The Wishart Ward comprises the suburbs of Eight Mile Plains, Macgregor, Robertson and parts of Upper Mt Gravatt and Wishart. Greens' candidate Surya McEwen has a vision for a Wishart that includes improved community and sporting facilities, wildlife areas, community gardens and great public transport. Surya is concerned about the rising cost of food and fuel and will work on local initiatives to ease the burden on residents. He wants to involve people in Council decision making, to ensure the right solutions are chosen for his area. Read more about Surya below and contact him via the Greens' office on 38460862.
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Rob believes local residents should be the ones to decide what is best for
Parkinson not developers. Parkinson ward takes in Algester, Calamvale, Forest Lake, Heathwood, Larapinta, Parkinson, Pallara and Willawong.
Rob has campaigned for the protection of valuable natural areas in the Oxley Wedge as well as advocating better cycling paths and public transport for the area. As a Councillor he would always act with community interests as his top priority, rather than making behind the scenes deals with developers.
Read more about Rob's 5 top priorities for the Parkinson Ward. Check this website regularly because Rob is organising events in the area which will be advertised here.
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Anne Boccabella, Greens Candidate for Central, owns a business in Paddington and has worked continuously serving her community over the past two decades. Her achievements include protecting greenspace around Ballymore Park, implementing street improvement programs in Kelvin Grove and Herston, and pushing for effective parking management around Suncorp Stadium during events. She has also been a passionate advocate of better transport solutions for our city.
For more information on Anne click on the link below her photo. You can also email Anne
at central@qld.greens.org.au or
simply call her on 0421 195 234.
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Sean Marler will run for the Greens in Richlands and take a significant vote away from Labor and Liberal. Sean is an environmental scientist and has worked in the sustainable forestry industry for eight years. Contact him on 38460862. There will be a swing away from Labor in this ward as career politician Milton Dick takes Les Bryant's job. Voters outraged with Labor but not willing to vote Liberal now have a great alternative.
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Stuart Skabo has announced that he will once again run for the ward of Toowong in this year's Brisbane City Council elections after receiving 20% of the primary vote in the 2004 election.
"I
look forward to helping create a clean and prosperous future for
Australia's greatest city, Brisbane," said Mr Skabo.
"This time we look forward to not only improving on our already substantial support but also to winning the ward for the Greens and the people of Toowong."
"While our state and national
governments fight about how little they can get away with doing to
ensure our future, I can see that there is a great opportunity for
local government to step in and take action. Climate change, the
economy and resource security are all global issues, but global
issues with largely local solutions."
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The new ward, The Gabba, takes in the suburbs of South Brisbane, West End, Highgate Hill, Woolloongabba, Kangaroo Point and parts of East Brisbane.
See the ECQ site for more details.
I have been a campaigner almost all my adult life and have blended my communitarian philosophy and outlook with a commitment to universal values such as human rights and environmental justice.
At the same time as I was a high school teacher and then a college lecturer in the sixties, seventies and early eighties I was also involved in the anti-Vietnam War campaign, campaigns against uranium mining and for nuclear disarmament and support for Indigenous land rights struggles. I was a teacher educator in the seventies and eighties and influenced the content of social science curricula and championed peace and environmental education in schools as well as more democratic school environments and teaching practices.
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Brisbane activist Tristan Peach has announced that he will be running as the Greens' Candidate for the Hamilton Ward in the upcoming Brisbane City Council elections and has ambitions to be Council's Transport Chairperson.
Mr Peach’s main priority as a Councillor would be listening to and implementing the ideas of people in the Hamilton Ward and encouraging more people to become actively involved in local decision-making. He will demonstrate his commitment to citizen participation during the election campaign by discussing local and city-wide issues with as many people as possible.
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The Wishart Ward comprises the suburbs of Eight Mile Plains, Macgregor, Robertson and parts of Upper Mt Gravatt and Wishart. Greens' candidate Surya McEwen has a vision for a Wishart that includes improved community and sporting facilities, wildlife areas, community gardens and great public transport. Surya is concerned about the rising cost of food and fuel and will work on local initiatives to ease the burden on residents. He wants to involve people in Council decision making, to ensure the right solutions are chosen for his area. Read more about Surya below and contact him via the Greens' office on 38460862.
