City of Brisbane
Geography
State:	Queensland
Region:	Brisbane
Area:	1367 km²
Council seat:	Brisbane CBD (City Hall)
Demographics
Population:	950,010 (June 30, 2005)1
- Density:	379.8 / km²
Born in Australia:	xx %
Indigenous Australian origin:	xx %
Government
Brisbane City Council http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/
Mayor:	Lord Mayor Campbell Newman
Deputy Mayor:	Councillor David Hinchliffe
Federal electorates:	Brisbane, Bonner, Griffith, Lilley, Moreton, Oxley, Petrie, Ryan
State electorates:	Aspley, Brisbane Central, Chatsworth, Clayfield, Greenslopes, Indooroopilly, Mt Ommaney, Moggill, Nudgee, Yeronga

The Brisbane City Council is the governing council for Brisbane, which is the capital of Queensland, Australia. Unlike councils in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, where the local councils are generally responsible for relatively small areas of those cities, the Brisbane City Council administers the larger part of the Brisbane metropolitan area and has a larger population than any other Local Government Area in Australia. Image File history File links Brisbane City Council Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Australian States and Territories make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... This is a list of regions in Australia that are not Australian states or territories. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the third largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands, believing they have been in occupation since the beginning of time and continuing their presence during European settlement. ... Campbell Newman was elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane in 2004. ... Cr David Hinchliffe is the Deputy Mayor and Leader of the Majority Councillors in the Brisbane City Council. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Brisbane is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ... The Division of Bonner is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ... The Division of Griffith is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ... The Division of Lilley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ... The Division of Moreton is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ... The Division of Oxley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ... The Division of Petrie is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ... The Division of Ryan is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. ... The division of Aspley is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia. ... The district of Brisbane Central is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and is the third largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ...

The Council is the combination of the local cities, towns and shires that merged together in 1924 (see history section). The main offices for the Council are at the Brisbane Administration Centre or "BAC", a 23 floor tower behind the Brisbane City Hall, although some of these will be moving to the Brisbane Square development upon its completition in 2006. The Brisbane City Hall houses the Council chamber, the offices of the Lord Mayor, meeting and reception rooms and the Museum of Brisbane. The Brisbane Administration Centre, or BAC, serves as the administrative headquarters for the Brisbane City Council. ... Bribane City Hall ( view from King George Square ) Brisbane City Hall has frontages to King George Square, Ann Street and Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Progress as at 25/7/06 Brisbane Square under construction, 24/06/06 Brisbane Square is a new high-rise building situated on the corner of George Street and Queen Street, opposite the Conrad Treasury Casino in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ...

History

Brisbane City Council was formed in 1925 from a forced amalgamation of twenty smaller councils. These councils were: 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

• Cities:
  • Brisbane
  • South Brisbane

• Towns:
  • Hamilton
  • Ithaca
  • Sandgate
  • Toowong
  • Windsor
  • Wynnum

• Shires:
  • Balmoral
  • Belmont
  • Coorparoo
  • Enoggera
  • Kedron
  • Moggill
  • Sherwood
  • Stephens
  • Taringa
  • Tingalpa
  • Toombul
  • Yeerongpilly

The City Council also took over the responsibilities for several quasi-autonomous government authorities, for example the Brisbane Tramways Trust. This article is about the Australian city. ... South Brisbane is an inner city suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, a suburb 30 minutes drive northeast of the central business district of Brisbane, with a population of nearly 50,000 people. ... The commercial centre of Toowong contains several commercial buildings, including the Toowong Village office tower (background) which contains the Toowong Village shopping centre. ... Windsor is an inner northern suburb of Brisbane. ... Wynnum is a seaside suburb located on the shores of Moreton Bay in Brisbane,Queensland, Australia. ... Coorparoo Primary School Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Enoggera is a suburb in Brisbane, Australia. ... Chermside is a suburb on the north side of Brisbane, Queensland. ... Taringa is one of Brisbanes hilly Western suburbs, bordering between Toowong, Queensland, Indooroopilly, St Lucia, Queensland, and the Western Freeway/Brisbane Forest Park. ... Tingalpa (Tin-gal-pa) is located near Manly West and Belmont, Queensland in eastern area of the metropolitan area of Brisbane, Australia. ... Toombul is a locality in northern Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ...

Structure

Brisbane City Council has an unusual structure with power divided between a powerful executive Lord Mayor, a parliamentary-style Council of twenty-six councillors representing single-member wards of approximately 23,000 voters, and a Civic Cabinet comprising the Lord Mayor and the chairpersons of the seven standing committees drawn from the membership of Council. The seven standing committees are: Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). ... States currently utilizing parliamentary systems are denoted in orange and red—the former being constitutional monarchies where authority is vested in a parliament, and the latter being parliamentary republics whose parliaments are effectively supreme over a separate head of state. ... A council is a group of people who usually possess some powers of governance. ...

• Community Services Committee
• Environment and Sustainability Committee
• Finance Committee
• Public Transport Committee
• Roads, TransApex and Traffic Committee
• Urban Planning and Economic Development Committee
• Water and City Businesses Committee

The council also owns three business units which are city-owned enterprises managed on commercial lines: TransApex is a long-term plan devised by Brisbane Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman, to improve cross-city traffic flows in Brisbane, Australia. ...

• Brisbane CityWorks
• Brisbane Transport
• Brisbane Water

The Brisbane City Council also used to own the QEII Stadium (also known as ANZ Stadium, home of the 1982 Commonwealth Games), before it was handed over to the Queensland Government's Major Sporting Facility Authority (MSFA), which operates Suncorp Stadium, the Gabba, Dairy Farmers Stadium, ANZ Stadium and the soon-to-be built Robina Stadium. One of Brisbane Transports natural gas-powered Scania L94UB buses CityCat catamaran ferry Brisbane Transport is a division of the Brisbane City Council. ... Brisbane Water is a business of the Brisbane City Council in Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. ...

Seventeen councillors are members of the Australian Labor Party while eight councillors and the Lord Mayor are from the Liberal Party. There is currently one vacant councillor position due to the resingation of a Liberal councillor. The current Lord Mayor of Brisbane is former civil engineer Campbell Newman who belongs to the Liberal Party and who is only the second Liberal Lord Mayor of Brisbane. The current Deputy Lord Mayor and the Majority Leader of Council is David Hinchliffe, who belongs to the Labor Party. The day-to-day management of Council's operations is the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer who is currently Jude Munro. The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... Campbell Newman was elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane in 2004. ... Cr David Hinchliffe is the Deputy Mayor and Leader of the Majority Councillors in the Brisbane City Council. ... A chief executive officer (CEO), or chief executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer or executive officer of a corporation, or agency. ...

Elections are held every four years with ballots for the Lord Mayoralty and the individual councillors being held simultaneously. Voting is compulsory for all eligible electors. The most recent election in March 2004 resulted in the unusual situation of a Liberal Lord Mayor co-existing with a Labor majority on Council, resulting in remarkably few conflicts over civic budgets and Council policy. An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... This entry is related to, but not included in the Elections and Voting series. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths • 08 Abu Abbas • 20 Queen Juliana • 28 Peter Ustinov • 30 Alistair Cooke More March 2004 deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Israeli-Palestinian conflict Occupation of Iraq Same-sex marriage in...

The Brisbane City Council and its unique structure is incorporated under the City of Brisbane Act 1924, while other local governments in Queensland are bound by the Local Government Act 1993.

Council meetings are held at Brisbane City Hall every Tuesday at 2pm except during recess and holiday periods. Meetings are generally open to the public.

Heraldry

Coat of arms of Brisbane City Council

The motto of Brisbane City Council is Meliora sequimur, Latin for We aim for the best. Its corporate slogan is Dedicated to a better Brisbane. The city's colours are blue and gold. Its corporate logo was introduced in 1982 in preparation for the Commonwealth Games hosted in Brisbane that year. It features a stylised version of Brisbane's City Hall which opened in 1930. The city's floral emblem is the poinsettia and its faunal emblem is the Graceful Tree Frog. Image File history File links Coat of arms of the City of Brisbane. ... Image File history File links Coat of arms of the City of Brisbane. ... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Binomial name Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ... Binomial name Litoria gracilenta Peters, 1869 Distribution of the Dainty Green Tree Frog The Dainty Green Tree Frog (Litoria gracilenta) is a tree frog native to eastern Queensland, and north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. ...

Wards

As of October 2005, the twenty-six wards, their councillors and their party affiliations are: 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Sister cities

• Kobe, Japan (July 1985)
• Auckland, New Zealand (August 1988)
• Shenzhen, People's Republic of China (June 1992)
• Semarang, Indonesia (January 1993)
• Kaohsiung, Taiwan (September 1997)
• Daejeon, South Korea (17 June 2002)
• Chongqing, People's Republic of China (2005)
• Nice, France (no longer active due to French South Pacific Nuclear Testing)

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Check the BCC Website for an official listing of Brisbane's sister cities.

External links

• Brisbane City Council online
  
• ourBrisbane - Brisbane City Council's Community Portal
  
• Brisbane City Council's Organisational Structure
  
• Brisbane City Enterprises