Anne Gardiner for Pullenvale

Anne_gardiner_pullenvale Anne Gardiner lives in Brookfield with her husband and two children. Anne worked as a high school teacher for some years before completing a masters degree in environment management and a Ph.D. in urban water management. Anne has been actively involved in Landcare and is dedicated to ensuring that managed sustainable development will keep Brisbane a liveable city into the future. Dr. Gardiner is currently employed as a senior research officer with the Department of Natural Resources and Water.

Her vision for the Pullenvale Ward involves maintaining established local communities with improved services and facilities particularly in public transport, bicycle paths, parks and reserves and support for local businesses. A public library in Bellbowrie is overdue.

Anne brings a working knowledge of how governments function, direct experience with Brisbane’s water management policies and a dedication to working in partnership with the community to ensure the sustainability and quality of life of Brisbane.

 

Reasons to vote Green in Pullenvale

  1. To support local communities with improved services such as a library for Bellbowrie, and a linked network of bicycle paths.


  2. To develop a sustainable transport corridor based
    on light rail, improved bus time-tables and bicycle path networks as
    opposed to endless road upgrades and expensive and unwanted bridges,
    tunnels and toll roads.



  3. To support and expand the efforts of the Brisbane City Council in
    ensuring a sustainable water supply through household water tanks,
    water recycling and promoting improved water efficiency.



  4. To ensure that future land development in the
    region is consistent with best practice principles of sustainability
    and thus maintain and improve the quality of life of new and
    existing residents alike. The process of development evaluation must
    be transparent and communities must be empowered to actively
    participate in this decision-making.



  5. To ensure that the Brisbane City Council
    implements best practice principles in its own operations in terms
    of     waste management and energy and water
    efficiency.