Labor lashes out over controversial Brisbane Council appointment

The $250,000 Brisbane City Council contract was approved in late October for a maximum two-year period. Under council policy, it was exempt from tendering.

David Edwards, the son of former Liberal leader Sir Llew Edwards and a former chief of staff to then-LNP deputy leader Jeff Seeney, was also named on the board, along with Julie Byth, John Gralton and chair Carolyn Barker.

Speaking during an at-times heated first council meeting of 2021 on Tuesday, Labor leader Jared Cassidy asked the Schrinner administration to “look up what merit-based selections means, because this stinks”.

“This is a classic team Schrinner move, filling key council roles with LNP members and fellow travellers,” he said.

“Under team Schrinner, this kind of…