David Hinchliffe (Australian politician)
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David Hinchliffe is the Deputy Mayor and Leader of the Majority Councillors in the Brisbane City Council. As Deputy Mayor, David is the Deputy Chair of Brisbane City Council’s Civic Cabinet and acting Lord Mayor in the absence of the Lord Mayor Campbell Newman.
David Hincliffe is also the leader of the 17 Australian Labor Party Councillors who form the majority in the Council. Council is made up of 26 Councillors and the Lord Mayor and is the ultimate decision making body for Brisbane City Council.
Cr Hinchiffe is the Brisbane City Councillor for Central Ward. The Central Ward comprises the suburbs of Red Hill, Paddington, Spring Hill, Fortitude Valley, New Farm and parts of Bardon, Milton, Kelvin Grove, Bowen Hills, Newstead and the Central Business District.
David has been a research officer, speech-writer and journalist. He is a practising visual artist and has had sixteen solo exhibitions. His art also appears in public on traffic signal control boxes in the inner-city suburb of Fortitude Valley in which his ward office is also located.
David has also served on many community boards. He is currently the President of Brisbane West Senior Citizens Centre.
David was elected to Brisbane City Council in 1988 and has been a member of Civic Cabinet since 1991. He is also Chairperson of the Urban Planning and Economic Development Committee.
As a Chairperson, David is responsible for policy development in the following program areas:
- community health and safety
- recreation, cultural development, social policy
- pollution prevention
- community information and libraries
- economic development
- cultural policy
- animal management
- tourism
