Across Brisbane, sites that have been recognised as ecologically significant are at risk of being cleared to make way for major development. These sites have a range of overlays and protections from both Brisbane City Council and the Queensland State Government, including Vegetation Protection Orders, ecological significance, high value regrowth zones, and Koala habitat.
Many of these sites have been refused development in the past, with Council saying that development would result in “unacceptable ecological impacts.”
I’ve been out to Everton Park and Bridgeman Downs to the sites of these development applications and spoken with locals to try and figure out what’s changed. The environmental protections haven’t changed, the significance of the land hasn’t changed, and the opinion of local rate payers certainly hasn’t changed.
That’s why I’ve launched this city wide petition, calling on Council to spend the 21 million dollars it collects annually from ratepayers in Bushland Preservation Levy to buy back site’s across Brisbane and preserve our environment for future generations.
Sign this petition to add your voice in telling Council to preserve Brisbane Bush.
Councillor Griffiths with Bridgeman Downs resident Lucille
Councillor Griffiths with Everton Park residents Chris and Darren