The LNP Brisbane City Council intends to privatise parts of Mt Coot-tha. Under the council’s plans, the Mt Coot-tha Quarry is set to become a major Olympics-focused tourist development, seriously limiting the potential for public space for the benefit of everyone. The Mayor has indicated support for a luxury hotel and zipline at the rehabilitated quarry.

Greens Councillor Seal Chong Wah asked Mayor Schrinner to commit to keeping a rehabilitated quarry as an open-access public space for all residents of Brisbane.

His response was to declare, openly and aggressively, that the Quarry site should be privatised. He used Howard Smith Wharves as an example of giving up council land for private development. 

The Mayor has actually criticised the Greens for wanting a rehabilitated Quarry to be kept as public space, despite strong community support for that outcome. You can read Cr Seal Chong Wah’s response here.

Handing over 26 hectares of Mt Coot-Tha to private developers will fundamentally change its status as a protected natural reserve and create a dangerous precedent that could see more of Mt Coot-Tha privatised. 

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