Sub-Committees

2025-2026 Committee for Brisbane Sub-Committees

The sub-committees play an important role in the Committee for Brisbane’s vision for Greater Brisbane as the world’s most liveable place.

Each sub-committee has a strategic focus which will shape the activities and initiatives undertaken to make key progress towards this vision.

The work of the sub-committees informs the Committee for Brisbane’s advocacy agenda and provides valuable member insights to guide our work going forward.

Contact the Committee for Brisbane at admin@committeeforbrisbane.org.au if you would like know more about our sub-committees.

City Vision

Sub-Committee Chair Professor Karen Vella, Head of the School of Architecture and Built Environment, QUT

Sub-Committee Members

A thriving inner-city, with all parts of its social, cultural and economic eco-system working together to deliver benefits for the city and state.

A thriving capital city is vital for a thriving state. An intentional focus on the city centre is required to better understand the challenges and opportunities facing individual sectors of the city’s eco-system, and to leverage cross-sector networks to deliver improved outcomes for the city.

Additionally, given the 2032 Games foreshadow the importance of inner-Brisbane for the Games, there is a heightened need to ensure the ongoing sustainability and growth of the city centre.

While inner-Brisbane is the primary focus, policy changes, ideas, innovations and partnerships created through this work may be translated to other urban centres across Greater Brisbane.

Games Legacy and Growth

Sub-Committee Chair Dr Anne Kovachevich, National Sustainable Buildings and Precincts Lead, Mott MacDonald

Sub-Committee Members

A future-ready city region, with physical and digital infrastructure delivered in advance of anticipated growth.

While already accustomed to population growth, Greater Brisbane is experiencing an unprecedented wave of interstate and international migration that goes beyond previous predictions.

Maintaining the liveability of the city region- for both existing and future residents- is vital. Getting ahead of the infrastructure required to maintain the liveability of the region will require considered planning and investment, and a careful prioritisation of major projects.

Key regional documents, such as the SEQ City Deal and SEQ Regional Plan, along with the 2032 Games plans and Committee for Brisbane’s 2033 Legacy Plan, provide a foundation for advocacy on where and how decisions should be made.

Transport, Logistics and Mobility

Sub-Committee Chair David Hertweck, Senior Manager, Planning, Port of Brisbane

Sub-Committee Members

People and goods can move easily and efficiently around our city region, utilising a range of different modes of movement.

To maintain its liveability, Greater Brisbane must invest in the people and freight movement infrastructure required to service a city region of more than six million people.

Moving beyond individual transport solutions or pre-determined mode preferences, a data-backed view of the current and future obstacles facing Greater Brisbane is required to identify where and how future transport solutions should be delivered.

From digital solutions and last mile connections, through to freight and people being moved by land, sea or sky, a holistic public and private approach is required to ensure a future-fit solution.