
17. While Council does not regulate how many animals use a dog off-leash facility at any one time, making the area larger will not provide a permanent solution for grass and surface preservation, as degradation is caused by current climate conditions and high demand of the facility, not the size of the park. Therefore, the petitioners’ request to extend the dog off-leash area to the tree line or increase the size of the dog off-leash area cannot be supported by Council.
18. Council’s Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, consulted with Councillor Andrew Wines, Councillor for Enoggera Ward, and it was determined due to the current dog off leash area not being suitable for extension, it would be best to move the dog off-leash area to another location in Sedgley Park. Attachment B (submitted on file) shows the existing location and proposed new location of the dog off-leash area in Sedgley Park. Council is currently scoping the new location and once finalised, Councillor Wines will consult with the local community before a decision is made. Funding for this project has been obtained from Council’s 2020-21 capital works program.
19. In the meantime, Council will continue to monitor the dog off-leash area and undertake regular maintenance when required.
20. During upgrades and maintenance, park users are able to visit alternative dog off-leash areas in Bancroft Park, Kelvin Grove; Grange Forest Park, Grange; or Shand Street Park, Stafford.
Funding
21. Funding has been obtained through Council’s 2020-21 capital works program.
Consultation
22. Councillor Andrew Wines, Councillor for Enoggera Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.
23. The Executive Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed.
24. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA19/938561
Thank you for your petition requesting that Council extend the dog off-leash area in Sedgley Park, Alderley.
Council has completed an onsite investigation and considered your request.
Council recognises the benefits for dogs and their owners to have access to dog off-leash areas. Park open space is important to everyone in the community because it provides the opportunity for participation in recreation. Council strives to find a balance for ongoing enjoyment for all park users.
The existing dog off-leash area lies within an overland flow path and is heavily shaded by large pine trees. Over the past few years, the dog off-leash area has had numerous turf upgrades using different grass types with limited success and has suffered significant wear from use and current weather conditions. Most of the degradation is due to these conditions and high demand of the dog off-leash area and not its size, therefore extending the dog off-leash area is not the solution.
Council does not support the extension of the dog off-leash area in Sedgley Park. However, Council will continue to monitor the dog off-leash area and undertake regular maintenance when required.
Council’s Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, consulted with Councillor Andrew Wines, Councillor for Enoggera Ward, and it was determined due to the current dog off-leash area not being suitable for extension, it would be best to move the dog off-leash area to another location in Sedgley Park. Council is currently scoping the proposed new location and once finalised, Councillor Wines will consult with the local community before a decision is made.
During any maintenance, park users are encouraged to visit alternative dog off-leash areas in Bancroft Park, Kelvin Grove; Grange Forest Park, Grange; or Shand Street Park, Stafford.
The above information will be forwarded to the other petitioners via email.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Shane Klepper, Regional Coordinator Parks, West Region, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3407 0013.
Thank you for raising this matter.
ADOPTED
C PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL RELOCATE THE DOG OFF-LEASH AREA WITHIN BULIMBA RIVERSIDE PARK, 51 ADDISON AVENUE, BULIMBA, TO AN AREA NEARBY THAT DOES NOT CAUSE ANY NUISANCE TO SURROUNDING RESIDENTS
CA19/1211232
249/2020-21
25. A petition from residents, requesting Council relocate the dog off-leash area within Bulimba Riverside Park, 51 Addison Avenue, Bulimba, to an area nearby that does not cause any nuisance to surrounding residents, was received during the Summer Recess 2019-20.
26. The Executive Manager, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.
27. The petition contains 37 signatures.
28. The dog off-leash area in Bulimba Riverside Park is approximately 1,000 m² and due to its size and high usage, it is difficult to establish and maintain turf. Since construction, the area has been returfed in 2015 and again in 2018.
29. Upon investigation, Council has found there was no suitable alternative location within Bulimba Riverside Park. Other larger nearby parks, such as Bulimba Memorial Park, Bulimba, and Hawthorne Park, Hawthorne, were also investigated and deemed unsuitable because they have large leased facilities.
30. Council records indicate petitions were received in 2017 (CA17/1127534) and in 2018 (CA18/1093284) requesting Council expand the dog off-leash area within Bulimba Riverside Park. As a result of the petition received in 2018, Councillor Kara Cook, Councillor for Morningside Ward, undertook consultation with residents.
31. As a result of this consultation, possible options included:
- leaving the dog off-leash area at its current size
- expanding the dog off-leash area towards Love Street to include a small dog off-leash area
- expanding the dog off-leash area towards Love Street and the Brisbane River.
32. The majority of residents supported leaving the dog off-leash area at its current size.
33. Councillor Cook has had further discussions with officers from East Region, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, regarding possible solutions and alternative surface solutions to deal with turf maintenance and dust. A concept plan was provided showing the use of different surface treatments which will help address with the wearing of the turf.
34. Councillor Cook has discussed the concept plan with Council officers and have investigated alternate surface treatments in the dog off-leash area in Bulimba Riverside Park, as well as other methods to assist in lessening the noise and dust. This concept plan has now been approved and funding has been allocated from the Morningside Ward Suburban Enhancement Fund to undertake this project.
35. The concept plan proposed the following:
- concrete pathways to a centralised shelter
- removing two seating areas near the Addison Street frontage and have seating in the shelter
- installing a decomposed granite surface in a high traffic area adjacent to the shelter
- installation of mulch and sand areas for different sensory items for dogs and to address some areas where turf has been difficult to maintain.
36. Councillor Cook presented the concept plan to the local community to gauge further feedback. Further suggestions received included reducing the turfed areas further, planting a hedge outside the fence to try and suppress dust, moving the entry gates further from the residents and the installation of an irrigation system. These suggestions will be taken into consideration when a final proposal is presented to Councillor Cook. Councillor Cook intends to proceed with some elements of the concept plan with funding to be obtained from the Morningside Ward Suburban Enhancement Fund.
37. With regard to the issue of noise generated by users of the dog-off leash area it is difficult for Council to investigate complaints about animal noise from dog-off leash areas, as the noise can be potentially created by multiple dogs and officers are unable to gather sufficient evidence to take enforcement action against a single dog owner.
38. Should members of the public witness dog owners allowing their dogs to be off-leash outside of the dog off-leash area or left unattended within the dog off-leash area, they can report these incidents of uncontrolled dogs to Council’s 24-hour Contact Centre for an officer to investigate.
Funding
39. Funding can be obtained through the Morningside Ward Suburban Enhancement Fund.
Consultation
40. Councillor Kara Cook, Councillor for Morningside Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.
41. The Executive Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed.
42. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA19/1211232
Thank you for your petition requesting that Council relocate the dog off-leash area within Bulimba Riverside Park, 51 Addison Avenue, Bulimba, to an area nearby that does not cause any nuisance to surrounding residents.
Council has completed an onsite investigation and considered your request.
Council does not support the relocation of the dog off-leash area within Bulimba Riverside Park. Council’s investigation found there was no suitable alternative location within Bulimba Riverside Park. Other larger nearby parks, such as Bulimba Memorial Park, Bulimba, and Hawthorne Park, Hawthorne, were also investigated and deemed unsuitable because they have large leased facilities.
Councillor Kara Cook, Councillor for Morningside Ward, has discussed the concept plan with Council officers and investigated alternate surface treatments in the dog off-leash area in Bulimba Riverside Park, as well as other methods to assist in reducing noise and dust. This concept plan has now been approved and funding has been allocated from the Morningside Ward Suburban Enhancement Fund to undertake this project.
It is difficult for Council to investigate complaints about animal noise from dog-off leash areas, as the noise can be potentially created by multiple dogs and officers are unable to gather sufficient evidence to take enforcement action against a single dog owner.
Should members of the public witness dog owners allowing their dogs to be off-leash outside of the dog off-leash area or left unattended within the dog off-leash area, they are encouraged to report these incidents of uncontrolled dogs to Council’s 24 hour Contact Centre on (07) 3403 8888, and a Council Enforcement Officer, Compliance and Regulatory Services, will investigate.
Please let the other petitioners know of this information.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Brendon Whittaker, A/Regional Coordinator Parks, East Region, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3407 1477.
Thank you for raising this matter.
ADOPTED
D PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS AND AN ADDITIONAL TRACK AT THE BMX FACILITY LOCATED IN CHELMER RECREATION RESERVE, OXLEY ROAD, CHELMER
CA20/355872
250/2020-21
43. A petition from residents, requesting that Council provide improvements and an additional track at the BMX facility located in Chelmer Recreation Reserve, Oxley Road, Chelmer, was received during the Election Recess 2020.
44. The Executive Manager, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.
45. The petition contains 188 signatures.
46. Council records indicate that the Tennyson Ward Office received a request from a member of the public to undertake their own maintenance to the BMX facility. The request was received on 17 March 2020, and due to the biosecurity restrictions in the management of fire ants and workplace obligations in delivery of works, Council did not support the request.
47. The BMX facility is a mineral earth track located among a stand of trees at the boundary of Oxley Road. The BMX facility has limited timber jumps, but are mainly at ground level. Attachment B (submitted on file) shows the location of the BMX facility within Chelmer Recreation Reserve.
48. A Council officer met with the head petitioner on 15 June 2020 to discuss possible maintenance outcomes to the existing BMX facility.
49. Chelmer Recreation Reserve is predominantly a fully leased park, limiting the opportunity for expansion. However, there is an open area on the northern side of the existing facility that has potential for expansion. Due to the park being a contaminated landfill site, a meeting was held onsite on 17 June 2020 by officers from Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure (BI), and Council’s Senior Environment Officer, Contaminated Land Services, Planning and Design, City Projects Office, BI. It was determined that major filling and capping works would be required prior to any expansion of the BMX facility in the open area on the northern side of the existing facility. This would require significant expenditure to successfully undertake and complete these works and as such have been listed for consideration in Council’s future capital works program.
50. Each year in June, all such listed works are assessed in relation to the overall needs of the city. Those works that are approved are considered to have the highest priority in terms of public safety, convenience and the number of people directly benefited in relation to the cost.
51. Council is currently upgrading the existing BMX facility. These works commenced on 17 August 2020 and have been completed. Works undertaken included site leveling and shaping of the existing BMX facility and importing material to shape and form the track. It also included the addition of extra jumps to cater for all age groups. Due to the contaminated land considerations at this location, further excavation of the existing grades within the park is not supported due to the close proximity of waste to the park surface. The current works were delivered without penetrating into the existing park surface grades.
Funding
52. Funding will be obtained from Council’s future capital works program.
Consultation
53. Councillor Nicole Johnston, Councillor for Tennyson Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.
54. The Executive Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed.
55. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA20/355872
Thank you for your petition requesting that Council provide improvements and an additional track at the BMX facility located in Chelmer Recreation Reserve, Oxley Road, Chelmer.
Council has completed an onsite investigation and considered your request.
Council does not support the construction of a second BMX facility at Chelmer Recreation Reserve due to heritage obligations and established leased agreements within the reserve.
However, Council has listed for consideration, as part of Council’s future capital works program, the expansion of the BMX facility in the open area on the northern side of the existing facility.
Each year in June, all such listed works are assessed in relation to the overall needs of the city. Those works that are approved are considered to have the highest priority in terms of public safety, convenience and the number of people directly benefited in relation to the cost.
Council has completed upgrading the existing BMX facility. These upgrades of the BMX facility included leveling and shaping of the existing BMX facility with the addition of extra jumps on the southern side of the BMX facility to cater for all age groups.
The upgrade will improve the soil profile in the open area next to the existing BMX facility with 300 mm clay-based material, covered with 200 mm landfill capping material design.
The above information will be forwarded to the other petitioners via email.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Dayne Harkness, A/Regional Coordinator Parks, South Region, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3407 0639.
ADOPTED
E PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL INSTALL LIGHTING AND REFURBISH THE BASKETBALL FACILITY IN MILTON PARK, MILTON
CA20/635351
251/2020-21
56. A petition from residents, requesting that Council install lighting and refurbish the basketball facility in Milton Park, Milton, was received during the Winter Recess 2020.
57. The Executive Manager, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.
58. The petition contains 49 signatures.
59. Milton Park is located at the intersection of Milton Road and Eagle Terrace, Milton. Milton Park comprises a full-size netball court, a half-size basketball court, toilet facility, playground equipment and a fenced dog off-leash area. In addition, park shelters are located near all the existing park nodes. Attachment B (submitted on file) shows images of the basketball facility in Milton Park.
60. An enhanced safety lighting capital project for Milton Park received funding in the 2020-21 budget. The approved project includes the investigation, design and construction of safety lighting throughout Milton Park. The approved project does not include the installation of lighting for the basketball court. Currently, the basketball court is being used after-hours without lighting. The closest residential properties are located on Eagle Terrace, approximately 70 metres from the basketball court.
61. Councillor Peter Matic, Councillor for Paddington Ward, has allocated $50,000.00 from the Paddington Ward Suburban Enhancement Fund to provide lighting for the basketball court. This contribution from Councillor Matic is in addition to the funding already allocated in the 2020-21 budget for lighting improvements in Milton Park, and the two projects will be carried out concurrently.
62. Council undertook an onsite inspection of the basketball facility upon receipt of the petition and identified no maintenance was required. The basketball facility currently receives three operational and one comprehensive inspections each year. Any faults identified within these inspections will be addressed as part of the park’s maintenance budget.
Funding
63. Funding to be obtained from Council’s Parks Capital Budget - Enhancement and Safety Lighting (Schedule 263).
Consultation
64. Councillor Peter Matic, Councillor for Paddington Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.
Customer impact
65. The installation of lighting will support the existing usage of the basketball court within a controlled environment.
66. The Executive Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed.
67. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA20/635351
Thank you for your petition requesting that Council install lighting for the basketball court and refurbish the basketball facility in Milton Park, Milton.
Council has completed an onsite investigation and considered your request.
Council supports the installation of lighting for the basketball facility in Milton Park.
Councillor Peter Matic, Councillor for Paddington Ward, has contributed funding from the Paddington Ward Suburban Enhancement Fund, to provide lighting for the basketball court facility. This contribution from Councillor Matic, is in addition to the funding already allocated in the 2020-21 budget for lighting improvements in Milton Park, and the two projects will be carried out concurrently.
A recent inspection of the basketball facility was undertaken and it was determined no maintenance was required. The basketball court currently receives regular annual inspections and any maintenance works are programmed as required.
The above information will be forwarded to the other petitioners via email.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Warwick Davies, Regional Coordinator Parks, Central Region, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3403 4468.
Thank you for raising this matter.
ADOPTED
CITY STANDARDS, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE
Councillor Kim MARX, Chair of the City Standards, Community Health and Safety Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Sarah HUTTON, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 20 October 2020, be adopted.
Chair: Is there any debate?
Councillor MARX?
Councillor MARX: Yes, thank you, Mr Chair.
Just briefly there was a Committee presentation about a new piece of equipment that the Council officers have purchased which we are calling the Underbridge Unit. That name makes light of what it actually is, and I know Councillor TOOMEY is going to get up and potentially give the Council Chamber a bit of a lesson this, given that he has actually had a go in this piece of machinery.
I am now sure how he manages to beat me as a Deputy, all this good stuff but anyway, we will have a conversation with the officers about that later. There are also two petitions here, which I’m happy to leave to the Chamber for debate.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor CUMMING.
Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Mr Chair.
Chair: Is your card in?
Councillor CUMMING: Sorry?
Chair: Please proceed.
Seriatim - Clauses B, C and D
|Councillor Peter CUMMING requested that Clause B, REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL IMMEDATELY REMOVE SEAGRASS AND ALGAE FROM THE FORESHORES OF |
|WYNNUM, MANLY AND LOTA, Clause C, REQUESTING COUNCIL REINSTATE THE KERBSIDE COLLECTION SERVICE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF BRISBANE, and |
|Clause D, REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL INSTALL A FOOTPATH ALONG JESMOND ROAD, FIG TREE POCKET, be taken seriatim for voting purposes. |
Chair: And it will be so.
Councillor CUMMING, please continue.
Councillor CUMMING: I’m speaking in relation to item B, which is the petition requesting the Council immediately remove seagrass and algae from the foreshores of Wynnum Manly and Lota. Mr Chair, there is a problem along the Esplanade of Wynnum Manly. For large parts of the year, there’s a foul odour which emanates from dead, washed up seagrass and algae along the foreshore. The odour discourages people walking on the Esplanade walking path and this can discourage people from exercising. Obviously, it’s not good for them; not good for their heart, not for their—good for their musculoskeletal structure.
Even worse, the Esplanade in Wynnum Manly and Lota is home to plenty of fish and chip shops and other food and beverage outlets. On my count, there are four in Wynnum, five in Manly and two in Lota. Residents and visitors want to eat their food in pleasant surroundings, not suffer foul odours. The risk to the viability of these businesses is real. Council in the past has used suction equipment to remove dead, washed up seagrass and algae from problem areas such as the notorious junction of the seawall south of the Wynnum Jetty, so the technology is available, at reasonable cost.
In the junction of the jetty and the seawall, there’s an area in which large amounts of seagrass get washed up and it’s one of the smelliest places along the whole Esplanade. However, Council generally refused to clean up anything but the sandy beach areas along the five-kilometre Esplanades and these are only short spaces, probably 50 metres long of the longest one; there’s one at Manly called Eastwood Beach; there’s Pandanus Beach in Wynnum, and there’s the beach near the Breakwater Park at Wynnum Creek.
Whilst cleaning these areas is welcome, pardon the pun, it’s a drop in the ocean. It does not cover an area badly affected last summer, which is the area opposite Bandstand Park. In this area, a number of stormwater drains jut out into the bay. The rotten, smelly seagrass was thrown over and alongside the concrete encasing the drains. Council refused to take any action to remove the dead seagrass and the area smelt bad. In my view, the odour seems to be getting worse each year and Council needs to act by removing the dead seagrass as soon as it appears. It’s a seasonal problem which starts occurring late in the year, probably around November, normally.
Mr Chair, jurisdictional fights between different levels of government impress no-one. The Brisbane City Council needs to adopt the Nike motto and just do it. I oppose the petition response.
Chair: Further speakers? Anyone at all?
Councillor MACKAY.
Councillor MACKAY: Thanks, Chair. I rise to speak very quickly about the petition for the footpath on Jesmond Road, item D. Chair, Jesmond Road forms part of what I like to call the semi-rural part of Walter Taylor. It’s a beautiful part of the world down near Lone Pine. Lone Pine is in fact on Jesmond Road and much of Jesmond Road already has a footpath but, of course, in other parts of Jesmond Road, it is a great distance between some of the driveways and it has been difficult to justify putting footpaths there when other parts of Fig Tree Pocket are much more heavily trafficked.
The good news, Chair, is I remain committed to the fix a footpath blitz that I started earlier this year and as part of that, we have already filled in a missing link, just around the corner from Jesmond Road on the main walking path. We’re looking imminently to have more missing link installed between Gunnin Street and outside the Lone Pine Sanctuary.
Of course, for those people who know Fig Tree Pocket, you would know that Jesmond Road is on what we call the secret back entrance of Fig Tree Pocket State School. It’s a 20-metre section where the kids can come out and meet their parents for afternoon school pick-up or, of course, drop-off in the morning. That is a 60 km/h zone and we are trying to get it changed to be a school zone during obviously school hours. If we can do that, Chair, we will encourage more parents to use that as an alternative to the very busy Cubberla Street entry.
Of course, if we are going to attract people to use that entrance, we need to try and supply that infrastructure, so I am working closely with my Asset Services team to try and figure out how we can deliver this footpath. It is really terrific to have the local residents and people around that area get involved with this petition and it might seem strange that some of the signatories don’t actually live on Jesmond Road. But that’s not necessary to make this a valid petition, because these people live on streets off Jesmond Road and they need to safely traverse to those streets along Jesmond.
As I said earlier, it’s a great distance between the driveways; so, if you’re used to semi-rural areas, you would know that you can’t just walk straight up a road and into your house. These people walk up a road and then up another road and then into their house. So, I am committed to the continuation of footpaths in Fig Tree Pocket and I work very closely with the Mandalay Progress Association and then we try and survey local people to find out where the most important places are to put these footpaths and, Chair, I look forward to trying to deliver as many as we can. Thank you.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor STRUNK.
Councillor STRUNK: Yes, thank you, Chair. I rise to speak on Clause C, the reinstatement of the kerbside by 96 residents. I just want to—Mr Chair, I just want to at the outset say that this petition is just one of many that has been lodged over the last number of months by—on behalf of many thousands of residents, right across Brisbane. The 96 that lodged or signed this one of course is just another one and there will be more to come, I can assure you. The residents of Brisbane are not going to let this one go.
Interesting enough, the one that was presented here today is by Councillor MARX back in August, whose area responsibility is Chair of this area of kerbside collection. Mr Chair, the LORD MAYOR may not want to hear this but it’s time that he actually listened to the ratepayers of Brisbane. The 96 residents who signed this petition don’t want to hear that you can’t afford it or that you have other priorities, because their priorities are their priorities.
In some cases, the collection that happened in 2019-20 were not fulfilled for about 53 suburbs across Brisbane. Mr Chair, the yearly cost of a kerbside collection, working on the last budget allocation, works out at around about $270,000 per ward. In anyone’s terms, of course, that does add up to quite a lot of money and I wouldn’t deny that but in the scheme of things of the $3.2 billion budget, I would have thought that savings could be made elsewhere and that the—looking after the amenity of the city would be a reasonably high priority. Maybe not the highest priority but certainly a high priority.
Because illegal dumping is happening and the—and I’m sure these 96 petitioners probably realise that as well because they’re probably seeing some of that happen around the—their neck of the woods, where they’re living. So, I think it’s important that we—I know we come in here—well, my side comes in here and we talk about kerbside collection all the time but there is—it’s important.
I know it’s important because there are not too many times I’m out in the community that I don’t run across a few people that are wanting to talk about, when is it coming back? Because as for these 96 residents here, they’re—the impact on them is the same as the rest and that is that we accumulate these things, probably in our garages and sheds. We look forward to that once a year collection and when that doesn’t happen, especially with the 53 suburbs that weren’t able to have their collection done last year, and they paid their rates for that collection.
Let’s not forget this; they actually paid their rates and part of their rates was supposed to be for that collection. That’s what this Council contracted for, and to just withdraw it—and COVID-19—yes, I know, COVID-19 is something that we’re going to have to live with for a number of years, but I think when it comes to what these residents expect from a Council, they expect you to do what you say you’re going to do. These 96 residents, I’m sure they’re thinking—there’s a lot of them are probably thinking that way. So, with those comments, I’ll—
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor TOOMEY.
Councillor TOOMEY: Thank you, Chair. I rise to speak on item A, which was the Committee presentation
Chair: Councillor TOOMEY, I don’t think your microphone’s on, please say that again. It is on now, yes.
Councillor TOOMEY: Thank you, Chair. I rise to speak on item A, which of course in the report was Council’s new piece of kit, the Moog, which is a $1.2 million elevated work platform for inspecting bridges. I want to start off by saying and addressing Councillor MARX’s question; it was luck.
Councillor interjecting.
Councillor TOOMEY: The piece of equipment that I actually saw—I went out to actually inspect an expansion joint that was rather noisy so it was keeping a few residents up at night and of course, while I was there, the MOO—Moog—Moog rolled up.
To give you an idea of how impressive this piece of equipment is, it has a 17-metre reach, so effectively this can reach under three lanes of traffic and deploy from one single lane. It was very quickly set up and the technology that is involved in deploying and monitoring and using this piece of equipment, I would have to say was nothing short than impressive. From the cab, which is a basic Scania truck, the driver can see everything that’s happening in the bucket, which is below him, under the bridge. The operator in the bucket has full control of the truck above him, so effectively, he can drive the truck from the bucket below. It’s an amazing piece of equipment.
There’s obviously two-way communication; anybody working in the bucket has full three-phase power and can operate chainsaws, welders, gas cutters, that kind of thing, from underneath the bridge. But obviously, that’s not what I was there for, I was there for the expansion joint, but as a piece of equipment and talking to the officers around what they used to have and where they are now is chalk and cheese.
I’ve—being one of the first Councillors to actually see this piece of equipment being deployed and used once it arrived in the country is absolutely fascinating. I have to say, the redundancies around the safety for the officers and the person in the bucket is second to none. There are three levels of redundancy in place. It’s almost impossible to get stuck in the bucket, which I actually found rather impressive.
Obviously, all the monitoring is done by the workers in the bucket from the cab. You have—you also have some spotters, if they’re needed, and everything is relayed back to the cab with audio and video, so you have full safety mechanisms in place. I have to say that one of the outstanding pieces of information I learnt about this particular vehicle—particular Moog is that it can service underneath the Story Bridge, so it can get over the safety fence, whereas our previous piece of equipment could not.
So obviously, being a fan of the new piece of kit, I’ve put my hand up to go over the side of the Story Bridge and not being worried about heights, I’m hoping that one day I can achieve that goal. But I have to say, for the $1.2 million that Council has invested in this vehicle and the level of safety that it provides our officers and the time it saves them and the ability to actually keep a bridge open, do an inspection at the same time, because of the small footprint that the truck takes up, it is absolutely an outstanding piece of equipment and in my opinion, worth every dollar and I hope people in the Chamber support the item A. Thank you, Chair.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Seriatim - Clauses B and C
|Councillor Nicole JOHNSTON requested that Clause B, REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL IMMEDATELY REMOVE SEAGRASS AND ALGAE FROM THE FORESHORES OF|
|WYNNUM, MANLY AND LOTA, and Clause C, REQUESTING COUNCIL REINSTATE THE KERBSIDE COLLECTION SERVICE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF BRISBANE, be |
|taken seriatim for voting purposes. |
Seriatim - Clause D
|Councillor Nicole JOHNSTON requested that Clause D, REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL INSTALL A FOOTPATH ALONG JESMOND ROAD, FIG TREE POCKET, be |
|taken seriatim for voting purposes. |
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, please and just briefly on item C, the reinstatement of kerbside collection services; I strongly support the reinstatement of kerbside collection services. It was incredibly disappointing that the LORD MAYOR made this unilateral decision to cancel our annual kerbside collection that so many residents in Brisbane rely on. Many suburbs in my area missed out earlier this year, including down the Oxley Road corridor, and will miss out for three years.
The LORD MAYOR can find millions of dollars for prize fights, for advertising, for pretty much anything he wants to come up with, including today’s announcement. Yet one of our core responsibilities is to assist residents with waste and rubbish collection in the City and he’s absolutely failing to do that. I think it is an absolute mistake and we should be reinstating kerbside collection services on an annual basis immediately and I urge all Councillors in the LNP to recognise that our fundamental role is to provide these basic services to residents. Not advertising on Facebook, not selling the budget, not television ads, it’s to pick up the rubbish.
We shouldn’t be arguing over $6 million a year; it’s just not—it’s not right. So, I certainly support the reinstatement of kerbside collection services, as soon as possible.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor MARX.
Councillor MARX: Yes, thank you, Mr Chair. I’m happy to rise into the debate on these items as has been discussed. Firstly, congratulations to Council MACKAY for your Fix a Footpath Blitz. I’m keen to see—I get the month’s reports of all the footpaths that have been installed across the city and suburbs and I’m keen to see your—photos of your footpaths coming through.
The other—Councillor STRUNK, through you, Mr Chair, had two questions—well, one was a statement and one was a question. He said Council—that people expect us to do what we said we will do. That’s exactly what we are doing, which we said was we were going to postpone the kerbside collection, which we have done and when is it coming back? It’s coming back in July 2022. That’s exactly what the LORD MAYOR has said and that’s what the answer will continue to be, I’m afraid. Doesn’t matter how many times you ask the same question, the answer will generally always remain the same, it doesn’t matter who you asked.
Councillor CUMMING mentioned about the Wynnum Manly foreshore area. I know he’s got the response there in his paperwork about how this has all been playing out across Council and State but I’m going to read some of that information out so it’s in the Minutes and then the residents of Wynnum Manly will know what the situation is.
So, Council has a longstanding maintenance program for this foreshore area that includes regular cleaning and maintenance, limited to the small areas clearly defined by the current Marine Park Permit issued to Council by the Queensland Government. We have a specialised schedule to respond to the seasonal seagrass and algae and that includes higher frequency inspections and beach cleaning activities.
However, State legislation stipulates strict limitations on Council activities in the foreshore area due to the ecological significance of the marine and coastal environment of Moreton Bay. So, on 7 February 2020, Council wrote to the Honourable Leanne Enoch MP, Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and the Minister for Arts, requesting that the Queensland Government immediately commence appropriate maintenance within their area of responsibility to help solve this issue.
A response was received from the Minister on 6 April 2020 with an option being that the Queensland Government could consider the offer to extend the area which Council is permitted to maintain. So, in reply to this, further correspondence went from the LORD MAYOR back to Minister Enoch on 10 June 2020 that the Council’s position remains, the maintenance activity outside the Marine Park Permit remains best placed to be managed by the State Government.
So, in essence, what’s happened is, we’ve told the State Government—reminded the State Government, let’s use that language, reminded the State Government that the area that they’re requesting that we clean-up is within their purview and under their jurisdiction. The letter that’s come back again from the Minister is basically reiterating that Council is only prepared to consider the offer taking on longstanding Queensland Government responsibility if it provides the necessary funding.
Again, the LORD MAYOR has written to Minister Enoch, ‘thank you for your correspondence 22 September 2020. I’m disappointed that you have again given no indication that the State Government is prepared to address algal blooms and associated odour issues in this area for which it is responsible. As you have stated, from the Minister, Council only has an existing approval from your Department to maintain a very small portion of the foreshore in separated but highly frequented locations’.
‘The remainder of the foreshore, which is below the high-water mark where the algae bloom rests is the responsibility of the State Government as part of the Moreton Bay Marine Park. This area comprising most of the extent has always been a State Government responsibility to maintain. We will continue to address the issues in the areas that we are responsible for and permitted to maintain’.
‘I reiterate my previous advice that Council is only prepared to consider your offer to extend the area’—so what they’re saying is the State Government is happy to give us over this huge area for us to maintain but here’s the kicker; no funding. So basically, again, the State Government wants us to take on more of their responsibility and have the ratepayers pay for it. My question through you, Mr Chair, to the Minister is, when is the State Government going to step up and do what they’re paid to do by the taxpayers? Thank you.
Chair: I will now put the resolution
All those in favour of item A.
Clause A put
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clause A of the report of the City Standards, Community Health and Safety Committee was declared carried on the voices.
Chair: On item B and C together, B and C together.
Clauses B and C put
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clauses B and C of the report of the City Standards, Community Health and Safety Committee was declared carried on the voices.
Thereupon, Peter CUMMING and Councillor Kara COOK immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried.
The voting was as follows:
AYES: 18 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, and Councillors Greg ADERMANN, Adam ALLAN, Lisa ATWOOD, Fiona CUNNINGHAM, Tracy DAVIS, Fiona HAMMOND, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Sarah HUTTON, James MACKAY, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Steven TOOMEY and Andrew WINES.
NOES: 6 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Jared CASSIDY, and Councillors Kara COOK, Peter CUMMING, Steve GRIFFITHS, Charles STRUNK and Nicole JOHNSTON.
ABSTENTIONS: 1 - Jonathan SRI.
Chair: On item D.
Clause D put
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of Clause D of the report of the City Standards, Community Health and Safety Committee was declared carried on the voices.
Thereupon, Jared CASSIDY and Councillor Kara COOK immediately rose and called for a division, which resulted in the motion being declared carried.
The voting was as follows:
AYES: 18 - The Right Honourable, the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER, DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, and Councillors Greg ADERMANN, Adam ALLAN, Lisa ATWOOD, Fiona CUNNINGHAM, Tracy DAVIS, Fiona HAMMOND, Vicki HOWARD, Steven HUANG, Sarah HUTTON, James MACKAY, Kim MARX, Peter MATIC, David McLACHLAN, Ryan MURPHY, Steven TOOMEY and Andrew WINES.
NOES: 5 - The Leader of the OPPOSITION, Councillor Jared CASSIDY, and Councillors Kara COOK, Peter CUMMING, Steve GRIFFITHS, Charles STRUNK.
ABSTENTIONS: 2 - Jonathan SRI and Nicole JOHNSTON.
The report read as follows(
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – MAINTAINING BRIDGES WITH COUNCIL’S NEW UNDERBRIDGE UNIT
252/2020-21
1. The Manager, Construction, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, attended the meeting to provide an update on maintaining bridges with Council’s underbridge unit (the unit). He provided the information below.
2. Council’s Structures team looks after more than 4,000 structures across Brisbane. Images of various bridges maintained by the team, were shown to the Committee.
3. Images were shown to the Committee of the following access systems commonly used to conduct level two inspections and minor maintenance.
- Crawler MOOG – a moving scaffold designed for use on narrow bridges. This can be operated without the need for a road closure.
- Underbridge unit – used for more intricate areas that can be difficult to access and used on larger structures like the Story Bridge.
- Boat – used when inspections need to be undertaken on the water.
- Scissor lifts – used when a larger space is required and operators only need to travel up and down.
- Spider lift – light weight and provides a large range of overhead access on narrow structures.
4. Images of the preceding inspection unit were shown to the Committee. The preceding unit was purchased in 2008 for approximately $800,000. It had a total reach of just under 12 m and had a total height clearance of 3.5 m. The preceding unit was used for inspections on larger bridges such as the Story Bridge, prior to the anti-climb barriers being installed.
5. Before the preceding unit was sold in 2018, Council considered options to rebuild the unit or to hire an inspection unit on an as-needed basis before deciding that purchasing a new unit would provide the best value for money with consideration given to whole-of-life cost and the ability to meet access requirements.
6. Images of the new underbridge unit, a MOOG MBL 1600, were shown to the Committee. It was purchased in late 2018 for $1.19 million and arrived in March 2019.
7. Images of the unit’s interior and exterior, and team training sessions, were shown to the Committee.
8. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chair thanked the Manager for his informative presentation.
9. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT.
ADOPTED
B PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL IMMEDATELY REMOVE SEAGRASS AND ALGAE FROM THE FORESHORES OF WYNNUM, MANLY AND LOTA
CA20/298307
253/2020-21
10. A petition from residents requesting Council immediately remove seagrass and algae from the foreshores of Wynnum, Manly and Lota, was received during the Election Recess 2020.
11. The petition contains 358 signatures.
12. The A/Executive Manager, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.
13. Algae blooms and associated odour issues are a natural occurrence, which typically occur in this area between November and April each year, although it can happen at any time.
14. Council has a long-standing maintenance program for the Wynnum Manly foreshore area that includes regular cleaning and maintenance activities limited to small areas clearly defined by the current Marine Park Permit issued to Council by the Queensland Government. As part of this program, Council has a specialised schedule to respond to seasonal seagrass and algae issues in the summer months, including higher frequency inspections and beach cleaning activities.
15. However, State legislation stipulates strict limitations on Council activities in the foreshore area due to the ecological significance of the marine and coastal environment of Moreton Bay.
16. On 7 February 2020, Council wrote to the Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP, Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts, requesting that the Queensland Government immediately commence appropriate maintenance within their area of responsibility to help resolve this issue.
17. A response was received from Minister Leeanne Enoch MP on 6 April 2020, with an option being that the Queensland Government could consider the offer to extend the areas which Council is permitted to maintain.
18. In reply, further correspondence was sent by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Adrian Schrinner, to Minister Leeanne Enoch MP on 10 June 2020 and Council’s position remains that maintenance activities outside the Marine Park Permit remain best placed to be managed by the State Government, especially when the relevant area is within the Moreton Bay Marine Park, which is also of Ramsar significance. The Lord Mayor advised that Council would be prepared to consider the offer for expanded permitted maintenance zones, but only if the Queensland Government provided the necessary funding. Council therefore does not consider it reasonable for the Queensland Government to pass on this State responsibility to Council without providing all necessary funding.
19. The Lord Mayor received a letter from Minister Leeanne Enoch MP on 22 September 2020 offering to extend the areas which Council is permitted to maintain. The Lord Mayor replied on 24 September 2020 reiterating that Council is only prepared to consider the offer of taking on a longstanding Queensland Government responsibility if it is provided with all necessary funding.
20. While Council is doing everything possible to clean up the foreshore in areas Council is permitted to work, approximately 80% of the foreshore lies within the area of responsibility of the Queensland Government. The majority of the algae and seagrass causing these odour issues exists within this area.
21. Council remains committed to undertaking all appropriate works within its area of responsibility and has asked that the Queensland Government responds to the issue along the foreshore within their area of responsibility also. Council inspected the area on 22 June 2020 and there was only minor deposits of seagrass and no odour was present.
Consultation
22. Councillor Peter Cumming, Councillor for Wynnum Manly Ward, was consulted and is not in agreement with recommendation.
23. The A/Executive Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillors Nicole Johnston and Peter Cumming dissenting.
24. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA20/298307
Thank you for your petition requesting that Council immediately remove seagrass and algae from the foreshores in Wynnum, Manly and Lota.
Algae blooms and associated odour issues are a natural occurrence, which typically occur in this area between November and April each year, although it can happen at any time.
Council has a long-standing maintenance program for the Wynnum Manly foreshore area that includes regular cleaning and maintenance activities limited to small areas beneath the high-water mark clearly defined by the current Marine Park Permit issued to Council by the Queensland Government. As part of this program, Council has a specialised schedule to respond to seasonal seagrass and algae issues in the summer months, including higher frequency inspections and beach cleaning activities.
However, Queensland Government legislation stipulates strict limitations on Council activities in the foreshore area due to the ecological significance of the marine and coastal environment of Moreton Bay, with the relevant area being within the Moreton Bay Marine Park which is also of Ramsar significance.
On 7 February, 10 June and 24 September 2020, Council wrote to the Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP, Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts, requesting that the Queensland Government immediately commence appropriate maintenance within their area of responsibility to help resolve this issue.
While Council does everything possible to clean up the foreshore in areas where Council is permitted to work in, approximately 80% of the foreshore lies within the area of responsibility of the Queensland Government. The majority of the algae and seagrass causing these odour issues existed within this area.
Council remains committed to undertaking all appropriate works within our area of responsibility and has asked that the Queensland Government responds to the issue along the foreshore within their area of responsibility also. In its correspondence to Minister Leeanne Enoch MP, Council also said it would consider the Queensland Government’s offer to extend the areas which Council was permitted to maintain if the Queensland Government was prepared to provide funding to offset the costs associated with such work. Council inspected the area on 22 June 2020 and there was only minor deposits of seagrass and no odour was present.
Please advise the other petitioners of this information.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Noel Lawrence, Regional Coordinator Civil Engineering, East Region, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3407 1477.
Thank you for raising this matter.
ADOPTED
c PETITION – REQUESTING COUNCIL REINSTATE THE KERBSIDE COLLECTION SERVICE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF BRISBANE
CA20/911838
254/2020-21
25. A petition from residents requesting Council reinstate the kerbside large item collection service for all residents of Brisbane, was presented to the meeting of Council held on 25 August 2020, by Councillor Kim Marx, and was received.
26. The petition contains 96 signatures.
27. The A/Executive Manager, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.
28. Council’s kerbside collection program (the program) has been offered as an annual program to all Brisbane residents since 2011. Prior to this, the service was run less formally, either yearly or bi-annually, as a large items, hard waste or green waste collection service.
29. The program allows residents to place hard waste on their kerb during a designated week in the year. Kerbside collection contractors then collect and remove the presented items.
30. The program was initially introduced to assist those not able to transport their large items to one of Council’s resource recovery centres. However, the program also encourages residents to consider if the items they are placing out on the kerb could be recycled or donated to local charities.
31. As a result of the severe economic impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it was recently announced by the Lord Mayor that the program would be postponed until July 2022. Savings made from the postponement of the program will be diverted into urgent economic recovery initiatives that will help those most in need.
32. However, in recognition that Brisbane households still need to be able to dispose of household waste in a way that is both responsible and affordable, the Lord Mayor also announced that all Brisbane households, including tenants in rental properties, would receive waste vouchers. These vouchers will allow residents to dispose of their household waste at one of Council’s resource recovery centres and will help to meet the increased large items disposal needs during the postponement.
33. The Good Neighbour Clean-up Scheme is also available to help Brisbane’s most vulnerable and elderly residents remove unwanted goods from their homes. The scheme connects eligible residents with a free large item waste transport service that will collect items from the resident’s kerbside at a scheduled time.
Consultation
34. Councillor Kim Marx, Chair of the City Standards, Community Health and Safety Committee, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.
Customer Impact
35. The response will address the petitioners’ concerns.
36. The A/Executive Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillors Nicole Johnston and Peter Cumming dissenting.
37. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS SUBMISSION BE NOTED AND THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA20/911838
Thank you for your petition requesting Council reinstate the kerbside collection program (the program) to all Brisbane residents.
Council acknowledges your concerns and understands your disappointment regarding the temporary postponement of the program.
Due to the severe economic impacts on our city caused by COVID-19, the very difficult decision to postpone the program until July 2022 was made as part of Council’s recent budget process. It is important to note that savings made from postponing the program are vital and will be put into urgent economic recovery initiatives that will help those most in need.
However, Council also recognises many households will still need to be able to dispose of household waste in a way that is both responsible and affordable. As such, it was recently announced that all Brisbane households, including tenants in rental properties, will receive waste vouchers to meet this need. These waste vouchers were provided to all households by 31 July 2020.
While the program remains postponed, residents are encouraged to look for alternative resource recovery options for their large household items. Items can still be taken to your local resource recovery centre for disposal and, if the items are in good condition, they can be donated for free to be resold at Council’s tip shops. Many Brisbane charities also offer a pick-up service for quality pre-loved furniture and there are local businesses who offer rubbish removal services for a small fee.
In addition to the above, Council recently introduced the Good Neighbour Clean-up Scheme for eligible residents. This scheme supports Brisbane’s most vulnerable and elderly residents to remove unwanted goods from their homes and connects these residents with a free large item waste transport service that collects items from the resident’s kerbside at a scheduled time. Residents who are eligible for this program can call Council’s 24-hour Contact Centre on (07) 3403 8888 to provide their details and arrange a collection request.
As outlined above, it has been determined that the program will be postponed until July 2022. However, the recently announced waste vouchers and Good Neighbour Clean-up Scheme will assist in meeting the large items disposal needs for Brisbane residents while the program remains postponed.
Please let the other petitioners know of this information.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Ms Caitlin Norrie, A/Collections Contract Manager, Collections, Waste and Resource Recovery Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3178 0703.
ADOPTED
d PETITION – REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL INSTALL A FOOTPATH along JESMOND ROAD, FIG TREE POCKET
CA20/965728
255/2020-21
38. A petition from residents requesting that Council install a footpath along Jesmond Road, Fig Tree Pocket, was received during the Spring Recess 2020.
39. The petition contains 20 signatures.
40. The A/Executive Manager, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, provided the following information.
41. In the 2020-21 financial year, $14.68 million has been distributed evenly between each ward to build new footpaths and make local park improvements. The petitioners may be interested to know the local Councillor plays a role in determining which new footpath projects are funded from their Suburban Enhancement Fund, following consultation with adjacent property owners.
42. The request for a new footpath along Jesmond Road has been referred to Councillor James Mackay, Councillor for Walter Taylor Ward, for consideration as part of the Walter Taylor Ward Suburban Enhancement Fund. Estimates are currently being investigated by Council officers from West Region, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, to present to Councillor Mackay for his consideration.
Funding
43. Funding can be obtained from the Walter Taylor Ward Suburban Enhancement Fund.
Consultation
44. Councillor James Mackay, Councillor for Walter Taylor Ward, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.
45. The A/Executive Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillor Peter Cumming abstaining.
46. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE HEAD PETITIONER.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA20/965728
Thank you for your petition requesting Council install a footpath along Jesmond Road, Fig Tree Pocket.
Council has completed an onsite investigation and considered your request.
In the 2020-21 financial year, $14.68 million has been distributed evenly between each ward to build new footpaths and make local park improvements. You may be interested to know the local Councillor plays a role in determining which new footpath projects are funded from their Suburban Enhancement Fund, following consultation with adjacent property owners.
Your request for a new footpath along Jesmond Road has been referred to Councillor James Mackay, Councillor for Walter Taylor Ward, for consideration as part of the Walter Taylor Ward Suburban Enhancement Fund. Estimates are currently being investigated by Council officers from West Region, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, to present to Councillor Mackay for his consideration.
If you would like to discuss your request directly with Councillor Mackay, please contact his ward office on (07) 3407 0005.
Please let the other petitioners know of this information.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Mr Petar Lazarevic, Regional Coordinator Civil Engineering, West Region, Asset Services, Field Services, Brisbane Infrastructure, on (07) 3407 0013.
Thank you for raising this matter.
ADOPTED
COMMUNITY, ARTS AND NIGHTTIME ECONOMY COMMITTEE
Councillor Vicki HOWARD, Chair of the Community, Arts and Nighttime Economy Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Sarah HUTTON, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 20 October 2020, be adopted.
Chair: Is there any debate?
Councillor HOWARD?
Councillor HOWARD: Thank you, Mr Chair. Last week, we had the opportunity attend a tour of the Museum of Brisbane with Renai Grace, the Director of the Museum and may I say through you, Mr Chair, that we missed Councillor COOK, who was of course attending the LGAQ Conference. But I understand at previous tours, Councillor COOK has helped the economy of the Museum of Brisbane quite substantially.
So, I would encourage you, Councillor COOK, to return at some time to do that because there are some fantastic things to be purchased at the Museum of Brisbane and can I encourage all of our colleagues in the Chamber to do so. Just to whet your appetite, I will give you a little bit of an idea of what we found on the tour.
We were able to walk through The Storytellers exhibition, which features stories by Victoria Carless, Simon Cleary, Matthew Condon, Trent Dalton, Nick Earls, Benjamin Law, Hugh Lunn, Kate Morton and Ellen van Neerven. The Storytellers creates an immersive and interactive experience combining historical objects, artworks and written and narrated histories to share Brisbane’s many identities.
We also saw the Bauhaus Now exhibition, which is on display until April next year. Bauhaus Now brings to life the little-known story of how revolutionary ideas of the Weimar Republic in German influenced modernist art, design and architecture in Brisbane and Australia. The exhibition reveals the migrant and refugee contribution to Australian life and art history in the inter-war period and post-Second World War years. Bauhaus Now features original artworks from this period, plus a series of vivid contemporary recreations that demonstrate both the impact of this movement in Brisbane and Australian art history.
We also saw the Man & Wah CELESTON 2 exhibition that is on display until 31 January 2021. CELESTON 2 extends video work Man & Wah developed during Museum of Brisbane Artists @ Home Residency Program and its curated amalgamation of audio, video and photographic material, centred on the cosmic and botanical worlds, drawn from the artists’ extensive catalogue created over the past seven years.
Renai also talked about Museum of Brisbane’s current artist in residence, Tori-Jay, who will be at the Museum until 6 December this year. Drawing on both her Torres Strait Islander and English heritage, Tori-Jay’s contemporary illustrations explore themes of family and self-identity through detailed and immersive portraiture. Tori-Jay is working on a large-scale live mural in the Adelaide Street Pavilion and welcomes visitor participation through a digital drawing activity.
So, thank you to Renai and the rest of the Museum of Brisbane team for all the wonderful work that they do and I encourage everyone to take up the opportunity to experience these wonderful exhibitions while they’re on display and Mr Chair, I commend the report to the Chamber.
Chair: Further speakers? I see no further speakers.
Councillor HOWARD?
I now put the resolution.
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the report of the Community, Arts and Nighttime Economy Committee was declared carried on the voices.
The report read as follows(
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION – MUSEUM OF BRISBANE TOUR
256/2020-21
1. The Director, Museum of Brisbane, led a tour of the Museum of Brisbane (MoB). She provided the information below.
2. The Storytellers is an exhibition that is available from 17 July 2020 to 25 April 2022. This exhibition features stories by Victoria Carless, Simon Cleary, Matthew Condon, Trent Dalton, Nick Earls, Benjamin Law, Hugh Lunn, Kate Morton and Ellen van Neerven. The Storytellers creates an immersive and interactive experience combining historical objects, artworks and written and narrated histories to share Brisbane’s many identities. Over the decades, Brisbane has played host to conflict, celebration, scandal, disaster, ceremony and transformative moments. Through fact and fiction, The Storytellers reveals the layers of Brisbane’s history, providing different perspectives and a deeper human interpretation of our city.
3. Bauhaus Now is an exhibition that is available from 18 September 2020 to 18 April 2021. Bauhaus Now brings to life the little-known story of how revolutionary ideas of the Weimar Republic in Germany influenced modernist art, design and architecture in Brisbane and Australia. The exhibition reveals the migrant and refugee contribution to Australian life and art history in the inter-war period and post-Second World War years. Bauhaus Now features original artworks from this period, plus a series of vivid contemporary recreations that demonstrate both the impact of this movement in Brisbane and Australian art history. The exhibition will also show how the legacy of these powerful ideas is being re-interpreted today.
4. Man & Wah: CELESTON 2 is an exhibition that is available from 9 September 2020 to 31 January 2021. Man & Wah’s creative practice is an attempt to inspire reconnection with the dimensions of nature and the cosmos, elements that greatly influence their creative work and lives. Their artworks are an invitation to slow down and reflect on the interconnectedness between humans and the universe in its micro and macro states. CELESTON 2 extends video work Man & Wah developed during Museum of Brisbane’s Artists @ Home residency program. It is a curated amalgamation of audio, video and photographic material centred on the cosmic and botanical worlds, drawn from the artists’ extensive catalogue created over the past seven years.
5. Tori-Jay Mordey has joined the Museum of Brisbane as an Artist-in-Residence from 18 September to 6 December 2020. Drawing on both her Torres Strait Islander and English heritage, Tori-Jay’s contemporary illustrations explore themes of family and self-identity through detailed and immersive portraiture. Tori-Jay is working on a large-scale live mural in the Adelaide Street Pavilion and welcomes visitor participation through a digital drawing activity.
6. The Chair thanked the Director for her informative update.
7. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT.
ADOPTED
FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
Councillor Adam ALLAN, Chair of the Finance, Administration and Small Business Committee, moved, seconded by Councillor Sarah HUTTON, that the report of the meeting of that Committee held on 20 October 2020, be adopted.
Chair: Is there any debate?
Councillor ALLAN?
Councillor ALLAN: Thank you, Mr Chair. Before moving to the report, I did want to touch on something, a point that Councillor CASSIDY made a bit earlier and in particular, about what Council was doing to support the economic recovery of the City and keeping the Chamber updated with what was happening. We have a website, an economic recovery website that’s accessible via the Brisbane City Council website.
It gives a very thorough and substantial overview of the various initiatives that we’ve completed; those that are happening now and those that are in progress and a significant amount of supporting information that really depicts the amount of activity that Council is undertaking to support the economic recovery of the City. So, what I would suggest to Councillor CASSIDY is to have a close look at that page.
From time to time, we will bring items to the Chamber here for discussion, as Councillor ADAMS did today with the Brisbane Business Hub. I think that in the context of this Administration, we are focused on getting on with things and delivering, rather than talking about these things.
Turning to the report, there was a Committee presentation which covered a regular presentation that we received that looked at the global economy, the domestic economy and then ultimately, the State outlook. It also covered a number of the COVID-19 related initiatives that the Federal and State Government have instituted in recent months and certainly, the outlook is still uncertain but there are some rays of hope.
The interest rate outlook remains subdued, so I guess if you’re a home buyer, that’s a good thing but if you’re a self-funded retiree, perhaps less so. But certainly, the outlook at the moment is still a bit uncertain but there are some green shoots on the horizon, I suspect. There was also a report there, once again on cash investments and funding and a second report, the Bank and Investment Report for August 2020.
In addition to that, there were three petitions which primarily related to the opening prayer and the Welcome to Country that we have at the commencement of Council meetings and I’ll leave further debate to the Chamber.
Chair: Further speakers? Any further—
Councillor SRI.
Councillor SRI: Thanks, Chair. I might just reset this clock. Thanks, Chair. Just really briefly on the petitions, I—probably won’t surprise anyone to learn that I don’t think it’s necessary to force Councillors to sit through a prayer at the start of Council meetings and I think it would be preferable if Councillors were free to pray in their time. I obviously have no objection to Councillors praying before a meeting, but I don’t think it needs to be a formal part of the meeting that everyone is forced to participate in, regardless of whether they practice a given religion or not.
I actually think the majority of Brisbane residents are probably inclined towards that view, as well. I’m sure it will come up again and again over the years as a matter of public debate and I expect it’s a matter of time and a question of when, rather than if, we re-think that opening prayer. But I would just ask that the LORD MAYOR and all Councillors in this Chamber seriously consider how necessary it is to make that prayer mandatory and force everyone to participate in it, as opposed to making it something that happens before the meeting.
There’s—I think it would be preferable if Councillors who wanted to pray simply gathered together before the meeting and did so, rather than all of us being obliged to participate. I just—as a straightforward request, I’d ask that the LORD MAYOR consider that and perhaps the Chair can also give that some reflection. It’s probably not too much to ask. I’m always on time for these meetings but I’d rather spend that time working than praying. Thank you.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor interjecting.
Councillor JOHNSTON: That was just not necessary, that comment. I just rise just to speak briefly on the petitions. I have a slightly different approach to Councillor SRI. I think there’s some tradition here. I appreciate not everybody wants to do a prayer and certainly, I respect his position on this. My position is that we should be doing the Welcome to Country first. I do believe—it was unfortunate that Councillor OWEN objected very significantly, I think and then was very unwilling to really do it.
I think that we should be acknowledging the traditional owners of the land first and then a very non-denominational prayer to give us wisdom and guidance I think is appropriate. I would like Council to consider swapping the order and I believe that would be a better way to do it.
Chair: Further speakers?
There being no further speakers, Councillor ALLAN?
I will now put the resolution.
Upon being submitted to the Chamber, the motion for the adoption of the Finance, Administration and Small Business Committee was declared carried on the voices.
The report read as follows(
A COMMITTEE PRESENTATION AND REPORT – NET BORROWINGS – CASH INVESTMENTS AND FUNDING FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2020 QUARTER
109/800/148/25
257/2020-21
1. The Corporate Treasurer, Financial Analysis and Treasury Management, Corporate Finance, Organisational Services, attended the meeting to present a report to the Committee on Council’s net borrowings for the September 2020 quarter. The report details the corporate cash holdings invested and the status of Council’s funding activities.
2. The report provided a market and economic review, and a summary of the following issues in relation to Council’s investments:
- cash position
- review of cash activity
- earnings on investments
- funding capability
- borrowings
- facility performance
- leases.
3. Following a number of questions from the Committee, the Chair thanked the Corporate Treasurer for her informative presentation.
4. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT COUNCIL NOTE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE REPORT.
ADOPTED
B COMMITTEE REPORT – BANK AND INVESTMENT REPORT – AUGUST 2020
134/695/317/1028
258/2020-21
5. The Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Finance, Organisational Services, provided a monthly summary of Council’s petty cash, bank account and cash investment position as at 28 August 2020.
6. In the August period, total Council funds held by banks and investment institutions (per general ledger) including Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), increased by $106.3 million to $276.8 million excluding trusts (Ref: 1.5 in the Bank and Investment Report, submitted on file). The net increase is predominantly due to residential rates and the quarterly Financial Assistance Grant received.
7. Council held a cash deposit of CHF 93,928.80 valued at AUD 142,079.56 as at 28 August 2020 calculated at the spot rate of 0.6611 as published by Reserve Bank of Australia (Ref: 1.2 in the Bank and Investment Report, submitted on file).
8. Council funds (including QIC investment) in Australian dollars as at 28 August 2020 held by bank and investment institutions (per statements) totalled $279.6 million (Ref: 2.4 and 3.1 in the Bank and Investment Report, submitted on file). The investment variance relates to timing differences between transactions recorded in the general ledger and those reflected in the bank statements.
9. The majority of unreconciled bank receipts at the end of the period have since been reconciled.
10. All relevant general ledger accounts were reconciled and analysed. The Bank and Investment Report sets out Council’s August cash position, as summarised above.
11. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE REPORT, as submitted on file, BE NOTED.
ADOPTED
C PETITION – REQUESTING THAT THE OPENING PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING OF COUNCIL MEETINGS BE CONTINUED
CA20/938786
259/2020-21
12. A petition from residents requesting that the opening prayer at the beginning of Council meetings be continued, was presented to the meeting of Council held on 1 September 2020, by Councillor Adam Allan, and received.
13. The Divisional Manager, City Administration and Governance, provided the following information.
14. The petition contains 341 signatures.
15. The petitioners suggest that the opening prayer of Brisbane City Council meetings represents an integral part of the foundational culture and heritage of Brisbane and the way it is governed by Councillors who strive and care for the welfare of the many and diverse citizens of Brisbane.
16. The reading of a prayer is a Westminster tradition which commenced in the United Kingdom in 1558 which was common practice by 1567.
17. In the Australian Federal Parliament, a prayer has been read at the beginning of meetings of the House of Representatives and the Senate since 1901.
18. The Queensland Parliament commenced reading a prayer to open proceedings of meetings in 1860 and has continued to this day.
19. The first minuted mention of a Council meeting being opened with a prayer was in 1960. On 21 February 2017, an acknowledgement of the Traditional Owners of the land was included in the opening of Council meetings following the prayer.
20. As the reading of a prayer is a long-standing tradition in all levels of government in Australia, this practice will continue to be followed during Council meetings.
Consultation
21. Councillor Andrew Wines, Chair of Council, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.
Customer impact
22. The response will address the petitioners’ concerns.
23. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillor Jonathan Sri dissenting.
24. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS SUBMISSION BE NOTED AND THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE PETITIONERS.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA20/938786
Thank you for your petition requesting that the opening prayer at the beginning of Council meetings be continued.
The reading of a prayer is a Westminster tradition which commenced in the United Kingdom in 1558 which was common practice by 1567.
In the Australian Federal Parliament, a prayer has been read at the beginning of meetings of the House of Representatives and the Senate since 1901.
The Queensland Parliament commenced reading a prayer to open proceedings of meetings in 1860 and has continued to this day.
The first minuted mention of a Council meeting being opened with a prayer was in 1960. On 21 February 2017, an acknowledgement of the traditional owners of the land was included in the opening of Council meetings following the prayer.
As the reading of a prayer is a long-standing tradition in all levels of government in Australia, this practice will continue to be followed during Council meetings.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Ms Jade Stopar, A/Principal Council and Committee Officer, Council and Committee Liaison Office, City Administration and Governance, on (07) 3178 1000.
Thank you for raising this matter.
ADOPTED
D PETITION – REQUESTING REMOVAL OF THE OPENING PRAYER FROM COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THAT THEY INSTEAD BE OPENED WITH AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF THE LAND
CA20/938936
260/2020-21
25. A petition from residents, requesting removal of the opening prayer from Council meetings and that they instead be opened with an acknowledgement of the Traditional Owners of the land, was presented to the meeting of Council held on 1 September 2020, by Councillor Adam Allan, and received.
26. The Divisional Manager, City Administration and Governance, provided the following information.
27. The petition contains 862 signatures.
28. The petitioners suggest that privileging and reciting a Christian prayer in Council meetings does not show respect for the Traditional Custodians of the land; does not foster inclusion and participation of the community; and is not appropriate for a city that celebrates the rich and diverse fabric of its residents.
29. The reading of a prayer is a Westminster tradition which commenced in the United Kingdom in 1558 which was common practice by 1567.
30. In the Australian Federal Parliament, a prayer has been read at the beginning of meetings of the House of Representatives and the Senate since 1901.
31. The Queensland Parliament commenced reading a prayer to open proceedings of meetings in 1860 and has continued to this day.
32. The first minuted mention of a Council meeting being opened with a prayer was in 1960. On 21 February 2017, an acknowledgement of the Traditional Owners of the land was included in the opening of Council meetings following the prayer.
33. As the reading of a prayer is a long-standing tradition in all levels of government in Australia, this practice will continue to be followed during Council meetings.
Consultation
34. Councillor Andrew Wines, Chair of Council, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.
Customer impact
35. The response will address the petitioners’ concerns.
36. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillor Jonathan Sri dissenting.
37. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS SUBMISSION BE NOTED AND THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE PETITIONERS.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA20/938936
Thank you for your petition requesting removal of the opening prayer from Council meetings and that they instead be opened with an acknowledgement of the Traditional Owners of the land.
The reading of a prayer is a Westminster tradition which commenced in the United Kingdom in 1558 which was common practice by 1567.
In the Australian Federal Parliament, a prayer has been read at the beginning of meetings of the House of Representatives and the Senate since 1901.
The Queensland Parliament commenced reading a prayer to open proceedings of meetings in 1860 and has continued to this day.
The first minuted mention of a Council meeting being opened with a prayer was in 1960. On 21 February 2017, an acknowledgement of the traditional owners of the land was included in the opening of Council meetings following the prayer.
As the reading of a prayer is a long-standing tradition in all levels of government in Australia, this practice will continue to be followed during Council meetings.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Ms Jade Stopar, A/Principal Council and Committee Officer, Council and Committee Liaison Office, City Administration and Governance, on (07) 3178 1000.
Thank you for raising this matter.
ADOPTED
E PETITION – REQUESTING RECOGNITION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN COUNCIL MEETINGS BY RETAINING THE OPENING PRAYER
CA20/965789
261/2020-21
38. A petition from residents requesting recognition of cultural heritage in Council meetings by retaining the opening prayer, was presented to the meeting of Council held on 8 September 2020, by Councillor Adam Allan, and received.
39. The Divisional Manager, City Administration and Governance, provided the following information.
40. The petition contains 1,323 signatures.
41. The petitioners suggest the opening prayer acknowledges a legal and cultural heritage which has been decisively shaped by a Christian ethos and that Christianity is an important part of the City’s cultural heritage.
42. The reading of a prayer is a Westminster tradition which commenced in the United Kingdom in 1558 which was common practice by 1567.
43. In the Australian Federal Parliament, a prayer has been read at the beginning of meetings of the House of Representatives and the Senate since 1901.
44. The Queensland Parliament commenced reading a prayer to open proceedings of meetings in 1860 and has continued to this day.
45. The first minuted mention of a Council meeting being opened with a prayer was in 1960. On 21 February 2017, an acknowledgement of the Traditional Owners of the land was included in the opening of Council meetings following the prayer.
46. As the reading of a prayer is a long-standing tradition in all levels of government in Australia, this practice will continue to be followed during Council meetings.
Consultation
47. Councillor Andrew Wines, Chair of Council, has been consulted and supports the recommendation.
Customer impact
48. The response will address the petitioners’ concerns.
49. The Divisional Manager recommended as follows and the Committee agreed, with Councillor Jonathan Sri dissenting.
50. RECOMMENDATION:
THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS SUBMISSION BE NOTED AND THE DRAFT RESPONSE, AS SET OUT IN ATTACHMENT A, hereunder, BE SENT TO THE PETITIONERS.
Attachment A
Draft Response
Petition Reference: CA20/965789
Thank you for your petition requesting recognition of cultural heritage in Council meetings by retaining the opening prayer.
The reading of a prayer is a Westminster tradition which commenced in the United Kingdom in 1558 which was common practice by 1567.
In the Australian Federal Parliament, a prayer has been read at the beginning of meetings of the House of Representatives and the Senate since 1901.
The Queensland Parliament commenced reading a prayer to open proceedings of meetings in 1860 and has continued to this day.
The first minuted mention of a Council meeting being opened with a prayer was in 1960. On 21 February 2017, an acknowledgement of the traditional owners of the land was included in the opening of Council meetings following the prayer.
As the reading of a prayer is a long-standing tradition in all levels of government in Australia, this practice will continue to be followed during Council meetings.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please contact Ms Jade Stopar, A/Principal Council and Committee Officer, Council and Committee Liaison Office, City Administration and Governance, on (07) 3178 1000.
Thank you for raising this matter.
ADOPTED
CONSIDERATION OF NOTIFIED MOTION – ALTER THE COMMENCEMENT TIME OF THE ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 2020 FROM 2PM TO 2.30PM:
(Notified motions are printed as supplied and are not edited)
Chair: Councillors, the consideration of notified motion, please.
The LORD MAYOR.
The Chair of Council (Councillor Andrew WINES) then drew the Councillors’ attention to the notified motion listed on the agenda, and called on the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER to move the motion. Accordingly, Councillor the LORD MAYOR, Councillor Adrian SCHRINNER moved, seconded by the DEPUTY MAYOR, Councillor Krista ADAMS, that—
Council alter the commencement time of the Ordinary Council Meeting to be held on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 from 2pm to 2.30pm.
Chair: Is there any debate?
LORD MAYOR?
LORD MAYOR: Very briefly, this is the standard tradition that has occurred year after year for as long as anyone can remember; to change the starting time for the Council meeting on Melbourne Cup Day. Melbourne Cup is known as the race that stops a nation, or at least pauses a nation and for many, many years it’s the race that pauses Council for a moment while we gear up half an hour later.
Obviously, this doesn’t affect any of the business that Council does and as you well know, there’s no limit on the time that a Council meeting can continue to and so if there is further work to be done, that work is simply put back half an hour and can still occur. I know that there are some people that would have an objection to horse-racing, and I suspect that we’ll hear that shortly, but this is a longstanding tradition which we propose to continue.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor SRI.
Councillor SRI: Just me again. I’ll keep it short. All Councillors in the Chamber know my view that I consider horse-racing to be a form of animal abuse and I do think it is a cruel and an unnecessary way to treat animals. I think society is moving away from this as well and again, I would just say through you, Chair, to the LORD MAYOR that just because something is a tradition or we’ve always done something a certain way, doesn’t necessarily mean that we shouldn’t re-evaluate those traditions and critically reflect on them.
Parties that claim to be progressive or to support progress might do well to reflect on the fact that social standards and norms can change over time. If we said—just because something’s a tradition doesn’t mean that—I think it speaks for itself. The idea that we should do something just because we’ve always done it isn’t a sound, logical argument.
If the LORD MAYOR is so certain that horse-racing is something that the general public is really supportive of and is confident that it doesn’t cause any harm to the animals involved, then he ought to defend the practice on that basis, rather than on the basis that it’s simply tradition and we’ve always done it that way. But certainly, I won’t be celebrating the Melbourne Cup; I’ll be reflecting on how cruel that so-called tradition is and how unnecessary it is.
Chair: Further speakers?
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes.
Chair: Councillor JOHNSTON.
Councillor JOHNSTON: Yes, just briefly on the motion, I said this last year, we just do not need to start the meeting later. I don’t necessarily agree with Councillor SRI, but I respect his views on this. You don’t—we don’t need to start later. The rest of the world has to get on with work and life. We do not need to delay the Council meeting for the purposes of a horse race in Melbourne, I think it’s unnecessary.
Chair: Further speakers? I see no further speakers.
LORD MAYOR?
I will now put the resolution.
As there was no further debate, the Chair submitted the motion to the Chamber and it was declared carried on the voices.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS:
Chair: Councillors, I’m just going to ask for petitions but before I do, there is one minor change I’m going to ask you to do for this process while we’re still in the COVID-19 period and that is, please leave the petition on your desk and Mr Peers will collect it after the meeting, rather than have him collect it from you, as is tradition. It’s just a—please just respect this minor change. It will occur ordinarily, but this is just one way to make sure that a level of distancing occurs through this period.
Councillors, are there any petitions?
Chair: Councillor HOWARD.
Councillor HOWARD: Thank you, Mr Chair. I have a petition requesting Council trial removing motor vehicles from the ring road in New Farm Park.
Chair: Councillor ADERMANN.
Councillor ADERMANN: Thank you, Chair. I’ve got a petition from 163 signatories asking for a safe pedestrian crossing at Brookfield Road.
Chair: Councillor COOK.
Councillor COOK: Thank you, Mr Chair. I have a petition for the urgent funding and installation of a duck ramp at Norman Park.
Chair: Councillor GRIFFITHS.
Councillor GRIFFITHS: Yes, thanks, Mr Chair. I have a request for a dog off-leash area at Moorooka.
Chair: Councillor SRI.
Councillor SRI: Chair, I’ve got two petitions regarding local area traffic management around West End and Highgate Hill.
Chair: Councillor CUMMING.
Councillor CUMMING: Thank you, Mr Chair. A series of petitions, 125 signatures in total in relation to concerns about reduction in the amount of carparking spaces in the Wynnum Central business area.
Chair: Thank you, are there any other petitions?
May I please have a resolution to accept them.
262/2020-21
It was resolved on the motion of Councillor Sarah HUTTON, seconded by Councillor Steve GRIFFITHS, that the petitions as presented be received and referred to the Committee concerned for consideration and report.
The petitions were summarised as follows:
|File No. |Councillor |Topic |
|CA20/1155340 |Vicki Howard |Requesting Council trial the removal of vehicle access to the ring road in New |
| | |Farm Park, New Farm. |
|CA20/1155285 |Greg Adermann |Requesting Council install a pedestrian crossing at the Brookfield Recreation |
| | |Reserve, Brookfield Road, Brookfield. |
|CA20/1155201 |Kara Cook |Requesting Council provide urgently fund and install a duck ramp at Vectis |
| | |Street Park, Norman Park, and urgently repair the water harvesting device to be|
| | |used by local sporting clubs. |
|CA20/1155100 |Kara Cook |Requesting Council provide urgently fund and install a duck ramp at Vectis |
| | |Street Park, Norman Park, and urgently repair the water harvesting device to be|
| | |used by local sporting clubs. |
|CA20/1155511 |Steve Griffiths |Requesting Council install a dog off-leash area at the grassed area located on |
| | |the corner of Evans and Beaudesert Road, Moorooka. |
|CA20/1155578 |Jonathan Sri |Requesting Council urgently consult with residents and implement a local area |
| | |traffic management plan for the Dornoch Terrace to Montague Road precinct, West|
| | |End. |
|CA20/1154953 |Jonathan Sri |Requesting Council consult with residents and urgently implement a local area |
| | |traffic management plan for the Dornoch Terrace to Montague Road precinct, West|
| | |End. |
|CA20/1155156 |Peter Cumming |Requesting Council not reduce the amount of car parking near the intersection |
| | |of Bay Terrace and Chestnut Street, Wynnum. |
GENERAL BUSINESS:
Chair: Councillors, General Business.
I will begin; Councillors, are there any statements required as a result of an Office of the Independent Assessor or Councillor Ethics Committee Order?
Are there matters—any matters of General Business?
Councillor OWEN.
Councillor OWEN: Thank you, Mr Chair. I rise tonight to speak on the fourth anniversary and the legacy of Manmeet Alisher, also known as Manmeet Sharma, to the City of Brisbane. I would like to also tonight use part of my speech to speak in Punjabi as a matter of respect to Manmeet. Sat Sri Akaal Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. I rise tonight to remember and pay tribute to the legacy of Manmeet Alisher, who some in our City knew as Manmeet Sharma. In Manmeet’s home village of Alisher, there is a tree that was planted when he was taken home and I trust that that tree grows strong today, as does his legacy here in the City of Brisbane.
Manmeet’s legacy in this City continues to be strong despite the fact that four years have rapidly passed. He is sadly missed by his many friends and his many colleagues, particularly the bus drivers and the taxi drivers throughout our City. At this difficult time, our hearts here in Brisbane go out to the other side of the world, to his family. His father, Ram-ji, his mother Krishna-ji, his brother, Amit, and Amit’s family. I will never forget the day that Krishna-ji was holding her grandson, Amit’s son in her arms and she said to me, I can’t wait for him to grow up and grow a beard, because I think he will look just like Manmeet.
Manmeet had a very strong legacy in this city. He was well-known right across the City for epitomising what it is to earn and demonstrate the benefits of an honest living. He also practised the values of humanitarianism. He was known to many young people as being someone they could go to if they needed assistance when they were first coming here to Australia. He was always willing to give them a friendly smile, a bit of advice but also reached out to them in friendship.
Manmeet was a poet, he was a singer, he was an actor, he was a bus driver, he was a taxi driver, he was a broadcaster on 4EB. He also did sessions with Radio Brisvaani. He was part of the Indoz Theatre group. He also had dabbled in producing three movies in Punjabi. He was very much a shining light. He was known for his wonderful, trademark smile and he was a regular performer at many Punjabi melas.
In fact, two weeks before he was tragically taken from us, Manmeet and I were both at the same Punjabi Mela at Rocklea Showgrounds and he was literally on the stage before I went on the stage. I still recall seeing those young children flocking to him. They were captivated with him and he had that very special charisma. His performance at that mela and at many others proved that he was a true Putt-Punjab-da, which means a true son of Punjab.
I know that he loved his family immensely and with the COVID-19 restrictions this year, I know it will be incredibly hard, particularly for Amit, his brother, who has been here every year for the anniversary to honour and pay respect to his brother. Amit has come here each year to ensure that he can share the memories with Manmeet’s friends, with his colleagues, but also be at the place where his brother is honoured.
I know Ram-ji continues to cherish Manmeet’s words that he wrote in his poem. Baputere Karke, Kamaon joggi ho gaya. These words are very special from a son to a father, who he cherished immensely, and I know that these are words that will continue as that legacy.
LORD MAYOR, I know you reflected earlier today on the day that we found out of that horrible incident. I recall it clearly because I was sitting directly opposite you and next to the LORD MAYOR at the time. I know it shook us all. I’m sure that everyone who knew Manmeet in whatever way they did, whether it was small or a strong relationship, always will remember where they were, what they were doing when they heard the news on that day.
They will remember the shock, the horror, the disbelief and the absolute grief that came at the tragic loss of a beautiful soul. This is a very deeply felt day, the anniversary, which is tomorrow, in the history of Brisbane. It was an event that we had never experienced before and to Manmeet’s family, we give the undertaking that Manmeet will never be forgotten by our city and can I say, Tere Ghata Koi vi nahi pura Kar Sakda. For Manmeet, your presence can’t be filled by anyone; Waheguru Ji Ki Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh. Thank you.
Chair: Further speakers?
There being no further speakers, I declare the meeting closed.
Chair: Goodnight, everyone.
QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:
(Questions of which due notice has been given are printed as supplied and are not edited)
Submitted by Councillor Steve Griffiths on 22 October 2020
Q1. Please list all open footpath maintenance works (identified but not yet completed), including the total length of footpath in that street:
|STREET |SUBURB |TOTAL LENGTH OF FOOTPATH |
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Q2. Please provide a cost estimate for the completion of all open footpath maintenance works (identified but not yet completed)?
Q3. Please provide a list of all Council depots, including the relevant Council department/s based there, total FTEs and the street address.
|DEPOT |DEPARTMENT/S |TOTAL FTES |STREET ADDRESS |
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Q4. Please advise the total number of FTEs for each of the following years, with a breakdown for each of the following:-
|YEAR |FTE TOTAL |FIELD SERVICES |URBAN AMENITY TOTAL |ASPHALT AND AGGREGATE |CONSTRUCTION |COMPLIANCE and REGULATORY |BRISBANE TRANSPORT TOTAL FTES |
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Q5. Please advise the current total number of Brisbane City Council’s casual employees, permanent part time employees and full time employees, with a breakdown for each of the following:-
|EMPLOYMENT STATUS |FTE TOTAL |FIELD SERVICES |URBAN AMENITY TOTAL |ASPHALT AND AGGREGATE |CONSTRUCTION |COMPLIANCE and REGULATORY |BRISBANE TRANSPORT |
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Q6. Please provide a list of schools which have a school zone, including the address and the Ward in which they are located.
|SCHOOL |STREET ADDRESS |SUBURB |WARD |
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Q7. Please provide a list of schools which do not have a school zone, including the address and the Ward in which they are located.
|SCHOOL |STREET ADDRESS |SUBURB |WARD |
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Q8. Please provide the total number of solicitors currently employed as Council officers, and the total FTEs.
Q9. Please provide the results from the 1500 people surveyed for the Brisbane Hub project?
Q10. What is the name and industry backgrounds of the 31 mentors that have been engaged for the Brisbane Hub?
Q11. Please list the organisations who have permanent bookings for the Forest Lake Community Hall and the times and dates they are booked for?
Q12. Please list the organisations who have permanent bookings for the New Inala Hall and the times and dates they are booked for?
Q13. Please list the organisations who have permanent bookings for the Old Inala Hall and the times and dates they are booked for?
Q14. Please list the organisations who have permanent bookings for the CJ Greenfield Hall and the times and dates they are booked for?
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF WHICH DUE NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN:
(Answers to questions of which due notice has been given are printed as supplied and are not edited)
Submitted by Councillor Nicole Johnson (from meeting on 20 October 2020)
Q1. How many intersections around Brisbane have pedestrian countdown timers installed?
A1. 576.
Q2. How many intersections around Brisbane have no pedestrian countdown timers?
A2. Not all traffic signals are intersections with pedestrian crossing facilities, therefore this question cannot be answered.
Q3. How many intersections around Brisbane have part or some pedestrian countdown timers?
A3. Nil.
Q4. How many pedestrian countdown timers were installed in 2019-20? Please provide a list by location.
A4.
|Street Location |Suburb |
|Lytton Road and Heath Street |East Brisbane |
|Sylvan Road near Kate Street |Toowong |
|Handford Road and Aldi Access Road |Taigum |
|Mains Road and Sunnybank Plaza Shop |Sunnybank |
|Beenleigh Road and Nursery Avenue |Runcorn |
|Gregory Terrace Pedestrian Crossing |Spring Hill |
|Sandgate Road and Albion Overpass |Albion |
|Commercial Road and Doggett Street |Newstead |
|Montague Road and Victoria Street |West End |
|Eagle Street Pedestrian Crossing |Brisbane City |
|Roma Street and George Street |Brisbane City |
|Newman Road at Geebung SS |Geebung |
|Hamilton Road at Craigslea SS |Chermside West |
|Creek Road and Richmond Road |Cannon Hill |
|O’Keefe Street and PA Hospital Exit |Woolloongabba |
|Gregory Terrace at Brisbane Girls Grammar |Spring Hill |
|Rosemary Street and Biota Street |Inala |
|School Road and Park Road |Yeronga |
|Wynnum Road at Wynnum West SS |Wynnum West |
|Logan Road at Buranda SS |Woolloongabba |
|Dandenong Road and Mt Ommaney Shops |Mount Ommaney |
|Creek Road and Zahel Street |Carina |
|Gowan Road and School Access Road |Stretton |
|Park Road at Yeronga High |Yeronga |
|Rochedale Road at St Peters |Rochedale |
|Hargreaves Road and Morton Bay College |Manly West |
|Wynnum Road near Joffre Street |Wynnum |
|Bowen Bridge Road and Butterfield Street |Bowen Hills |
|Coronation Drive and Lang Street |Milton |
|Springfield Street Ped near Parkway Street |MacGregor |
|Wynnum Road at Tingalpa SS |Tingalpa |
|Hamilton Road and Newman Road |Chermside |
|Wynnum Road and Boundary Street |Tingalpa |
|Sandgate Road and Lapraik Street |Ascot |
|Bellmead Street and Warrigal Road |Runcorn |
|Widdop Street and Toombul Shop Centre |Toombul |
|Manly Road at Manly West SS |Manly West |
|Wynnum Road and Victor Street |Tingalpa |
|Enoggera Road and Newmarket Road |Newmarket |
|Ipswich Road at Victoria Terrace |Annerley |
|Rochedale Road at Redeemer College |Rochedale |
|Brighton Road Ped at Sacred Heart |Sandgate |
|Bradman Street and Bunnings entry |Acacia Ridge |
|Beenleigh Road at Kuraby SS |Kuraby |
|Earl Street and Ridge Street |Greenslopes |
Q5. How many pedestrian countdown timers were installed in 2018-19? Please provide a list by location.
A5.
|Street Location |Suburb |
|Murphy Road at Downfall Creek |Aspley |
|Murphy Road and Ellison Road |Aspley |
|Murphy Road and Butt Street |Aspley |
|Adelaide Street Pedestrian Crossing |Brisbane City |
|Cavendish Road and Nursery Road |Holland Park |
|Logan Road and Nursery Road |Holland Park |
|Kedron Park Road and Norman Street |Wooloowin |
|Ipswich Road Ped at Moorooka Railway |Moorooka |
|Coronation Drive and Park Road |Milton |
|Wynnum Road and Preston Road |Wynnum West |
|McCullough Street at MacGregor SS |Sunnybank |
|Boundary Street and Fortescue Street |Spring Hill |
|Annerley Road and Catherine Street |Woolloongabba |
|Felix Street and Mary Street |Brisbane City |
|Musgrave Road at St Bridgids’ |Red Hill |
|Logan Road and Nicholson Street |Greenslopes |
|O’Keefe Street near Carl Street |Woolloongabba |
|Finney Road and Station Road |Indooroopilly |
|Annerley Road at Mater Hospital |South Brisbane |
|Oxley Road and Cliveden Avenue |Oxley |
|Beenleigh Road and Woff Street |Sunnybank |
|Blunder Road and Glenala Road |Brisbane City |
|Rainbow Street and Barclay Street |Sandgate |
|Stephens Road at Street Laurences |South Brisbane |
|North Road at Iona College |Wynnum West |
|Deshon Street and Mountjoy Street |Woolloongabba |
|King Arthur Terrace and Boomerang Street |Yeerongpilly |
|Carindale Street Pedestrian Crossing |Carindale |
|Birdwood Road and Weller Road |Tarragindi |
|Green Camp Road and Tilly Road |Wakerley |
|Newman Road, Main Avenue and Beor Street |Wavell Heights |
|Logan Road and Cornwall Street |Stones Corner |
|Kingsford Smith and Hercules |Hamilton |
|Beaudesert Road and Gainsborough Street |Moorooka |
|Lemke Road at Sandgate Sport Club |Taigum |
|Rode Road and Pfingst Road |Wavell Heights |
|Vulture Street and Montague Road |West End |
|Miles Platting Road and North South Road |Rochedale |
|Seventeen Mile Rocks Road and Oldfield Road |Seventeen Mile Rocks |
|Hellawell Road and Borella Road |Sunnybank Hills |
|Logan Road and Deshon Street |Woolloongabba |
|Logan Road and Marshall Road |Holland Park |
|Lutwyche Road and Newmarket Road |Windsor |
|Days Road and Kedron Brook Road |Grange |
|Bay Terrace at Guardian Angels’ |Wynnum |
|Breakfast Creek Road and Evelyn Street |Newstead |
Q6. How many pedestrian countdown timers were installed in 2017-18? Please provide a list by location.
A6.
|Street Location |Suburb |
|Albion 5 Way/Sandgate and Frodsham Roads |Albion |
|Johnson Road and Staplyton Road |Heathwood |
|Kate Street and Twigg Street |Indooroopilly |
|Kingsford Smith Drive and Alison Street |Hamilton |
|Brunswick Street and Annie Street |New Farm |
|Pinelands Street and Symonds Road |Sunnybank Hills |
|Herston Road exit at Inner City Bypass |Kelvin Grove |
|Bracken Ridge Road and Hoyland Street |Bracken Ridge |
|Breakfast Creek Road and Maud Street |Newstead |
|Shaw Road and Sports field Access |Nundah |
|Telegraph Road and Lemke Road |Bracken Ridge |
|Bowen Bridge Road and O’Connell Terrace |Bowen Hills |
|Blunder Road and Lorikeet Street |Durack |
|Old Cleveland Road at Mayfield Road |Carina |
|Boundary Road and Archerfield Road |Richlands |
|Breakfast Creek Road and Newstead Terrace |Newstead |
|Boundary Street and Gregory Terrace |Spring Hill |
|Toombul Road and Nudgee Road |Northgate |
|Wynnum Road and Southgate Avenue |Cannon Hill |
|Logan Road, Birdwood Road and Abbotsleigh Street |Holland Park |
|Hoyland Street and Kluver Street |Bald Hills |
|Manly Road and Caloundra Street |Manly West |
|Kelvin Grove Road and Herston Road |Kelvin Grove |
|Harcourt Road and Railway Parade |Darra |
|Nudgee Road and Hampden Street |Ascot |
|Margaret Street and Albert Street |Brisbane City |
|Hercules Street and Remora Road |Hamilton |
|Macarthur Avenue and Finnegan Street |Hamilton |
|Waterworks Road and Gresham Street |Ashgrove |
|Bracken Ridge Road and Norris Street |Bracken Ridge |
|Toombul Road and Melton Road |Northgate |
|Lutwyche Road and Eildon Street |Windsor |
|Beams Road and Groth Road |Boondall |
|Manly Road and Castlerea Street |Tingalpa |
|Nudgee Road and Eagle Farm Racecourse |Ascot |
|Roghan Road and Church Street |Taigum |
|Old Cleveland Road and Leicester Street |Coorparoo |
|Ipswich Road and Dudley Street |Annerley |
|Waterworks Road and Glenquarrie Place |The Gap |
|Waterworks Road and Cooinda Street |The Gap |
|Warrigal Road and Demigre Street |Eight Mile Planes |
|Osborne Road at Teralba Park |Mitchelton |
|Turbot Street and Wharf Street |Brisbane City |
|Pickering Street near Magura Street |Enoggera |
|Osborne Road and Brookside Exit |Mitchelton |
|Sherwood Road and Martin Taylor |Rocklea |
|Wynnum Road and Ropley Road |Wynnum West |
|Klumpp Road at Clairvaux Mackillop College |Upper Mount Gravatt |
|Oxley Road and Acacia Avenue |Graceville |
|Vulture Street at Duke Street |Kangaroo Point |
|Logan Road and Broadwater Road |Mt Gravatt |
|Wynnum Road and Northcliffe Street |Cannon Hill |
|Compton Road and Acacia Road |Kuraby |
|Forest Lake Blvd and Commercial Centre |Forest Lake |
|Maundrell Terrace and Rode Road |Chermside West |
Q7. How many pedestrian countdown timers are planned for installation in 2020-21? Please provide a list by location.
A7.
|Street Location |Suburb |
|Abbotsford Road and Edmonstone Road |Bowen Hills |
|Moggill Road and Jephson Street |Toowong |
|Appleby Road and Minimine Street |Stafford |
|McCullough Street and Boundary Road |Sunnybank |
|Fairfield Road and Ashby Street |Fairfield |
|Cavendish Road and Wyncroft Street |Holland Park |
|Wellington Road and Shafston Avenue |East Brisbane |
|Logan Road and Invermore Street |Mt Gravatt East |
|Warrigal Road, Oakleaf Street and Daw Road |Eight Mile Plains |
|Settlement Road and Chaprowe Road |The Gap |
|Herston Road and Bramston Terrace |Herston |
|Rode Road and Ifield Street |McDowall |
|Racecourse Road and Lancaster Road |Ascot |
|Ellison Road and Kirby Road |Aspley |
|Ipswich Road and Ponsonby Street |Annerley |
|Montague Road and Victoria Street |West End |
Submitted by Councillor Steve Griffiths (from meeting on 20 October 2020)
Q1. Please provide a list of all registered billboard signs, including details of the location and the name of the company which has registered the sign.
A1.
|Site Formatted Address |Organisation Name |
|1074 BEAUDESERT RD ACACIA RIDGE QLD 4110 |Bernies Auto Sales (Distributions) Pty Ltd |
|1477 BEAUDESERT RD ACACIA RIDGE QLD 4110 |THINK OUTDOOR PTY LTD |
|17 ACTIVITY ST ACACIA RIDGE QLD 4110 |PTE HYDRAULICS PTY LTD |
|220 BRADMAN ST ACACIA RIDGE QLD 4110 |One Steel Reinforcing |
|240 BRADMAN ST ACACIA RIDGE QLD 4110 |One Steel Reinforcing |
|350 MORTIMER RD ACACIA RIDGE QLD 4110 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|350 MORTIMER RD ACACIA RIDGE QLD 4110 |Urban Systems Pty Ltd |
|66 MCCOTTER ST ACACIA RIDGE QLD 4110 |Bunnings Properties Pty Ltd |
|11 NARIEL ST ALBION QLD 4010 |GOA Billboards |
|191 SANDGATE RD ALBION QLD 4010 |Oohmedia Assets Pty Ltd |
|469 SANDGATE RD ALBION QLD 4010 |Aveo Clayfield |
|118A HALL ST ALDERLEY QLD 4051 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|15 SOUTH PINE RD ALDERLEY QLD 4051 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|45 SOUTH PINE RD ALDERLEY QLD 4051 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|75G SOUTH PINE RD ALDERLEY QLD 4051 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|309 IPSWICH RD ANNERLEY QLD 4103 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|453 IPSWICH RD ANNERLEY QLD 4103 |D ANTHONY & M.J ANTHONY |
|548 IPSWICH RD ANNERLEY QLD 4103 |GOA Billboards |
|628 IPSWICH RD ANNERLEY QLD 4103 |National Association of Testing Authorities Australia |
|688 IPSWICH RD ANNERLEY QLD 4103 |CHARDONS HOTEL |
|1121 BEAUDESERT RD ARCHERFIELD QLD 4108 |BRISBANE ISUZU |
|133 BEATTY RD ARCHERFIELD QLD 4108 |APN Outdoor Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Group Consultants Pty Ltd |
|32 HAMPDEN ST ASCOT QLD 4007 |oOh!media |
|7 BUTLER ST ASCOT QLD 4007 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd |
|235 WATERWORKS RD ASHGROVE QLD 4060 |ALDI Stores (A Limited Partnership) |
|260 WATERWORKS RD ASHGROVE QLD 4060 |FORTE LLC Pty Ltd |
|30 ORCHARD RD ASHGROVE QLD 4060 |The Corporation of the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane |
|1346 GYMPIE RD ASPLEY QLD 4034 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|1383 GYMPIE RD ASPLEY QLD 4034 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|35 KIRBY RD ASPLEY QLD 4034 |ASPLEY RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB |
|59 ALBANY CREEK RD ASPLEY QLD 4034 |Coles Supermarkets Aust Pty Ltd |
|401 MILTON RD AUCHENFLOWER QLD 4066 |Heathley Direct Medical Fund No.2 |
|470 MILTON RD AUCHENFLOWER QLD 4066 |City Cycle Scheme |
|1978 GYMPIE RD BALD HILLS QLD 4036 |GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND ASSOCIATION OF QUEENSLAND |
|18 BUCHANAN RD BANYO QLD 4014 |Matchlow Pty Ltd |
|2 ELLIOTT RD BANYO QLD 4014 |AOSCO Pty Ltd |
|2 ELLIOTT RD BANYO QLD 4014 |AOSCO Pty Ltd |
|2 ELLIOTT RD BANYO QLD 4014 |GOA Billboards |
|2 ELLIOTT RD BANYO QLD 4014 |HI LITE DISPLAYS PTY LTD |
|2 ELLIOTT RD BANYO QLD 4014 |NT SIGNS PTY LTD |
|46 BUCHANAN RD BANYO QLD 4014 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising |
|3106 MOGGILL RD BELLBOWRIE QLD 4070 |Body Corporate for Sugarwood Grove Garden Villas |
|1514 OLD CLEVELAND RD BELMONT QLD 4153 |Australian Posters (Tribe) |
|1562 OLD CLEVELAND RD BELMONT QLD 4153 |JEFFREY MOORE-CARTER |
|10 ZILLMERE RD BOONDALL QLD 4034 |Visibilis Pty Ltd |
|1962 SANDGATE RD BOONDALL QLD 4034 |General Outdoor Advertising P/L |
|105 MAYNE RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |Apex Digital |
|118 ABBOTSFORD RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|129 ABBOTSFORD RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |GENERAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING |
|14 BREAKFAST CREEK RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |oOh!media |
|147 ABBOTSFORD RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |JCDECAUX AUSTRALIA TRADING PTY LTD |
|153 CAMPBELL ST BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |Skye Outdoor Pty Ltd |
|166 ABBOTSFORD RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |Australian Posters (Tribe) |
|171 ABBOTSFORD RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |DIGITAL OUTDOOR PTY LTD |
|201 ABBOTSFORD RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|235 ABBOTSFORD RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|26 ABBOTSFORD RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |GOA Billboards |
|277 ABBOTSFORD RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |GOA Billboards |
|52 BREAKFAST CK RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |GOA Billboards |
|57 CAMPBELL ST BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |APN Outdoor |
|574A GREGORY TCE BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |Eyecorp Australia Pty Ltd |
|65 BOWEN BRIDGE RD BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |oOh Media Assets Pty Ltd |
|8 CAMPBELL ST BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |Apex Outdoor Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Group Consultants Pty Ltd |
|U 100 BOWEN POINT 7D BOYD ST BOWEN HILLS QLD 4006 |GOA Billboards |
|68 BARFOOT ST BRACKEN RIDGE QLD 4017 |oOh!media |
|123 GREENWOOD ST BRIGHTON QLD 4017 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|80 GREENWOOD ST BRIGHTON QLD 4017 |Ooh Media Pty Ltd |
|100 QUAY ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |City Cycle Scheme |
|15 COUNTESS ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |City Cycle Scheme |
|170 ADELAIDE ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |ATG Properties Pty Ltd |
|2 ROMA ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|256 ADELAIDE ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |Twenty Four Outdoor Australia Pty Ltd |
|300 ALBERT ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|320 ADELAIDE ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |REMCO PROPERITIES PTY LTD |
|500 QUEEN ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |OOH!MEDIA ASSETS PTY LIMITED |
|549 QUEEN ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |City Cycle Scheme |
|580 QUEEN ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|580 QUEEN ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |DRYSDALES CHEMISTS PTY LTD |
|96 ALBERT ST BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 |APEX Outdoor Pty Ltd |
|495 HAWTHORNE RD BULIMBA QLD 4171 |Urban Systems Pty Ltd |
|1346 MT COTTON RD BURBANK QLD 4156 |Amrit Pty Ltd atf Perminder Thind Family Trust |
|1693 MT COTTON RD BURBANK QLD 4156 |PERMINDER THIND FAMILY TRUST |
|1927 BEAUDESERT RD CALAMVALE QLD 4116 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising |
|678 COMPTON RD CALAMVALE QLD 4116 |McGuire Hotels |
|939 GOWAN RD CALAMVALE QLD 4116 |Courtreel Pty Ltd |
|589 OLD CLEVELAND RD CAMP HILL QLD 4152 |JCDECAUX AUSTRALIA TRADING PTY LTD |
|730 OLD CLEVELAND RD CAMP HILL QLD 4152 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|1068 WYNNUM RD CANNON HILL QLD 4170 |Anthony John Group P/L |
|1155 WYNNUM RD CANNON HILL QLD 4170 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd |
|1829 CREEK RD CANNON HILL QLD 4170 |Techfront Australia Pty Ltd |
|189 JUNCTION RD CANNON HILL QLD 4170 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|45 IVY ST CANNON HILL QLD 4170 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|860 WYNNUM RD CANNON HILL QLD 4170 |ADLED Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Pty Ltd |
|960 WYNNUM RD CANNON HILL QLD 4170 |GOA Billboards |
|1505 CREEK RD CARINA QLD 4152 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|401 STANLEY RD CARINA QLD 4152 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|864 OLD CLEVELAND RD CARINA QLD 4152 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|1019 OLD CLEVELAND RD CARINDALE QLD 4152 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd |
|1151 CREEK RD CARINDALE QLD 4152 |Scentre Shopping Management Co (QLD) Pty Ltd |
|19 BANCHORY CT CARINDALE QLD 4152 |Aveo Retirement Homes Limited |
|297 SCRUB RD CARINDALE QLD 4152 |Pacific Golf Club Inc. |
|497 BEAMS RD CARSELDINE QLD 4034 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|100 TINCHBORNE ST CHANDLER QLD 4155 |NURSERY TRADERS PTY LTD |
|2806 OLD CLEVELAND RD CHANDLER QLD 4155 |General Outdoor Advertising P/L |
|2820 OLD CLEVELAND RD CHANDLER QLD 4155 |General Outdoor Advertising P/L |
|2857 OLD CLEVELAND RD CHANDLER QLD 4155 |General Outdoor Advertising P/L |
|2918 OLD CLEVELAND RD CHANDLER QLD 4155 |Palmlake Works Pty Ltd |
|3230A OLD CLEVELAND RD CHANDLER QLD 4155 |The Ian Hamilton Family Trust |
|636 MOGGILL RD CHAPEL HILL QLD 4069 |Benjo Properties P/L |
|395 HAMILTON RD CHERMSIDE QLD 4032 |Westfield Management Limited |
|627 RODE RD CHERMSIDE QLD 4032 |General Outdoor Advertising P/L |
|685 GYMPIE RD CHERMSIDE QLD 4032 |The Trustee for Great Site Unit Trust |
|731 GYMPIE RD CHERMSIDE QLD 4032 |Ooh! Media Assets Pty Limited |
|738 GYMPIE RD CHERMSIDE QLD 4032 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd |
|8 THOMAS ST CHERMSIDE QLD 4032 |HoneyCombes Developments Pty Ltd |
|824 GYMPIE RD CHERMSIDE QLD 4032 |Apex Digital Pty Ltd |
|764 SANDGATE RD CLAYFIELD QLD 4011 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|787 SANDGATE RD CLAYFIELD QLD 4011 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|823 SANDGATE RD CLAYFIELD QLD 4011 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|16 LENSWORTH ST COOPERS PLAINS QLD 4108 |C&C International T/A Arto |
|236 MUSGRAVE RD COOPERS PLAINS QLD 4108 |STARVISON OUTDOOR ADVERTISING |
|754 BEAUDESERT RD COOPERS PLAINS QLD 4108 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising |
|803 BEAUDESERT RD COOPERS PLAINS QLD 4108 |General Outdoor Advertising P/L |
|1115 STANLEY ST E COORPAROO QLD 4151 |Twenty Four Outdoor Australia Pty Ltd |
|1115 STANLEY ST E COORPAROO QLD 4151 |Twenty Four Outdoor Australia Pty Ltd |
|1115 STANLEY ST E COORPAROO QLD 4151 |Twenty Four Outdoor Australia Pty Ltd |
|22 NORFOLK ST COORPAROO QLD 4151 |Harmony Coorparoo Pty. Ltd. |
|299 OLD CLEVELAND RD COORPAROO QLD 4151 |Forces Unite |
|398 CAVENDISH RD COORPAROO QLD 4151 |The Village at Coorparoo Pty Ltd |
|433 OLD CLEVELAND RD COORPAROO QLD 4151 |The Trustee for Great Site Unit Trust |
|260 CLIVEDEN AVE CORINDA QLD 4075 |AURA AUSTRALIA MANAGEMENT PTY LTD |
|22 SUMNERS RD DARRA QLD 4076 |Centenary Landscaping Supplies |
|2772 IPSWICH RD DARRA QLD 4076 |QUEENSLAND LIONS SOCCER CLUB |
|38 LIMESTONE ST DARRA QLD 4076 |Body Corporate for “38 Limestone Street” |
|577 BOUNDARY RD DARRA QLD 4076 |Advance Sprayers |
|21 BRAUN ST DEAGON QLD 4017 |Connect Baptist Church Deagon C/- Jensen Bowers Group Pty Ltd |
|30 RACECOURSE RD DEAGON QLD 4017 |RACING QUEENSLAND LTD |
|42 DEPOT RD DEAGON QLD 4017 | |
|53 THYNNE AVE DEAGON QLD 4017 |GOA Billboards |
|60 BRAUN ST DEAGON QLD 4017 |Australian Posters (Tribe) |
|7 DEPOT RD DEAGON QLD 4017 |GOA Billboards |
|BRAUN ST DEAGON QLD 4017 |Australian Posters (Tribe) |
|247 KING AVE DURACK QLD 4077 |BAILEY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING PTY LTD |
|356 BLUNDER RD DURACK QLD 4077 |Aveo Durack |
|356 BLUNDER RD DURACK QLD 4077 |FOREST PLACE MANAGEMENT LTD |
|506 BLUNDER RD DURACK QLD 4077 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|656 BLUNDER RD DURACK QLD 4077 |Ian B Hamilton |
|758 BLUNDER RD DURACK QLD 4077 |Ingenia Communities |
|758 BLUNDER RD DURACK QLD 4077 |TU & RC WALSH PTY LTD |
|162 ANNERLEY RD DUTTON PARK QLD 4102 |Stockwell Development Group Pty Ltd. |
|220 ANNERLEY RD DUTTON PARK QLD 4102 |Gerbanas Investment Family Trust |
|1082 KINGSFORD SMITH DR EAGLE FARM QLD 4009 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|66 CULLEN AVE W EAGLE FARM QLD 4009 |Northshore Hamilton Town Centre Pty Ltd |
|808 KINGSFORD SMITH DR EAGLE FARM QLD 4009 |oOh!media |
|839 KINGSFORD SMITH DR EAGLE FARM QLD 4009 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|39 LYTTON RD EAST BRISBANE QLD 4169 |OOH!Media Assets Pty Limited |
|49 LYTTON RD EAST BRISBANE QLD 4169 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|67 LYTTON RD EAST BRISBANE QLD 4169 |YANARDASIS, GEORGE CON |
|89 LYTTON RD EAST BRISBANE QLD 4169 |M & S Irvine Superannuation |
|107 MILES PLATTING RD EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |The trustee for The Young Pearce Trust |
|182 MILES PLATTING RD EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |The trustee for The Kinsland Unit Trust |
|2433 LOGAN RD EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |GOA Billboards |
|2660 LOGAN RD EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|2700 LOGAN RD EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |Yelvac Pty Ltd |
|29 PADSTOW RD EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |Sunnybank Tennis Centre |
|5 BUCKINGHAM PL EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |Goodstart Early Learning |
|L 17 GARDEN CITY OFFICE PARK 2404 LOGAN RD EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |OPD Developers Pty Ltd |
|L 3 THE INNOVATION PRECINCT 23 MILES PLATTING RD EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |Alceon Group Pty Ltd ATF BTP Trust |
|L 8 TECHNOLOGY OFFICE PARK 107 MILES PLATTING RD EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |The trustee for The Young Pearce Trust |
|U 1 LOT 2 GARDEN CITY OFFICE PARK 2404 LOGAN RD EIGHT MILE PLAINS QLD 4113 |OPD Developers Pty Ltd |
|447 WATERFORD RD ELLEN GROVE QLD 4078 |Forest Lake Vet Surgery |
|528 WATERFORD RD ELLEN GROVE QLD 4078 |Forest Lake Uniting Church |
|202 SAMFORD RD ENOGGERA QLD 4051 |General Outdoor Advertising P/L |
|206 SAMFORD RD ENOGGERA QLD 4051 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|36 GLENALVA TCE ENOGGERA QLD 4051 |DG & RS HINTON |
|469 SOUTH PINE RD EVERTON PARK QLD 4053 |MERIT GROUP SERVICES PTY LTD |
|1300 SAMFORD RD FERNY GROVE QLD 4055 |APN Outdoor Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Group Consultants Pty Ltd |
|490 BEAMS RD FITZGIBBON QLD 4018 |Australian Posters (Tribe) |
|1058 ANN ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |City Cycle Scheme |
|131 WICKHAM ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |FORTE LLC Pty Ltd |
|143 WICKHAM ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |Wickham FV Pty Ltd |
|148 BRUNSWICK ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |GOA Billboards |
|16 DOGGETT ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |General Outdoor Advertising P/L |
|164 Wickham ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |APEX Outdoor Pty Ltd |
|187 BRUNSWICK ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |Ooh Media Pty Ltd |
|19 GIPPS ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |Murray & Associates (QLD) Pty Ltd |
|21 MARTIN ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|224 BARRY PDE FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |APEX Outdoor Pty Ltd |
|252 ST PAULS TCE FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |Standout Media Pty Ltd |
|274 BARRY PDE FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |GOA Billboards |
|31 DUNCAN ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |Tribune Properties Pty Ltd |
|316 ST PAULS TCE FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Group Consultants Pty Ltd |
|365 WICKHAM ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |City Cycle Scheme |
|398 ST PAULS TCE FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |City Cycle Scheme |
|49 BARRY PDE FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |JACREN PTY LTD |
|49 BARRY PDE FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |THRIFTY CAR RENTAL |
|610 ANN ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |Drive by Developments Pty Ltd |
|71 BRUNSWICK ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |Vail Media Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Group |
|845 ANN ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |Apex Outdoor |
|85 WICKHAM ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |City Cycle Scheme |
|90 BOWEN TCE FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |Ooh Media Pty Ltd |
|949 ANN ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|977 ANN ST FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |City Cycle Scheme |
|BARRY PDE FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006 |City Cycle Scheme |
|592 LOGAN RD GREENSLOPES QLD 4120 |Collins Restaurants Queensland Pty Ltd |
|114 KINGSFORD SMITH DR HAMILTON QLD 4007 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|21 HUNT ST HAMILTON QLD 4007 |Australian Posters (Tribe) |
|610 KINGSFORD SMITH DR HAMILTON QLD 4007 |APEX Outdoor Pty Ltd |
|14 SEEANA PL HEATHWOOD QLD 4110 |Perpetual Trustee Company as trustee for LALV Heathwood Property Asset Trust |
|16 HEMMANT-TINGALPA RD HEMMANT QLD 4174 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|61B ANTON RD HEMMANT QLD 4174 |Lago Coldstores Pty Ltd |
|128 GERLER RD HENDRA QLD 4011 | |
|130 EAST-WEST ARTERIAL RD HENDRA QLD 4011 |Techfront Australia Pty Ltd |
|451 NUDGEE RD HENDRA QLD 4011 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|468 NUDGEE RD HENDRA QLD 4011 |Australian Posters (Tribe) |
|74 GELLIBRAND ST HENDRA QLD 4011 |Department of Education & Training |
|22 GLADSTONE RD HIGHGATE HILL QLD 4101 |GENERAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING |
|1003 LOGAN RD HOLLAND PARK WEST QLD 4121 |Australian Posters (Tribe) |
|915 LOGAN RD HOLLAND PK WEST QLD 4121 |Felix Creswick C/- GOA Billboards |
|456 MOGGILL RD INDOOROOPILLY QLD 4068 |Westpoint Autos QLD Pty Ltd |
|8 WOODVILLE ST INDOOROOPILLY QLD 4068 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd |
|139 YALLAMBEE RD JINDALEE QLD 4074 |Darra-Jindalee Catholic School |
|22 YALLAMBEE RD JINDALEE QLD 4074 |Jindalee Bowls Club |
|232 SINNAMON RD JINDALEE QLD 4074 |Jindalee Bowls Club |
|60 YALLAMBEE RD JINDALEE QLD 4074 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|200 MAIN ST KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169 |DEERY HOTELS PTY LTD |
|221A SHAFSTON AVE KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|324 VULTURE ST KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169 |GOA Billboards |
|352 VULTURE ST KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169 |RHONAN O’ BRIEN ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS |
|420 MAIN ST KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169 |Espin Capital Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers |
|709 MAIN ST KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd |
|728 MAIN ST KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169 |Gabba Car Spa Cafe |
|819 MAIN ST KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169 |Mode Design Corporation |
|826 MAIN ST KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169 |FORTE LLC Pty Ltd |
|MAIN ST KANGAROO POINT QLD 4169 |City Cycle Scheme |
|39 FOREST WAY KARAWATHA QLD 4117 |Tom Stoddart Pty Ltd |
|164 GYMPIE RD KEDRON QLD 4031 |KG06 Trust & KG07 Trust & KG08 Trust |
|385 GYMPIE RD KEDRON QLD 4031 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|417 GYMPIE RD KEDRON QLD 4031 |Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group C/- Buckey Vann Planning & Development |
|469 GYMPIE RD KEDRON QLD 4031 |Goa Signage |
|515 GYMPIE RD KEDRON QLD 4031 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|558 GYMPIE RD KEDRON QLD 4031 |Aussie Loans |
|74 KELVIN GROVE RD KELVIN GROVE QLD 4059 |Eye Corp Pty Ltd |
|MUSK AVE KELVIN GROVE QLD 4059 |QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY |
|2006 MOGGILL RD KENMORE QLD 4069 |Mark McCarthy Automotive Pty Ltd |
|2006 MOGGILL RD KENMORE QLD 4069 |Urban Systems Pty Ltd |
|2071 MOGGILL RD KENMORE QLD 4069 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|904 Moggill RD KENMORE QLD 4069 |Allo Pty Ltd & Delvu Pty Ltd |
|904 Moggill RD KENMORE QLD 4069 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|38 MOONEY ST KEPERRA QLD 4054 |Keperra Country Golf Club |
|469 SETTLEMENT RD KEPERRA QLD 4054 |GOA Billboards |
|51 AXIS PL LARAPINTA QLD 4110 |Albert Smith and Son Pty Ltd |
|439 LUTWYCHE RD LUTWYCHE QLD 4030 |GOA Billboards |
|491 LUTWYCHE RD LUTWYCHE QLD 4030 | |
|566 LUTWYCHE RD LUTWYCHE QLD 4030 |LUTWYCHE No1 PTY LTD |
|571 LUTWYCHE RD LUTWYCHE QLD 4030 |ADLED Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Pty Ltd |
|1858 LYTTON RD LYTTON QLD 4178 |Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd |
|555 KESSELS RD MACGREGOR QLD 4109 |Aventus Properties Pty Ltd |
|302 MANLY RD MANLY WEST QLD 4179 |MORETON BAY BOYS COLLEGE LTD |
|1 GARDNER CL MILTON QLD 4064 |MILTON GARDNER PTY LTD |
|12 LITTLE CRIBB ST MILTON QLD 4064 |Goodwill Projects Pty Ltd |
|16 BAROONA RD MILTON QLD 4064 |Great Site Pty Ltd |
|2 BAROONA RD MILTON QLD 4064 |APEX Outdoor Pty Ltd |
|2 BAROONA RD MILTON QLD 4064 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd |
|315 MILTON RD MILTON QLD 4064 |GOA Billboards |
|27 BLACKWOOD ST MITCHELTON QLD 4053 |Doyles Holdings (Qld) P/L |
|1013 IPSWICH RD MOOROOKA QLD 4105 |PEDDERS SUSPENSION |
|1063 IPSWICH RD MOOROOKA QLD 4105 |ALKINA PTY LTD |
|1145 IPSWICH RD MOOROOKA QLD 4105 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|930 IPSWICH RD MOOROOKA QLD 4105 |STEFAN HAIR FASHIONS PTY LTD |
|951 IPSWICH RD MOOROOKA QLD 4105 |SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD CO |
|591 WYNNUM RD MORNINGSIDE QLD 4170 |Techfront Australia Pty Ltd |
|560 SIR SAMUEL GRIFFITH DR MOUNT COOT-THA QLD 4066 |BRISBANE TV LTD |
|1644 LOGAN RD MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 |Starspec Pty Ltd |
|1030 CAVENDISH RD MOUNT GRAVATT EAST QLD 4122 |TAFE Queensland Brisbane Region |
|429 CREEK RD MOUNT GRAVATT EAST QLD 4122 | |
|140 CAPITOL DR MOUNT OMMANEY QLD 4074 |TRICARE LTD |
|171 DANDENONG RD MOUNT OMMANEY QLD 4074 |Collins Restaurants Queensland Pty Ltd |
|28 RAWLINSON ST MURARRIE QLD 4172 |Trueley Enterprises Pty Ltd |
|350 QUEENSPORT RD MURARRIE QLD 4172 |MURARRIE DEVELOPMENTS PTY LTD |
|607 LYTTON RD MURARRIE QLD 4172 |CANNON HILL DEVELOPMENTS PTY LTD |
|896 LYTTON RD MURARRIE QLD 4172 |OOH!MEDIA ASSETS PTY LIMITED |
|590 MAINS RD NATHAN QLD 4111 |oOh!media |
|158 MORAY ST NEW FARM QLD 4005 |Myo Motion Remedial Massage & Exercise Therapy |
|190 ENOGGERA RD NEWMARKET QLD 4051 | |
|400 NEWMARKET RD NEWMARKET QLD 4051 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|73 ENOGGERA RD NEWMARKET QLD 4051 |FORTE LLC Pty Ltd |
|108 BREAKFAST CREEK RD NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 |Eyecorp Australia Pty Ltd |
|108 BREAKFAST CREEK RD NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 |Ooh Media Pty Ltd |
|119 BREAKFAST CREEK RD NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 |Allied Technologies Aust Pty Ltd T/AS Programmed Electrical Technologies |
|126 BREAKFAST CREEK RD NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 |BOOROODABIN COMMUNITY & RECREATION CLUB INC |
|126 BREAKFAST CREEK RD NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 |Savage Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|126 BREAKFAST CREEK RD NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 |THE TRUSTEE FOR HATZIFOTIS FAMILY TRUST |
|132 BREAKFAST CREEK RD NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 |Apex Digital |
|46 DOGGETT ST NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 |YOGA IN DAILY LIFE |
|U 1 PORTAL NEWSTEAD 1 BREAKFAST CREEK RD NEWSTEAD QLD 4006 |oOh!media Assets Pty Ltd |
|198A WYNNUM RD NORMAN PARK QLD 4170 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising |
|165 TOOMBUL RD NORTHGATE QLD 4013 |oOh!media Assets Pty Ltd |
|70 FLOWER ST NORTHGATE QLD 4013 |TOOMBUL BOWLS CLUB INC |
|1402 NUDGEE RD NUDGEE BEACH QLD 4014 |Brisbane City Council (no fee) |
|18 JUTLAND ST OXLEY QLD 4075 |NATIONAL STORAGE |
|18 JUTLAND ST OXLEY QLD 4075 |NATIONAL STORAGE |
|2148 IPSWICH RD OXLEY QLD 4075 |Robror Pty Ltd |
|2503 IPSWICH RD OXLEY QLD 4075 |The Trustee for The Andary Billboard Trust |
|78 LATROBE TCE PADDINGTON QLD 4064 |Great Site Pty Ltd |
|24 MUSGRAVE RD PETRIE TERRACE QLD 4000 |DIGITAL OUTDOOR MEDIA (QLD) PTY. LTD. |
|276 PETRIE TCE PETRIE TERRACE QLD 4000 |Ooh Media Pty Ltd |
|276 PETRIE TCE PETRIE TERRACE QLD 4000 |Pearston Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers |
|315 UPPER ROMA ST PETRIE TERRACE QLD 4000 |City Cycle Scheme |
|1344 KINGSFORD SMITH DR PINKENBA QLD 4008 |GOA Billboards |
|168 MUSGRAVE RD RED HILL QLD 4059 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|25 MUSGRAVE RD RED HILL QLD 4059 |COMPRITE PTY LTD |
|43 MUSGRAVE RD RED HILL QLD 4059 |Great Site Pty Ltd |
|133 PINE RD RICHLANDS QLD 4077 |Queensland Lions Football Club (Richlands) |
|133 PINE RD RICHLANDS QLD 4077 |Richlands Property Venture Pty Ltd |
|182 PINE RD RICHLANDS QLD 4077 |PMW Development Pty Ltd ATF Wilkinson Trust |
|81 KELLIHER RD RICHLANDS QLD 4077 |Techfront Australia Pty Ltd |
|7 BRADDOCK ST ROBERTSON QLD 4109 |Aveo Retirement Homes Limited C/- RPS Australia Eat Pty Ltd |
|105 GARDNER RD ROCHEDALE QLD 4123 |AUSTRAL BRICK COMPANY PTY |
|306 GARDNER RD ROCHEDALE QLD 4123 |NPD Property Development Pty Ltd |
|340 GARDNER RD ROCHEDALE QLD 4123 |Npd Property Developments Pty Ltd |
|39 GARDNER RD ROCHEDALE QLD 4123 |AUSTRAL BRICK COMPANY PTY |
|720 UNDERWOOD RD ROCHEDALE QLD 4123 |Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd |
|9 GARDNER RD ROCHEDALE QLD 4123 |AUSTRAL BRICK COMPANY PTY |
|115 DOLLIS ST ROCKLEA QLD 4106 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|1717 IPSWICH RD ROCKLEA QLD 4106 |Cody Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|1895 IPSWICH RD ROCKLEA QLD 4106 |Rocklea Auto Parts Pty Ltd |
|2015 IPSWICH RD ROCKLEA QLD 4106 | |
|23 RAILWAY PDE ROCKLEA QLD 4106 |oOh!media |
|702 BEAUDESERT RD ROCKLEA QLD 4106 |Queensland Cheap Tyres |
|9 RAILWAY TCE ROCKLEA QLD 4106 |GOA Billboards |
|469 COMPTON RD RUNCORN QLD 4113 |Department of Housing and Public Works |
|127 RIAWENA RD SALISBURY QLD 4107 |Southway Services No 2 Pty Ltd |
|250 ORANGE GROVE RD SALISBURY QLD 4107 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising |
|125 MONIER RD SEVENTEEN MILE ROCKS QLD 4073 |Men’s Shed 100 Inc |
|451 SHERWOOD RD SHERWOOD QLD 4075 |oOh!media Assets Pty Ltd |
|513 SHERWOOD RD SHERWOOD QLD 4075 |Pradella Developments Pty Ltd |
|721 SEVENTEEN MILE ROCKS RD SINNAMON PARK QLD 4073 |7 Eleven Stores Pty Ltd |
|193 MELBOURNE ST SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101 |GOA Billboards |
|20 MONTAGUE RD SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101 |APEX Outdoor Pty Ltd |
|25 GRAHAM ST SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101 |Presbyterian Methodist Schools Association (Somerville House) |
|582 STANLEY ST SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101 |GOA Billboards |
|109 LEICHHARDT ST SPRING HILL QLD 4000 |Great Site Pty Ltd |
|551 WICKHAM TCE SPRING HILL QLD 4000 |City Cycle Scheme |
|LEICHHARDT ST SPRING HILL QLD 4000 |City Cycle Scheme |
|TURBOT ST SPRING HILL QLD 4000 |J C Decaux Australia Pty Ltd |
|18 HARVTON ST STAFFORD QLD 4053 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd |
|6 WINDORAH ST STAFFORD QLD 4053 |GENERAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING |
|8 BILLABONG ST STAFFORD QLD 4053 |SUN STAFFORD TAVERN PTY LTD |
|55 OLD CLEVELAND RD STONES CORNER QLD 4120 |APN Outdoor Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Group Consultants Pty Ltd |
|57 OLD CLEVELAND RD STONES CORNER QLD 4120 |GENERAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING |
|596 GOWAN RD STRETTON QLD 4116 |Milestones Early Learning Stretton |
|3 BORON ST SUMNER QLD 4074 |Traditional Tiles |
|40 SUMNERS RD SUMNER QLD 4074 |Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd |
|87 JIJAWS ST SUMNER QLD 4074 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|1924 BEAUDESERT RD SUNNYBANK HILLS QLD 4109 |King International Pty Ltd |
|274 ROGHAN RD TAIGUM QLD 4018 |The Village Retirement Group C/- RPS |
|415 HANDFORD RD TAIGUM QLD 4018 |SALVATION ARMY |
|118A MOGGILL RD TARINGA QLD 4068 |GOA Billboards |
|2 WAVERLEY RD TARINGA QLD 4068 |City Cycle Scheme |
|226 MOGGILL RD TARINGA QLD 4068 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Group Consultants Pty Ltd |
|4 MORROW ST TARINGA QLD 4068 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|9A PIKE AVE TARINGA QLD 4068 |GOA Billboards |
|49 COMMERCIAL RD TENERIFFE QLD 4005 |WALLACE BISHOP P/L |
|80 SETTLEMENT RD THE GAP QLD 4061 |Devcorp |
|1393 WYNNUM RD TINGALPA QLD 4173 |Savage Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|15 STANTON RD TINGALPA QLD 4173 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|1534 WYNNUM RD TINGALPA QLD 4173 |ADLED Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Pty Ltd |
|1631 WYNNUM RD TINGALPA QLD 4173 |Australian Posters (Tribe) |
|1795 WYNNUM RD TINGALPA QLD 4173 |oOh Media Assets Pty Ltd |
|308 NEW CLEVELAND RD TINGALPA QLD 4173 |GULEO PTY LTD |
|5 CONTAINER ST TINGALPA QLD 4173 |General Outdoor Advertising P/L |
|27 MISKIN ST TOOWONG QLD 4066 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|531 MILTON RD TOOWONG QLD 4066 |City Cycle Scheme |
|U 1 TOOWONG PLACE 621 CORONATION DR TOOWONG QLD 4066 |GENERAL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING |
|1793 LOGAN RD UPPER MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 |Mt Gravatt Australian Football Club Inc. |
|1825 LOGAN RD UPPER MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 |Clairvaux Mackillop College Canteen |
|1993 LOGAN RD UPPER MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|2048 LOGAN RD UPPER MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 |General Outdoor Advertising P/L |
|2049 LOGAN RD UPPER MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 |Westfield Management Limited |
|2049 LOGAN RD UPPER MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 |Westfield Management Limited |
|2072 LOGAN RD UPPER MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 |APEX Outdoor Pty Ltd |
|96 MT GRAVATT-CAPALABA RD UPPER MOUNT GRAVATT QLD 4122 |Australian Outdoor Sign Company |
|1681 SANDGATE RD VIRGINIA QLD 4014 | |
|1904 SANDGATE RD VIRGINIA QLD 4014 |Amart Furniture |
|2037 SANDGATE RD VIRGINIA QLD 4014 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|2091 Sandgate RD VIRGINIA QLD 4014 |NATIONAL STORAGE |
|2091 Sandgate RD VIRGINIA QLD 4014 |THE LOCK UP SELF STORAGE |
|5 PRITCHARD RD VIRGINIA QLD 4014 |BP Australia Pty Ltd |
|1023 BOUNDARY RD WACOL QLD 4076 |GPT DEVELOPMENT PTY LTD AND THE TRUSTEE FOR CIDNEO TRUST |
|3076 IPSWICH RD WACOL QLD 4076 |Cidneo Pty Ltd & Gpt Development Pty Limited |
|3495 IPSWICH RD WACOL QLD 4076 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising |
|83 BOUNDARY ST WEST END QLD 4101 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd C/- RPS Australia East Pty Ltd |
|156 NEWMARKET RD WILSTON QLD 4051 | |
|132 LUTWYCHE RD WINDSOR QLD 4030 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Group Consultants Pty Ltd |
|384 LUTWYCHE RD WINDSOR QLD 4030 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|72 BLACKMORE ST WINDSOR QLD 4030 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|149 LOGAN RD WOOLLOONGABBA QLD 4102 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|186 IPSWICH RD WOOLLOONGABBA QLD 4102 |GOA Billboards |
|190 LOGAN RD WOOLLOONGABBA QLD 4102 |Automotive Parts Group Ltd |
|190 LOGAN RD WOOLLOONGABBA QLD 4102 |ROCKHAMPTON COTTAGES PTY LTD |
|248 IPSWICH RD WOOLLOONGABBA QLD 4102 |DIGITAL OUTDOOR MEDIA (QLD) PTY. LTD. |
|46 ANNERLEY RD WOOLLOONGABBA QLD 4102 |Classic Ceramic Importers Pty Ltd |
|67 IPSWICH RD WOOLLOONGABBA QLD 4102 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|98 LOGAN RD WOOLLOONGABBA QLD 4102 |ODNA Group Pty Ltd C/- Jensen Bowers Group Consultants Pty Ltd |
|STANLEY ST WOOLLOONGABBA QLD 4102 |J C Decaux Australia Pty Ltd |
|280 TINGAL RD WYNNUM QLD 4178 |SS Signs |
|2006 WYNNUM RD WYNNUM WEST QLD 4178 |Bishopp Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|41 GODIVA AVE YEERONGPILLY QLD 4105 |YEERONGPILLY PROJECT PTY LTD |
|15 CANSDALE ST YERONGA QLD 4104 |Yeronga Village |
|386 FAIRFIELD RD YERONGA QLD 4104 |APN Outdoor (Trading) Pty Ltd |
|429 FAIRFIELD RD YERONGA QLD 4104 |General Outdoor Advertising Pty Ltd |
|605 ZILLMERE RD ZILLMERE QLD 4034 |WALVIS PTY LTD |
Q2. How many applications for infrastructure charges reductions have been granted for the following categories, and what is the total amount of the value of these reductions?
|INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES REDUCTION CATEGORY |TOTAL NUMBER APPROVED |TOTAL VALUE OF REDUCTIONS |
|Retirement and aged care accommodation | | |
|(For qualifying development approvals that took effect | | |
|between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2017) | | |
|Student accommodation | | |
|(For qualifying residential development approvals that | | |
|took effect between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2017) | | |
|Four and five star hotels | | |
|(For qualifying development approvals that took effect | | |
|between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2014 inclusive) | | |
|Four and five star hotels | | |
|(For qualifying development approvals that took effect | | |
|between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015 inclusive, but only | | |
|for development applications lodged prior to 1 July 2014, | | |
|or as a result of a formal pre-lodgement meeting prior to | | |
|1 July 2014) | | |
|Eligible community organisations | | |
A2.
|INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES REDUCTION CATEGORY |TOTAL NUMBER APPROVED |TOTAL VALUE OF REDUCTIONS |
|Retirement and aged care accommodation |6 |$1,394,879.00 |
|(For qualifying development approvals that took effect | | |
|between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2017) | | |
|Student accommodation |11 |$9,051,347.64 |
|(For qualifying residential development approvals that | | |
|took effect between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2017) | | |
|Four and five star hotels |13 |$5,052,280.02 |
|(For qualifying development approvals that took effect | | |
|between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2014 inclusive) | | |
|Four and five star hotels |1 |$909,720.00 |
|(For qualifying development approvals that took effect | | |
|between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2015 inclusive, but only | | |
|for development applications lodged prior to 1 July 2014, | | |
|or as a result of a formal pre-lodgement meeting prior to | | |
|1 July 2014) | | |
|Eligible community organisations |162 |$3,323,206.75 |
Q3. Please provide the total number of approved applications for the universal housing design incentive payment to date (equivalent to 33% of infrastructure charges), and what is the total value of these applications made to date (where the certification must have been obtained and the development lawfully commenced use between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2021)?
A3. While there have been a number of enquiries from potentially eligible developments, Council is yet to receive and process an application for a payment under the Universal Housing Design Incentive.
Q4. In a response to Questions on Notice on 1 September 2020, a number of petitions were rejected by Council for failing to comply with legal requirements and petition guidelines (in the 2016/2017 financial year up to the current financial year). Please provide titles of each of these petitions, the reasons why they were rejected by Council, and the date they were rejected:
|PETITION TITLE |REASON FOR REJECTION |DATE REJECTED |
| | | |
A4. Council officers advise Council does not maintain detailed records of petitions that have not met the required guidelines.
Q5. How much did Council spend on fertiliser in each of the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 financial years, and what was the total amount or weight of fertiliser Council ordered in each of the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 financial years?
|YEAR |COST |AMOUNT |
|2018/2019 | | |
|2019/2020 | | |
A5.
|YEAR |COST |AMOUNT |
|2018/2019 |Approximately $201,822 |- |
|2019/2020 |Approximately $249,708 |- |
Council officers advise the total weight/amount of fertiliser is not recorded in Council’s database and therefore we are unable to advise the amount.
Q6. Please provide the cost and details of all works undertaken at Cathedral Square for the following years:
|FINANCIAL YEAR |PROJECT DETAIL |TOTAL AMOUNT |
|2016-17 | | |
|2017-18 | | |
|2018-19 | | |
|2019-20 | | |
|2020-21 | | |
A6.
|FINANCIAL YEAR |PROJECT DETAIL |TOTAL AMOUNT |
|2016-17 |Cathedral Square Stage 1, including entry pavilion, landscaping |$837,643 |
| |and lighting and commencement of Cathedral Square Stage 2 | |
|2017-18 |Cathedral Square Stage 2, including new greenspace, new public |$1,973,535 |
| |toilet and landscaping | |
|2018-19 |Completion of Cathedral Square Stage 2 |$1,222 |
|2019-20 |Refund of excess QLeave payment |- $1,520 |
|2020-21 |No project related activities undertaken |0 |
Q7. Please advise how many litres of glyphosate were used in the 2019-2020 financial year?
A7. 3,360 kg of Bazooka SG 800 glyphosate (powder form)
4,590 litres of Eraze 360 Glyphosate (liquid form).
Q8. Please advise how many quotes or requests for tenders for the supply of dog poo bags Council has sought from local suppliers in the last 4 years?
A8. One.
Q9. Please advise how many deceased animals have been reported in the vicinity of 415-427 Beckett Road Bridgeman Downs:
|YEAR |TOTAL NUMBER OF DECEASED ANIMALS |
|2020 (to date) | |
|2019 | |
|2018 | |
|2017 | |
|2016 | |
|2015 | |
A9.
|YEAR |TOTAL NUMBER OF DECEASED ANIMALS |
|2020 (to date) |3 |
|2019 |3 |
|2018 |3 |
|2017 |0 |
|2016 |2 |
|2015 |3 |
Q10. Please advise the top ten species of animals that have been reported dead in the vicinity of 415-427 Beckett Road Bridgeman Downs in the last ten years, and the number of deceased animals.
A10. Council officers advise Council’s records on deceased animals do not extend back ten years.
However, since 2014, the top species reported deceased in the vicinity of 415-427 Beckett Road were wallabies (12), dog (1) and not specified (1).
Q11. How many businesses have declined to have their name listed on the Eat Safe star rating section of the Brisbane City Council website?
A11. 2,207 which are three stars or above have chosen not to have the rating included with their name.
Q12. How many businesses are below the 3-star rating criteria for the Eat Safe star rating program in 2019-2020?
A12. 967.
Q13. How many businesses were audited in total in the last four financial years, broken down for each year?
A13.
|Financial Year |Audits |
|2017-18 |6,152 |
|2018-19 |4,572 |
|2019-20 |3,680 |
|2020-21 |1,055 to date |
Q14. How many businesses received a surprise food safety inspection by Council Environmental officers in the last four financial years?
A14. 14,524.
Q15. How many fines were issued from surprise inspections of food businesses under the Food Act 2006 in the last four financial years?
A15. 577.
Q16. How many businesses were given breach notices with warnings in the last four financial years when audited as part of the Eat Safe star rating program under the Food Act 2016?
A16. Under the Food Act 2006, Council officers can issue an Improvement Notice, which provides the business operator an opportunity to improve or rectify any contraventions.
2,423 improvement notices were issued.
Q17. How many business were fined with breach notices when audited in the last four financial years under the Eat Safe star rating program in regards to the Food Act 2016?
A17. 158.
Q18. How many business were prosecuted after being audited under the Eat Safe star rating program under the Food Act 2016 and did not comply with breach notices in the last four financial years?
A18. 144.
Q19. How many of the prosecutions were successful on behalf of Brisbane City Council in the last four financial years?
A19. 142.
Q20. What was the total amount of fines issued for breach notices under the Eat Safe star rating audits in the last four financial years?
A20. There were no specific fines issued for the offence of failing to comply with an Improvement Notice. Compliance and Regulatory Services do not have data on the number of fines issued as a result of a follow up inspection.
Q21. How many businesses were suspended from trading due to non-compliance issues when audited under the Eat Safe star rating program in the last four financial years?
A21. 162.
Q22. How many business have done self-audits in the last four financial years under the Eat Safe star rating program?
A22. 1,473.
Q23. How many businesses that are audited are not listed on the Brisbane City Council Eat Safe star rating program, with or without a current star rating?
A23. All businesses that are audited are listed on Council’s Eat Safe star rating program.
Q24. How many businesses in the Brisbane City Council area have not been audited under the Eat Safe star rating program?
A24. All businesses covered under the Eat Safe star rating program are audited prior to them commencing operations and then again at the relevant audit frequency for their star rating.
RISING OF COUNCIL: 6.12pm.
PRESENTED: and CONFIRMED
CHAIR
Council officers in attendance:
Victor Tan (A/Senior Council and Committee Officer)
Samantha Holloway (Council and Committee Officer)
Billy Peers (Personal Support Officer to the Lord Mayor and Council Orderly)
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