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Almost 1300 cases of illegally dumped rubbish and household goods in Brisbane show the mess left since the Brisbane City Council cancelled kerbside collections almost a year ago, the Labor opposition says.
The council cancelled kerbside collections in April 2020 for two years to reduce risk to its staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brisbane City Council is cracking down on illegal dumping.
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Council has put CCTV cameras in known illegal dumping sites and in the past six months issued 100 infringement notices for illegal dumping, totalling $235,518 in fines.
At Tuesday’s council meeting the suburbs where illegally dumped material has been collected since last April was made public.
Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sri reprimanded for inappropriate conduct
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Jonathan Sri, pictured in August 2019 at a climate rally, has been reprimanded by the council s ethics committee.
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Greens councillor Jonathan Sri has been reprimanded for inappropriate conduct by Brisbane City Council s councillor ethics committee over social media comments on renters issues last year.
Key points:
The bipartisan ethics committee found on balance that he had acted inappropriately
Cr Sri denied he did anything wrong and said his offer fell within the bounds of council ward business
Today the committee heard that in March last year a complaint made to the Office of the Independent Assessor alleged Cr Sri had offered to use council resources to find landlords postal addresses and provide them to renters in order to negotiate rental reductions during lockdown.