Brisbane streets are paved in gold
May 8th 2005, 1:27 am
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Brisbane streets are paved in gold
PARKING tickets worth nearly $250,000 are issued every week in central Brisbane.
In the 12 months to the end of March, 182,000 fines were slapped on motorists, scooping $12.7 million into Brisbane City Council coffers.
The council's total take from parking this financial year is expected to be about $24 million, including parking fees.
This is despite Lord Mayor Campbell Newman cutting parking meter charges in the CBD from $4 to $2.20 an hour since coming to power just over a year ago, as well as waiving 10,000 parking fines last month.
from an article in todays Sunday mail
In the 12 months to the end of March, 182,000 fines were slapped on motorists, scooping $12.7 million into Brisbane City Council coffers.
The council's total take from parking this financial year is expected to be about $24 million, including parking fees.
This is despite Lord Mayor Campbell Newman cutting parking meter charges in the CBD from $4 to $2.20 an hour since coming to power just over a year ago, as well as waiving 10,000 parking fines last month.
from an article in todays Sunday mail
May 8th 2005, 7:26 am
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Re: Brisbane streets are paved in gold
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
PARKING tickets worth nearly $250,000 are issued every week in central Brisbane.
In the 12 months to the end of March, 182,000 fines were slapped on motorists, scooping $12.7 million into Brisbane City Council coffers.
The council's total take from parking this financial year is expected to be about $24 million, including parking fees.
This is despite Lord Mayor Campbell Newman cutting parking meter charges in the CBD from $4 to $2.20 an hour since coming to power just over a year ago, as well as waiving 10,000 parking fines last month.
from an article in todays Sunday mail
In the 12 months to the end of March, 182,000 fines were slapped on motorists, scooping $12.7 million into Brisbane City Council coffers.
The council's total take from parking this financial year is expected to be about $24 million, including parking fees.
This is despite Lord Mayor Campbell Newman cutting parking meter charges in the CBD from $4 to $2.20 an hour since coming to power just over a year ago, as well as waiving 10,000 parking fines last month.
from an article in todays Sunday mail
Almost as bad as Westminster Council
At least you dont have Ken Livingstone clobering you £8 on top of your parking ticket oh and the £50 pen charge if you forget to pay your congestion charge :scared:
Bring on the Brisbane Vulchers!
May 8th 2005, 7:37 am
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Re: Brisbane streets are paved in gold
Originally Posted by Bed Of Roses
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Almost as bad as Westminster Council
At least you dont have Ken Livingstone clobering you £8 on top of your parking ticket oh and the £50 pen charge if you forget to pay your congestion charge :scared:
Bring on the Brisbane Vulchers!
Almost as bad as Westminster Council
At least you dont have Ken Livingstone clobering you £8 on top of your parking ticket oh and the £50 pen charge if you forget to pay your congestion charge :scared:
Bring on the Brisbane Vulchers!
No parking meters here 
May 8th 2005, 7:41 am
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Re: Brisbane streets are paved in gold
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
I like the signs as you drive over from the Brisbane to Redlands council area: entering the FREE parking zone of Redlands No parking meters here
No parking meters here 
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May 8th 2005, 11:11 am
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Re: Brisbane streets are paved in gold
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
PARKING tickets worth nearly $250,000 are issued every week in central Brisbane.
In the 12 months to the end of March, 182,000 fines were slapped on motorists, scooping $12.7 million into Brisbane City Council coffers.
The council's total take from parking this financial year is expected to be about $24 million, including parking fees.
This is despite Lord Mayor Campbell Newman cutting parking meter charges in the CBD from $4 to $2.20 an hour since coming to power just over a year ago, as well as waiving 10,000 parking fines last month.
from an article in todays Sunday mail
In the 12 months to the end of March, 182,000 fines were slapped on motorists, scooping $12.7 million into Brisbane City Council coffers.
The council's total take from parking this financial year is expected to be about $24 million, including parking fees.
This is despite Lord Mayor Campbell Newman cutting parking meter charges in the CBD from $4 to $2.20 an hour since coming to power just over a year ago, as well as waiving 10,000 parking fines last month.
from an article in todays Sunday mail
May 8th 2005, 11:48 am
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Re: Brisbane streets are paved in gold
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
Redlands hardly has a city centre (complete with large office buildings) to compare to .
.Are you making fun of Cleveland? The council office is three stories high I'll have you know
JTL
May 8th 2005, 1:15 pm
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Re: Brisbane streets are paved in gold
Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Are you making fun of Cleveland? The council office is three stories high I'll have you know
JTL
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May 8th 2005, 1:44 pm
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Re: Brisbane streets are paved in gold
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
Yeah & that includes the basement carpark .
. Anyway whats your point.... We've got loads of water and you haven't
Its been raining every day for the last three weeks, we just fill up buckets and pour it into the sea, we're so loaded with water.
Cheers,
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May 8th 2005, 1:55 pm
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Re: Brisbane streets are paved in gold
Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Anyway whats your point.... We've got loads of water and you haven't
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May 8th 2005, 2:07 pm
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Re: Brisbane streets are paved in gold
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
You may have loads of water, but you soon wont be able to use it, just like us .
.Anyway whats this about not being able to use the tons and tons of water we have here?
I think we can still use it, but Council are using the crap excuse that they will charge us the same as drought ridden Brisbane just so the 'message' is consistent.
Absolute B*ll*x. Its a way for them to raise more money from a resource that isn't even scarce here. We should be selling it to you dehydrated brisbanites for $1 a gallon.
I'm so annoyed, I'm off to flush the toilet 20 times,
JTL
May 8th 2005, 9:15 pm
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Re: Brisbane streets are paved in gold
Originally Posted by JackTheLad
Just pumped a couple of hundred gallons out of the pool, it was getting too full.
Anyway whats this about not being able to use the tons and tons of water we have here?
I think we can still use it, but Council are using the crap excuse that they will charge us the same as drought ridden Brisbane just so the 'message' is consistent.
Absolute B*ll*x. Its a way for them to raise more money from a resource that isn't even scarce here. We should be selling it to you dehydrated brisbanites for $1 a gallon.
I'm so annoyed, I'm off to flush the toilet 20 times,
JTL
Anyway whats this about not being able to use the tons and tons of water we have here?
I think we can still use it, but Council are using the crap excuse that they will charge us the same as drought ridden Brisbane just so the 'message' is consistent.
Absolute B*ll*x. Its a way for them to raise more money from a resource that isn't even scarce here. We should be selling it to you dehydrated brisbanites for $1 a gallon.
I'm so annoyed, I'm off to flush the toilet 20 times,
JTL
