Speeches, Articles & Posts

  Last year, the LNP-led Council made big developers richer by cutting their infrastructure fees by up to 75%. They have continued this for the new financial year, but opened it up even further...

Australia is in the midst of the worst rental housing crisis since the great depression. We are living in a community that is seeing a reducing inclusiveness and equality.  We are seeing more homelessness...

I’m happy to share that, in the Council’s new 24/25 budget, $234 000 has been set aside to design a dedicated active transport link along Sylvan Rd in Toowong. Unfortunately this budgeted amount is...

While Victoria Park/Barrambin is under threat by budget cuts and a stadium, there’s another huge area of land that is lacking transparency over its future. The Mt Coot-Tha quarry. The Council administration has been...

Victoria Park Barrambin, which has been called the “green lungs” of our city, is under threat from budget cuts and a proposed mega-stadium. In 2016, Jonathan Sriranginathan, our first Greens Councillor, started calling for Victoria...

Speech by Councillor Seal Chong Wah Council Chambers: Debate on Petition: Call for a Pedestrian Crossing to make Leicester St Safe Again 10th June 2024 I support this petition, and any petition that calls...

Speech by Councillor Seal Chong Wah Council Chambers 30th April 2024 While this is not in my Ward, my colleagues who are very connected to the local community in The Gap, have advised me...