Lord Mayor targets mozzie menace

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today announced Council had re-commenced treatment spraying for mosquitoes in the wake of the ‘big wet’ and higher than normal tides.

The Lord Mayor said Council had conducted two aerial treatments over more than 3200 hectares of Brisbane’s tidal wetland...

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Report storm-affected roads and drains to Council

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is encouraging Brisbane residents to let Council know about any issues like potholes and blocked drains that need to be fixed after the weekends torrential rain.

The Lord Mayor said over 100 millimetres of rain fell in just a few hours on Saturday afternoon...

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Lord Mayor makes it even easier to learn your flood risk

Lord Mayor makes it even easier to learn your flood risk

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has made it even easier for people to find out their flood risk with Council’s new look FloodWise Property Report.

Cr Newman said Council has redeveloped the FloodWise Property Report ...

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Graffiti taskforce turning the tables two years on

More than 180 graffiti vandals have been caught and charged with 6400 offences since Lord Mayor Campbell Newman created Brisbane’s first dedicated graffiti taskforce two years ago.

The Lord Mayor’s Taskforce Against Graffiti (TAG) is a full-time team of police and council officer...

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Check your deck before summer

Brisbane City Council is urging residents and property owners with a deck or balcony made from timber or constructed before 1946, to undertake a professional structural safety check.

Neighbourhood Planning and Development Assessment Committee Chair Amanda Cooper said now is the perfec...

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Mayor warns residents to prepare for storms

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is encouraging Brisbane residents to start preparing their property and family for Brisbane’s notorious summer storm season.

Cr Newman said storm season was known to occur as early as September and people needed to start looking at ways to protect themselv...

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Council Warns of Hoax Intruders

Brisbane City Council is warning residents on Brisbane’s south side to beware of hoax callers posing as Council officers or contractors, who are attempting to gain access to people’s homes.

A number of fake visits have been made on homes in the Upper Mount Gravatt area, where a ma...

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