Most importantly, we also want to allocate an extra $6 million per year in direct funding for 50 different clubs across the city to host free, original live music gigs every week.
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It’s pretty straightforward: ban poker machines from council venues, and fund more live music at community venues instead.
Thats huge… It’s such a double win that it’s really a no-brainer, IMO. Can’t wait to hear the LNP hot take about how this is destroying local venues something something mum and dad investors something something outrageous loony left.
Jonathan Sriranganathan, Greens candidate for Lord Mayor, has posted a lengthy post on the alien site about it. You can find a direct link here or an archive.org link here.
Additionally, here is a direct link to a spreadsheet his team compiled showing all the clubs on Council land, and how many pokies they have. The claim is that BCC is the biggest landlord of pokies in Brisbane, at 2,000 machines, ahead of Treasury at 1,300.
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