12 March 2008 Read the article
Public transport would be free for all Brisbane children within three years under a plan outlined by Greens mayoral candidate Jo Bragg today.
Ms Bragg said the "kids ride free" initiative would be phased in during the next three years and begin with off-peak travel until there were enough buses and ferries to extend the offer to peak periods
5 March 2008 Read the article
The Greens have added their voice to accusations the Labor Party is behind biased phone polling ahead of next weekend's Brisbane City Council election.
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Greens campaign chief Ian Gittus yesterday said his office had received at least five reports of push polling in the Labor-held Gabba ward.
Mr Gittus said among the questions, residents were told Greens candidate Drew Hutton had given his preferences to the Liberal Party - an allegation the Greens denied.
"No decision has been made on preferences and we're still doing the final negotiations now," he said.
28 February 2008 Read the article
Last week, Greens mayoral candidate Jo Bragg said the political donation system "stinks".
"Property developers are not charities," Ms Bragg said.
"They give to the ALP and the Libs hoping for favours and taking advantage of weak laws on donations.
"I call for a major overhaul of the electoral donations system to ban developer donations."
Ms Bragg has previously promised to list online all donations of more than $1500 two weeks before the Brisbane City Council elections on March 15.
24 February 2008
Members of the campaign to scrap the controversial and discredited Hale Street Link toll bridge project are unhappy about some ‘misleading’ ALP local government election materials which appear to claim credit for outcomes achieved by the campaign.
“Let’s be quite clear about this,” said Stop the Hale Street Bridge Alliance spokesman David Bratchford, “every hard won concession gained by the campaign has been due to the untiring efforts of the ordinary citizens who contribute their time to it.”
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17 February 2008 Read the article
The Cycle City announcement comes one week after Greens lord mayoral candidate Jo-Anne Bragg unveiled her party's plan for the city's bikeways.
The Greens' $40 million per year pitch trumps the Liberals' promised $25 million average yearly spend and would more than double the cycle path network, from 760km to 1700km, by 2015.
Ms Bragg said she was encouraged to hear the Lord Mayor "finally seriously talking about cycling".
"It's clear that over the last several years his attention has been on road infrastructure and there's been a tiny dribble of funding for cycling," she said.
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9 February 2008 Read the article
The Greens Lord Mayoral candidate and Newman rival Jo Bragg today branded as "dirty and scurrilous" the NewmanFacts.com. website, which accuses Cr Newman of a litany of broken election promises, policy failures and wanton public spending via a series of articles and video attacks.
8 February 2008 Read the article
Campaign donations from wealthy property developers are a fact of political life, the Labor Party said today.
ALP State Secretary and Brisbane City Council hopeful Milton Dick rejected a call from Greens lord mayoral candidate Jo-Anne Bragg to ban property developers from giving money to political parties.
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Ms Bragg said campaign donations such as a $50,000 gift to Liberal Lord Mayor Campbell Newman from Consolidated Properties were "undemocratic".
"The political donations system stinks," she said.
"Property developers are not charities, they give to the ALP and Libs hoping for favours and taking advantage of weak laws on donations."
7 February 2008 Read the article
Property developers should be banned from donating to political parties in Queensland, Greens lord mayoral candidate Jo-Anne Bragg said today.
Ms Bragg said it was "undemocratic" of the Liberal and Labor parties to use money from developers to fund their election campaigns.
"The political donations system stinks," she said.
"Property developers are not charities, they give to the ALP and Libs hoping for favours and taking advantage of weak laws on donations."
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5 February 2008 Read the article
Traffic delays on Coronation Drive will get worse - not better - under the revised Hale Street Bridge project being proposed by Lord Mayor Campbell Newman.
This has led to a traffic expert questioning the overall benefits of the project.
25 January 2008 Read the article
West End locals are furious over a plan to build 500 apartments on the site of a former factory, claiming the project is unsustainable and will destroy the area's unique character...
20 January 2008 Read the article
THE highly anticipated battle for City Hall has begun, with both Labor and the Greens yesterday officially staking their claim for control of Australia's largest local authority...
20 January 2008 Read the article
... The Greens launched their campaign at the same time on the steps of City Hall, also calling it a chance to meet-and-greet its candidates.
The focus of their campaign will be on greenhouse gas emissions, fixing the public transport system and curbing traffic congestion, Greens Lord Mayoral hopeful Jo Bragg said.
Seventeen candidates have been pre-selected to contest the March 15 election, but Ms Bragg said there were more to come.
"We have great candidates in the inner-city wards such as Stuart Skabo for Toowong, Anne Bocabella for Central and Drew Hutton for the Gabba," Ms Bragg said...
18 January 2008 Read the article
... “Look at Brisbane City Council – the councillors get entangled on what’s happening in the political party agenda instead of the local government agenda.”
Mr Hoffman said the involvement of political parties or strong interest groups could lead to a “change in the traditionally strong relationship between councils and the community”...
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MORE trains, more frequent buses and a better cycle network are what Brisbane needs to keep the city moving, public transport campaigners say...
Meanwhile, the Greens also want to see so-called clean transport prioritised and want improved pathways and cycle ways to key locations.
The party's lord mayoral candidate, Jo Bragg, has also proposed a major $3.7 billion light rail network connecting the inner city with outer-northern and southern suburbs.
5 December 2007 Read the article
THE $241 million Hale St toll bridge project is almost a week behind schedule and its future unclear as war erupts over traffic management...
The Greens lord mayoral candidate Jo Bragg said the bridge project would be a "disaster" and should be scrapped.
5 December 2007, Labor and Liberal still don't get it when it comes to public transport, Read the article
MORE than 100 buses each week are too full to stop for extra passengers and the problem is getting worse as Brisbane's population grows.
8 November 2007, City North News, Quest, Page 4
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