Redland City’s Mayor and Councillors are halfway through their four year terms.
The next election will be two years from now, on 30 March 2024.
So how are our elected representatives performing in their jobs?
Redlands2030 is running an on-line poll (see below) which asks:
- Is Redland City Council heading in the right direction?
- Do you approve/disapprove of the performance of the Mayor and Councillors?
- Do you have any other comments?
Decisions at Council meetings such as rates, development approvals and dog laws are made by all Councillors and the Mayor. So it’s appropriate to consider the performance of all Divisional Councillors, not just the Councillor elected to represent your Division.
Expectations of Mayor and Councillors
The Mayor and councillors are required to behave in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Councillors in Queensland.
This Code of Conduct requires the Mayor and Councillors to comply with the five local
government principles which underpin Queensland’s Local Government Act:
- transparent and effective processes, and decision-making in the public interest
- sustainable development and management of assets and infrastructure, and delivery of effective services
- democratic representation, social inclusion and meaningful community engagement
- good governance of, and by, local government;
- ethical and legal behaviour of councillors, local government employees and councillor advisors
Rate your Mayor and Councillors
Responses to this opt in poll will be used for a story to be published by Redlands2030.
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Thinking about becoming a councillor?
Do you have what it takes to be elected and serve in local politics?
Candidates who appear out of nowhere a few weeks before an election usually disappear quickly into obscurity soon after the votes are counted.
If you are interested in running for elected office at the local government elections on 30 March 2024 then you have two years to improve your prospects of success.
Early signs that someone may be running for political office often include that they start attending community activities such as school P&C meetings or bushcare working bees. Many future candidates find attending Council meetings a real eye opener, but this option is not yet available because our Council meetings are still affected by Covid responses and are closed to the public.
Potential candidates can build a public profile writing letters to the editor of local news media such as the Redland City Bulletin, or Redlands2030.
You could also engage actively in social media e.g. on the facebook pages of Redland City Council, Save Straddie, Redlands2030 or local area Facebook groups.
You could start a community Facebook page to promote discussion about issues of concern to be re-badged as a political candidate Facebook page closer to the election.
Useful information for candidates
The State Government has published useful information about the role of elected Councillors on its So you want to be a Councillor? webpage.
Results from the 2020 local government elections are available on the Electoral Commission of Queensland’s website.
Information about incumbent councillors is available on the Redland City Council’s webpage for Mayor and Councillors.
Salaries for Redland City’s Mayor and divisional councillors from 1 July 2022 determined by the Local Government Remuneration Commission are:
- Mayor – $186,806 per year
- Deputy Mayor – $127,366 per year
- Councillors – $110,386 per year
Details of the remuneration and allowances actually paid to the Mayor and Councillors are detailed in the Redland City Council’s Annual Reports.
Boundaries for Redland City Council’s ten Divisions are shown below.
Redlands2030 – 30 March 2022
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In the comments above the one by Marianne Pietersen is spot on the mark when she says that “the Council seems to sheepishly follow the mayor in pushing” what she wants, including the Toondah development proposal. So the question arises – why are the residents paying all this money for a mayor plus 10 councillors when many of them just fall in line with the wishes of the mayor? We could save a lot of money in rates if the mayor restricts her overseas travel and we get rid of having so many councillors. We have the highest council rates in S E Qld.
this mob are wrecking redlands fast.
Thank you for this opportunity to express my thoughts and experiences. There is certainly a lack of care for the current residents of Redlands shown by lack of ongoing education facilities, hospital funding, roads upkeep let alone the huge developments quite unsuitable for the coastlines here.
Health and Education are the responsibility of State not council.
I fear for our koalas (and other wildlife), with all the development plans of our Council. Surveys came out against building a white water facility at the old farm on Birkdale Rd, yet the Council seems to sheepishly follow the mayor in pushing it. They also docilely followed Williams with the Toondah development. More transparency at Council meetings would be better. They cannot keep blaming Covid when many other facilities, including theatres and schools allow audiences.
It has yet to be explained how local roads will cope with construction traffic through the 14 (?) years of construction or residents vehicular traffic during & after completion of construction. If the developer has not been charged with augmenting the road network between Toondah & Capalaba, assuming an additional 10,000 residents in Toondah alone, will this be left to State & Local Government to fund? There will also be an increased demand for water, sewer, electricity, telephony, stormwater drainage plus schools & hospital services, apparently not the responsibility of the developer. Any detail of this is a closely guarded secret deemed “commercial in confidence”. Much has already been said about the destruction of wild-life habitat, but the Federal Government has skated around this one for reasons best known to themselves.
Given the amount of money already spent by the developer on getting the project approved, it is highly unlikely it will not be give the go-ahead – fear of a huge compensation pay-out by three levels of government would be a great incentive for approval of the project.
There is a toxic culture in Redland City Counci. This is unhealthy for the future of the Redlands.