Tracey Price
Personal details
Political partyLabor
EducationQueensland University of Technology (EMBA, LLM, LLB, BJus, Grad.Dip.DV.)
WebsiteTracey Price – Queensland Labor

Tracey Price (born 1974)[1] is a lawyer, businesswoman, and Labor's Lord Mayoral Candidate for the 2024 Brisbane City Council Election.[2]

Price is a member of the Labor Left.[2] She was identified as a potential contender in June,[3] and endorsed as the party's mayoral candidate on 4 August 2023, after winning a preselection ballot.[4] Labor reportedly expects Price to see a more successful campaign than previous candidate Patrick Condren,[2] whose campaign saw the LNP-controlled Brisbane City Council gain vote share, and maintain all its wards despite a swing towards Labor at the 2020 Queensland State Election.[5]

Campaign and policy

As candidate, Price has emphasised Labor's plan to make Brisbane 'climate resilient', focusing on an expanded green waste program and revegetation across the city, including in King George Square.[6] In light of Brisbane's vulnerability to floods, the plan includes increased drainage funding and a renewed flood buy-back scheme for affected property.[7]. She has also expressed opposition to the 'over-commercialisation' of public spaces such as Victoria Park and Mt Coot-tha, in the context of the former's redevelopment.[8]

In response to the national housing crisis and the Greens' proposed plan of rent freezes and vacancy levies,[9][10] Price has outlined her plan to audit vacant land and stalled development,[11] with a focus on "increasing density where it is well located",[12] and penalising land banking.[13]

Price has sustained criticism over the course of the election campaign. Commentators, including Spencer Howson, have labelled her as 'invisible', citing her absence of public presence prior to her pre-selection,[11] in addition to her low profile in the months following, especially contrasted with the prominence of Greens leader Jonathan Sriranganathan.[14] She has also been criticised for her broad deference to existing Labor party platform, and has had to reconcile with State Labor policy.[15] For example, Price was reportedly 'undecided'[16] as to her position on the state government's broadly unpopular proposed Gabba redevelopment project.[17] She has emphasised community feedback would be the priority in the event of such conflicts, pointing to Labor councillors' opposition to the state government's Temporary Local Planning Instrument for the Kurilpa Peninsula as evidence of such.[18]

Personal life

Price lives in North Brisbane with her husband and three children. She is a lawyer, a mediator and owns a sewing store in Chermside.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "About". TRACEY PRICE. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  2. 1 2 3 McKay, Jack (2023-08-05). "Labor reveals Brisbane mayoral candidate for March election". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  3. ↑ "Lawyer emerges as potential Brisbane mayoral candidate". ABC News. 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  4. ↑ Arvier, Tim (2023-08-04). "Labor confirms candidate for 2024 Brisbane lord mayoral race". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  5. ↑ "Brisbane City Council Election 2020 Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  6. ↑ Mayoral candidate Tracey Price kickstarts her campaign | More trees, less waste and safer communities - that's Labor's plan for the city of Brisbane. Mayoral candidate Tracey Price kickstarting her campaign... | By 9 News Queensland | Facebook, retrieved 2023-12-14
  7. ↑ Garcia, Jocelyn (2023-12-02). "Labor promises greener streets and King George Square makeover in council pitch". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  8. ↑ Bowman, Jan (2023-12-11). "Brisbane Labor reveals plan to transform Brisbane into a climate-resilient city. - Westender". Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  9. ↑ "Our Empty Homes Levy". Amy MacMahon - Greens MP for South Brisbane. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  10. ↑ Bowman, Jan (2023-11-06). "Greens propose two-year rent freeze to curb rising rents in Brisbane. - Westender". Retrieved 2023-12-18.
  11. 1 2 Howson, Spencer (2023-10-21). "Tracey Price lays out her first policy ahead of the 2024 Council election". 4BC. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  12. ↑ Bowman, Jan (11 November 2023). "Labor challenges Greens' rent freeze proposal in Brisbane". The Westender.
  13. ↑ Hall, James (20 October 2023). "Labor mayoral candidate's bold plan to fine developers sitting on land". Courier Mail.
  14. ↑ Atfield, Cameron (2023-09-19). "The battle for Brisbane is taking on a new hue". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  15. ↑ "2024 Labor Lord Mayoral Candidate Tracey Price - Weekends with Peter Fegan". omny.fm. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  16. ↑ "Brisbane mayoral candidate still weighing up where she stands on $2.7b Gabba rebuild". ABC News. 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  17. ↑ Queenslanders have their say on the Gabba redevelopment | What do Queenslanders think about spending billions to knock down and re-build the Gabba? Tonight, we reveal the exclusive results of our viewer poll.... | By 9 News Queensland | Facebook, retrieved 2024-01-04
  18. ↑ Bowman, Jan (2023-09-05). "A conversation with Tracey Price: Mayoral Candidate for Labor". Westender. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  19. ↑ "Brisbane lawyer and mum-of-three selected to run in council elections". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2023-08-05. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.