TACTIC - FUNDING Funding for all of the tactics over the four years will come from a number of sources. Brisbane City Council and the State Government will be financially responsible for the early tactics, whilst residents and private businesses will be responsible for funding the latter stages of the strategies.
State Government: statements made in the State Planning Policy 2017 require the State Government to channel additional funding into schools in order to meet their own commitments, especially those regarding biodiversity and agriculture. By teaching school children about both of these subjects and actively increasing biodiversity resilience and eventually agricultural success, the government has more than enough reason to warrant funding school planting programs. With agriculture being such large source of income for South East Queensland and Queensland as a whole, the output of finances now will reap consistent benefits in the agricultural sector for years to come.
Brisbane City Council: the maintenance and improvement of Brisbane are key foundations of Brisbane City Council’s philosophy and drive much, if not all of the work they do. Being “dedicated to a better Brisbane” involves maintaining existing systems and improving them where appropriate. This strategy represents an opportunity for an improvement for the entirety of the local government area, with the potential to set an example for the rest of state, nationally and even internationally. The input of funds into fundamentally changing how people use and maintain their front and verge gardens will not only meet many of council’s self appointed policies, but also serves to hold influence well outside the borders of Brisbane and cement Brisbane’s deserved place as a “Australia’s new world city”. The initial investment in this relatively short term strategy will allow suburbia and individual residents, more with the aims of the council, saving Brisbane City Council additional funds in the future.
