Comments on: Candidates for Brisbane’s upcoming council election respond to LGBTI community survey

By: John

John — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:50:43 +0000

LNP wins in Brisbane, no surprises there and the fixed 4 year term for the Queensland parliament passes by 53%!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 05:20:28 +0000

Who cares about expensive rainbow crossings, motions on marriage equality and spending on committees! How about some real priorities such as better security and protection at events, feeding the homeless, more alcohol free zones, picking up garbage, upgrading roads, sewage pipes, etc. Lets not waste BCC time on things that are state or federal issues! I do like Paul’s idea of a Brisbane Relationship register! If Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra have one, why not us here in Brisbane?

By: Mark of Brisbane

Mark of Brisbane — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 02:44:34 +0000

So the LNP will just pay $7000! That will buy you just a minute worth of fireworks! The LNP is just a joke, this will pay for absolutely nothing! Think about your vote!

By: Paul of Forbes NSW

Paul of Forbes NSW — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 02:36:04 +0000

Also I forgot to mention! It is not just about QLD council elections, there is also a referendum in QLD on the same day too on fixed 4 year terms for the QLD Parliament! This will get rejected, as do most referendums do in Australia! If we are not careful, there will be a marriage referendum at a federal level under the Liberal party. At the next federal election if you want both safe school programs and marriage equality, I recommend a vote for Labor, Sex or the Greens parties!

By: Paul of Forbes NSW

Paul of Forbes NSW — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:44:38 +0000

The priorities are all wrong in Brisbane looking at the surveys! What about Brisbane City Council introducing a couples or relationship register? Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra have them for years now! While we all know that federally marriage equality is not achievable for the next 4 years, while we wait I have been personally been contacting Brisbane, Darwin, Perth and Adelaide city councils as well as the state governments of NT, WA and SA on setting up civil unions or relationships registers in the mean time. This is better than nothing and they also can recognise overseas same sex marriages or other same-sex unions too!