City of Brisbane

The City of Brisbane includes the following settlements:

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• Bardon
• Bowen Hills
• Brisbane CBD
• East Brisbane
• Fortitude Valley
• Herston
• Highgate Hill
• Kangaroo Point
• Kelvin Grove
• New Farm
• Newstead
• Paddington
• Petrie Terrace
• Red Hill
• South Brisbane
• Spring Hill
• Teneriffe
• West End
• Woolloongabba

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Total: 19

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• Albion
• Alderley
• Ascot
• Aspley
• Bald Hills
• Banyo
• Boondall
• Bracken Ridge
• Bridgeman Downs
• Brighton
• Brisbane Airport
• Carseldine
• Chermside
• Chermside West
• Clayfield
• Deagon
• Eagle Farm
• Everton Park
• Ferny Grove
• Fitzgibbon
• Gaythorne
• Geebung
• Gordon Park
• Grange
• Hamilton
• Hendra
• Kalinga
• Kedron
• Keperra
• Lutwyche
• McDowall
• Mitchelton
• Myrtletown
• Newmarket
• Northgate
• Nudgee
• Nudgee Beach
• Nundah
• Pinkenba
• Sandgate
• Shorncliffe
• Stafford
• Stafford Heights
• Taigum
• Virginia
• Wavell Heights
• Wilston
• Windsor
• Wooloowin
• Zillmere

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Total: 50

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• Acacia Ridge
• Algester
• Annerley
• Archerfield
• Burbank
• Calamvale
• Coopers Plains
• Darra
• Doolandella
• Drewvale
• Durack
• Dutton Park
• Eight Mile Plains
• Ellen Grove
• Fairfield
• Forest Lake
• Greenslopes
• Heathwood
• Holland Park
• Holland Park West
• Inala
• Karawatha
• Kuraby
• Larapinta
• MacGregor
• Mackenzie
• Mansfield
• Moorooka
• Mount Gravatt
• Mount Gravatt East
• Nathan
• Pallara
• Parkinson
• Richlands
• Robertson
• Rochedale
• Rocklea
• Runcorn
• Salisbury
• Seventeen Mile Rocks
• Sinnamon Park
• Stones Corner
• Stretton
• Sumner
• Sunnybank
• Sunnybank Hills
• Tarragindi
• Tennyson
• Upper Mount Gravatt
• Wacol
• Willawong
• Wishart
• Yeerongpilly
• Yeronga

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Total: 54

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• Balmoral
• Belmont
• Bulimba
• Camp Hill
• Cannon Hill
• Carina
• Carina Heights
• Carindale
• Chandler
• Coorparoo
• Gumdale
• Hawthorne
• Hemmant
• Lota
• Lytton
• Manly
• Manly West
• Morningside
• Murarrie
• Norman Park
• Port of Brisbane
• Ransome
• Seven Hills
• Tingalpa
• Wakerley
• Wynnum
• Wynnum West

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Total: 27

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• Anstead
• Ashgrove
• Auchenflower
• Banks Creek
• Bellbowrie
• Brookfield
• Chapel Hill
• Chelmer
• Chuwar
• Corinda
• England Creek
• Enoggera
• Enoggera Reservoir
• Ferny Grove
• Fig Tree Pocket
• Graceville
• Indooroopilly
• Jamboree Heights
• Jindalee
• Karana Downs
• Kenmore
• Kenmore Hills
• Kholo
• Lake Manchester
• Middle Park
• Milton
• Moggill
• Mount Coot-tha
• Mount Crosby
• Mount Ommaney
• Oxley
• Pinjarra Hills
• Pullenvale
• Riverhills
• Sherwood
• Sinnamon Park
• St Lucia
• Taringa
• The Gap
• Toowong
• Upper Brookfield
• Upper Kedron
• Westlake

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Total: 43

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• Bulwer
• Cowan Cowan
• Kooringal
• Moreton Bay
• Moreton Island

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Total: 5

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The Government of Queensland created the City of Brisbane with a view to uniting the Brisbane metropolitan area under a single planning and governance structure. The City of Brisbane Act 1924 received assent from the Governor on 30 October 1924. On 1 October 1925, twenty local government areas of various sizes were abolished and merged into the new city,[http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/REPEALED/C/CityBrisA24_01C_.pdf City of Brisbane Act 1924] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313174855/http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/REPEALED/C/CityBrisA24_01C_.pdf |date=13 March 2011 }} (accessed 23 January 2011) namely:

• 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 council also assumed responsibility for several quasi-autonomous government authorities, such as the Brisbane Tramways Trust.

The Brisbane City Council maintains the Brisbane Local Heritage Register, a list of nominated sites that satisfy the council's heritage criteria.{{cite web|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/qha1992188/s113.html|title=QUEENSLAND HERITAGE ACT 1992 – SECT 113|publisher=Queensland Government|work=Queensland Consolidated Acts|access-date=14 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222125934/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/qha1992188/s113.html|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}

{{Main|Brisbane City Council}}

The City of Brisbane is governed by the Brisbane City Council, the largest local council in Australia. The Brisbane City Council has its power divided between a lord mayor, a parliamentary-style council of twenty-six councillors representing single-member wards of approximately 30,000 voters{{cite web|url=https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/78669/BCC-Summary-of-Current-Enrolment-per-Ward-31.1.19.pdf|title=Summary of Current Enrolment per Ward (Enrolment figures as at 31 January 2019)|publisher=Brisbane City Council|access-date=15 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515132620/https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/78669/BCC-Summary-of-Current-Enrolment-per-Ward-31.1.19.pdf|archive-date=15 May 2019|url-status=dead}} (roughly equivalent in size to state electorates), and a civic cabinet comprising the lord mayor, the deputy mayor (drawn from the majority on council) and the chairpersons of the seven standing committees drawn from the membership of council. Due to the City of Brisbane's status as the country's largest LGA, the lord mayor is elected by the largest single-member electorate in Australia. Like all mayors in Queensland, the lord mayor is vested with very broad executive power.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

The Brisbane City Council operates under the City of Brisbane Act 2010, while other local governments in Queensland are governed by the Local Government Act 2009. Council meetings are held at Level 2, City Hall, 64 Adelaide Street, Brisbane City{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-strategy/committees-meetings-minutes/meeting-dates-locations|title=Meeting dates & locations|publisher=Brisbane City Council|access-date=21 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808010441/http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-strategy/committees-meetings-minutes/meeting-dates-locations|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} every Tuesday at 2pm except during recess and holiday periods. This temporary venue is in use due to the restoration work being performed on the traditional venue Brisbane City Hall.{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/parks-venues/brisbane-city-hall/brisbane-city-hall-restoration-2010-2013|title=City Hall Restoration|publisher=Brisbane City Council|access-date=21 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807151113/http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/parks-venues/brisbane-city-hall/brisbane-city-hall-restoration-2010-2013|archive-date=7 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} Council Meetings generally open to the public, excluding the Civic Cabinet.

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The city of Brisbane is divided by 26 wards, each of which is represented by a councillor.{{Cite news |date=4 February 2024 |title=Super Saturday |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fnews%2Fbrisbane-city%2Fbrisbane-council-election-2024-guide-candidates-party-promises-preference-voting%2Fnews-story%2F3ce9d31b04a5a0d389f6b56be347efdb&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-2-NOSCORE |work=The Courier Mail}}{{Cite news |date=2024-03-06 |title=Voters head to the polls in Australia's biggest council election race that Antony Green describes as 'significant' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-07/antony-green-says-brisbane-election-will-be-significant/103556436 |access-date=2024-06-17 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}} Elections for these positions are held every four years.{{Cite web |last=Queensland |first=Electoral Commission of |date=2024-03-20 |title=Election events |url=https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/election-events |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.ecq.qld.gov.au |language=en}} {{as of|2024|3|19|alt=The results of the March 2024 elections}} delivered a Liberal National Party majority, with the wards of the City of Brisbane represented by the following councillors:{{Cite web |title=2024 Local Government Elections: Brisbane City |url=https://results.elections.qld.gov.au/2024QLGE?divisions=008 |access-date=2024-06-16 |publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-05 |title=Brisbane City Council Election 2024 Results |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2024/results?filter=all&sort=az |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |language=en-AU}}

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The motto of the City of Brisbane is Meliora sequimur, Latin for We aim for better things. The council's 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 emblems are the (exotic) poinsettia and Brisbane wattle, and its faunal emblems are the graceful tree frog and the koala.{{cite web |title=Symbols used by Council |url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/council-information-and-rates/council-history/symbols-used-by-council |website=Brisbane City Council |access-date=13 November 2023 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326023556/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/council-information-and-rates/council-history/symbols-used-by-council |url-status=live }}

{{See also|Flag of Brisbane}}

Brisbane City Council operate libraries in Annerley, Ashgrove, Banyo, Bracken Ridge, Brisbane CBD (Brisbane Square), Bulimba, Carina, Carindale (Westfield Carindale), Chermside, Coopers Plains, Corinda, Everton Park, Fairfield, Upper Mount Gravatt (Garden City), Grange, Hamilton, Holland Park, Inala, Indooroopilly, Kenmore, Mitchelton, Mount Coot-tha (Botanic Gardens), Mount Gravatt, Mount Ommaney, New Farm, Nundah, Sandgate, Stones Corner, Sunnybank Hills, Toowong, West End, Wynnum, and Zillmere.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/library-opening-hours-locations|title=Library opening hours and locations|date=3 January 2018|website=Brisbane City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022116/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/library-opening-hours-locations|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=29 January 2018|df=dmy-all}} In addition, it operates a mobile library service to Aspley, Bellbowrie, Brighton, Ellen Grove, Forest Lake, Manly West, Mount Crosby and The Gap.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/opening-hours-locations/mobile-library-services|title=Mobile library services|website=Brisbane City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129141000/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/opening-hours-locations/mobile-library-services|archive-date=29 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=29 January 2018|df=dmy-all}} There is also a pop-up library that attends community events and festivals, as well as visiting various parks around Brisbane for children's storytime sessions (a list of dates and places is published some months in advance).{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/opening-hours-locations/pop-library|title=The Pop-up Library|date=5 June 2017|website=Brisbane City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140929/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/opening-hours-locations/pop-library|archive-date=29 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=29 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

Brisbane's sister cities are:{{Cite web |title=Brisbane Sister Cities |url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-and-strategy/business-in-brisbane/growing-brisbanes-economy/international-business/brisbane-sister-cities |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Brisbane City Council |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602234907/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-and-strategy/business-in-brisbane/growing-brisbanes-economy/international-business/brisbane-sister-cities |url-status=live }}

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• {{flagicon|UAE}} Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (2009)
• {{flagicon|NZL}} Auckland, New Zealand (1988)
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Chongqing, China (2005)
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Daejeon, South Korea (2002)
• {{flagicon|IND}} Hyderabad, India (2010)
• {{flagicon|TWN}} Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1997)
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Kobe, Japan (1985)
• {{flagicon|IDN}} Semarang, Indonesia (1993)
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Shenzhen, China (1992)

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Nice, France was formerly a sister city of Brisbane until the relationship was severed in 1995 as protest against the Chirac government's decision to resume nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean.{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Nicholas |title=Re-Orienting Australia-China Relations: 1972 to the Present |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2Or9vD2LYQC&q=For+example,+the+BCC+officially+severed+all+ties+with+its+French+Sister-city,+Nice,+in+protest+against+the+Chirac+government%27s+decision+to+resume+nuclear&pg=PA75 |access-date=12 January 2008 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |location=Australia |isbn=0-7546-3245-8 |page=75 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417161004/https://books.google.com/books?id=I2Or9vD2LYQC&pg=PA75&dq=For+example,+the+BCC+officially+severed+all+ties+with+its+French+Sister-city,+Nice,+in+protest+against+the+Chirac+government%27s+decision+to+resume+nuclear&sig=b9eYCYByKUwv6gZHRCljAmed4uQ |archive-date=17 April 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}} Bangkok became a sister city of Brisbane in 1997, but the partnership ended in 2017 at the latest.{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:STANDARD:928382335:pc=PC_71|title=Sister Cities – Brisbane City Council|access-date=19 June 2017}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}{{Cite web|url=http://iad.bangkok.go.th/en/showsister_cities?id=35|title=Brisbane|website=International Affairs Division – Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418083018/http://iad.bangkok.go.th/en/showsister_cities?id=35|archive-date=18 April 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}

• Lord Mayor of Brisbane
• List of mayors and lord mayors of Brisbane
• Local government in Australia

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• [http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-strategy/organisational-chart Brisbane City Council's Organisational Structure]
• {{cite web|title=Brisbane and Greater Brisbane|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/brisbane-and-greater-brisbane|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
• [https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-27.4705065,153.000071,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!6m1!1szsXu7a2whkNw.ktEzV1vZrFmQ?hl=en Google map of pre 1925 merger Brisbane Councils]

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