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Category: Governance

Councils

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Brisbane City Council ::

  • Enoggera Ward (Cr Andrew Wines – Liberal  office in Alderley) Enoggera Ward comprises the suburbs of Ferny Grove Keperra Upper Kedron Mitchelton and parts of Alderley Ashgrove Enoggera Everton Park Gaythorne Grange Newmarket and The Gap.
  • Lord Mayor Campbell Newman

||||Moreton Bay Regional Council ::

  • Division 10 (Cr Brian Battersby – Independent lives in Ferny Hills office in Ferny Hills). Division 10 covers Arana Hills Everton Hills Ferny Hills Bunya and southwest Albany Creek.
  • Mayor Allan Sutherland

||||Contacting Councils::

  • Brisbane City Council 
    • 3403 8888  24 hours a day 7 days a week
    • TTY phone: 3403 8422 for hearing impaired
    • www.brisbane.qld.gov.au
    • Brisbane Square 266 George St Brisbane QLD 4000
  • Moreton Bay Regional Council
    • 3205 0555   8.30am  5.00pm Monday to Friday  (24/7 in emergencies)
    • mbrc@moretonbay.qld.gov.au
    • Fax 3205 0599
    • Strathpine (Pine Rivers) Office 3480 6666
    • www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au
    • Strathpine (Pine Rivers) Office 220 Gympie Rd Strathpine QLD 4500
    • After hours emergencies 3205 0555

||||Contacting Councillors::

  • Cr Brian Battersby
    • 3480 6383
    • Personal Assistant is Polly
    • brian.battersby@moretonbay.qld.gov.au
    • 14 Leawarra Cres Ferny Hills  3851 0475
  • Cr Andrew Wines
    • 3407 2510
    • 102 Samford Rd (cnr Cole St) Alderley Q 4051
    • enoggera.ward@ecn.net.au
    • Office hours: 8.30am – 4.30pm Mon – Fri
  • Lord Mayor Campbell Newman
  • Mayor Allan Sutherland

||||Contact councils about::

  • Abandoned vehicles
  • Aged / disability services
  • Animals (complaints registration shelters removal of dead animals)
  • Bikeways
  • Botanic gardens
  • Brisbane Transport
  • Brisbane Water
  • Building approvals / inspection
  • Cafes & food premises
  • Cemeteries / grave plaques
  • Chemical spills
  • Child care
  • Concerts / entertainment
  • Contracts
  • Dangerous goods
  • Development assessment
  • Dogs
  • Disability services
  • Drainage plans
  • Driveways
  • Emergency management
  • Employment
  • Environment
  • Flammable liquids
  • Vehicle / equipment auctions
  • Graffiti removals
  • Grants
  • Grass cutting
  • Halls bookings (BCC 3403 4048)
  • Health immunisation
  • House numbers
  • Kerb & channelling
  • Landfill sites
  • Libraries
  • Licensing (cafe dogs accommodation venues environmental protection)
  • Lost property
  • Malls
  • Mapping (Bimap)
  • Mosquitos
  • Overgrown land
  • Parks & gardens (maintenance weddings picnics mowing)
  • Permits
  • Pools
  • Pollution
  • Rates
  • Rats
  • Road maintenance
  • Sewerage (blocked sewers house drains)
  • Sharps
  • Signs
  • Sport & recreation progams
  • Sports centres
  • Storm water
  • Street cleaning
  • Town planning
  • Traffic
  • Transfer stations
  • Trees
  • Urban renewal
  • Wastecollection / disposal
  • Water meters water supply
  • Youth spaces

||||Voting  in Council elections::

  • Voting is not compulsory.
  • BCC elections are conducted using the Optional Preferential Voting OPV system .
  • Are you entitled to vote? Check and update your details here: Check your electoral enrolment
  • Wards / Divisions :
    • Brisbane City Council
      • Enoggera
      Moreton Bay Regional Council
      • Division 10
      • What do candidates promise?
      • What do Councillors do for us locally in this part of the electorates?

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Citizen action groups

{accordion}Moreton Bay Region Ratepayers Action Group – Pine Rivers South Branch::

www.theratepayer.com President: Dennis Austin  dennis@theratepayer.com The aim of the group is to responsibly and fairly represent the needs of all ratepayers in the Moreton Bay region. The group does not promote political affiliations of any kind or seek to unfairly criticise either the Moreton Bay Regional Council or the State Government. However it will plan and facilitate campaigns against unfair council increases in rates fees and charges and will highlight apparent council and state government inefficiencies and wastage in the Moreton Bay area.

The group aims to represent every ratepayer in the Moreton region whether you are a homeowner an investment property read more

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