Brisbane City Council

Brisbane City Council
Brisbane City Council
31st Council
	Coat of Arms
	Flag
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1924; 100 years ago
Preceded by	City of Brisbane; City of South Brisbane
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Adrian Schrinner, Liberal National
Deputy Mayor	Krista Adams, Liberal National
Leader of the Opposition	Jared Cassidy, Labor
Chair of Council	David McLachlan, Liberal National
Structure
Seats	27 elected representatives including Lord Mayor and 26 Ward Councillors
Political groups	Majority (20); Liberal National (20); Opposition (7); Labor (5); Greens (1); Independent (1);
Committees	10
Length of term	4 years
Salary	A$164,156 (2021)
Elections
Voting system	Instant-runoff voting
First election	21 February 1925
Last election	28 March 2020
Next election	16 March 2024
Motto
	Meliora Sequimur
Meeting place
	Brisbane City Hall, King George Square, Brisbane
Website
	www.brisbane.qld.gov.au

Brisbane City Council (BCC) is a local government authority for the City of Brisbane, a local government area (LGA) representing most of Brisbane and the largest LGA in Australia.

The Brisbane City Council acts a bit like a unicameral (single-chamber) parliament, similar to the Queensland Parliament or the two territory parliaments. It has 27 councillors, 26 of which are elected from one of the 26 wards of Brisbane, while the remaining one is the Lord Mayor, who is directly elected. Elections are held every four years.

Current composition[change | change source]

Party totals^[2]
	Wards	Lord Mayor
Liberal National	19	1
Labor	5
Greens	1
Independent	1

**The current council is^[2]^[3]**
Ward		Councillor
Lord Mayor	LNP	Adrian Schrinner
Bracken Ridge	LNP	Sandy Landers
Calamvale	LNP	Angela Owen
Central	LNP	Vicki Howard
Chandler	LNP	Ryan Murphy
Coorparoo	LNP	Fiona Cunningham
Deagon	Labor	Jared Cassidy
Doboy	LNP	Lisa Atwood
Enoggera	LNP	Andrew Wines
Forest Lake	Labor	Charles Strunk
Hamilton	LNP	David McLachlan
Holland Park	LNP	Krista Adams
Jamboree	LNP	Sarah Hutton
MacGregor	LNP	Steven Huang
Marchant	LNP	Fiona Hammond
McDowall	LNP	Tracy Davis
Moorooka	Labor	Steve Griffiths
Morningside	Labor	Lucy Collier
Northgate	LNP	Adam Allan
Paddington	LNP	Clare Jenkinson
Pullenvale	LNP	Greg Adermann
Runcorn	LNP	Kim Marx
Tennyson	Independent	Nicole Johnston
The Gabba	Greens	Trina Massey
The Gap	LNP	Steven Toomey
Walter Taylor	LNP	James Mackay
Wynnum Manly	Labor	Peter Cumming

Notes[change | change source]

↑ A city Councillor that does not hold the Mayoralty, Deputy Mayoralty, a Civic Cabinet Chair position, Chair of Council, or Leader of the Opposition positions has the base salary of A$164,156 excluding allowances.^[1]

References[change | change source]

↑ Stone, Lucy (31 May 2022). "Brisbane councillors to receive second pay rise in nine months after 2.5 per cent increase recommended". ABC News.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Brisbane City Council 2020 Election Results | ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
↑ "Brisbane City Council 2020 Election Results | ECQ (Electoral Commission of Queensland)". ECQ (Electoral Commission of Queensland). July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[2] A city Councillor that does not hold the Mayoralty, Deputy Mayoralty, a Civic Cabinet Chair position, Chair of Council, or Leader of the Opposition positions has the base salary of A$164,156 excluding allowances.^[1]

[1] Stone, Lucy (31 May 2022). "Brisbane councillors to receive second pay rise in nine months after 2.5 per cent increase recommended". ABC News.

[:0-3] 2.0 ^2.1 "Brisbane City Council 2020 Election Results | ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

[:8-4] "Brisbane City Council 2020 Election Results | ECQ (Electoral Commission of Queensland)". ECQ (Electoral Commission of Queensland). July 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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