Speeches

Thank you Chair. I rise to speak on Item C – the petition for a no-left hand turn from Moggill Road into Blacon Street, Kenmore during the morning peak hour period. This is something that should have had a successful outcome, but for some weird logic within the State Government’s Department of Transport and Main […]

Thank you Chair. I rise to speak in support of Item E – the reappointment of Just Sports n Fitness as the operator of the Bellbowrie swimming pool for a further 15 years. This company’s record as pool operators not only at Bellbowrie but at other locations in Brisbane, Ipswich and regional towns in Queensland

Chair I rise to speak about two landmark occasions in my Ward over the weekend. First, our new skatepark at Booker Place Park, Bellbowrie is now open, ticking off another 2020 election commitment delivered by the Schrinner Council. And it was appropriate the Lord Mayor was on hand to officially open the new facility and

Thank you Chair. I rise to speak briefly in support of Item D, requesting Council rename Gap Creek Circuit at Gap Creek Reserve in my Ward, to ‘Gillian’s Circuit’. As Cr. Davis indicated, this is a respectful and heartfelt opportunity to honour Gillian Duncan. A name change as proposed would pay tribute to Gillian’s legacy

Chair, I rise to acknowledge a recognition in my Ward last Friday, honouring a man whose vision and dedication ensures that we commemorate Anzac Day – that most sacred of days in Australian history – in an appropriate and respectful manner. Motorists travelling into the city from the western suburbs via the Western Freeway will

Chair I rise to inform the Chamber about another highly successful Brookfield Show last weekend, albeit under very challenging conditions. The Brookfield Show always throws up something out of left field and this year wasn’t any different. To say the wet weather in the week leading up to and during the event posed a number

Thank you Chair. I rise to speak in support of Item B, the naming of the sporting node within Booker Place Park, Bellbowrie to “Stegeman Sporting Complex”. Tony and Lorraine Stegeman’s association with the Bellbowrie Sports and Community Club is well known within my local community and when I outline it to the Chamber, I’m

I rise to speak on Item A – the East Bank Flood Resilience project at Mt. Crosby in my Ward. The Mount Crosby Water Treatment Plants are a critical part of the SEQ Water Grid and supply about 50 percent of South East Queensland’s drinking water including Brisbane, Ipswich and Logan. The East Bank Flood

Thank you, Chair. I rise to speak about the flood impacts in my Ward and how my residents responded to it. I’m proud, as I’m sure all other Councillors are, of what we’ve witnessed on the ground in the suburbs during the past week and a half. We have all seen examples of heartache and

Thank you Chair I rise to speak on Item A, in support of the Schrinner Council’s Off-Road Cycling strategy. This is a subject in which I have a considerable interest, given that Mount Coot-tha reserve has an extensive network of diverse tracks and trails.  In addition to Mt Coot-tha, the strategy also includes future opportunities