About

Betty Brown

Betty is a visual artist and has been a member of the NCV Board for 5 years. She has been active in campaigning for the creation of a Regional gallery for the Northside. With 3 young children, she is concerned that successive governments have failed to increase childcare spaces in our area.

Fred Bloggs

Fred has always been a fighter for democracy and intelligent debate. A retired panel beater, he has been a resident of the Northside area for 20 years.

 

 

Fred Bloggs

Fred has always been a fighter for democracy and intelligent debate. A retired panel beater, he has been a resident of the Northside area for 20 years.

Our Values

  1. Acknowledgement of First Nations people:

NCV recognises the ancestral connections and custodianship of Traditional Owners throughout Australia and works towards reconciliation.

  1. Raising the standard of political representation:

NCV aims to move beyond traditional party politics, focusing on community needs and preferences through communication of the voices of our community expressed as a broad range of desired outcomes.

  1. Community engagement:

NCV emphasises involving everyday people in political processes at all three levels of government through respectful dialogue and inclusivity, evidence-based decision-making and valuing diverse perspectives.

  1. Safety from violence, coercion and addiction

NCV believes everybody, particularly women, children and vulnerable minorities, must be able to live in safety, free from acts and threats of violence, abuse, intimidation and the scourge of addiction.

  1. Representative Accountability:

NCV believes in empowering the community to take an active role in the political process and hold their representatives accountable for achieving constituents’ desired outcomes within reasonable timeframes. 

  1. Climate Action:

NCV promotes strong climate policies, actions to reduce carbon emissions and a just transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, sustainable housing and transport. 

  1. Integrity, transparency and accountability:

NCV advocates for independent bodies to investigate and eliminate corruption and ensure ethical behaviour, transparency and accountability at all three levels of government. 

  1. Socially and culturally progressive, economically and environmentally responsible:

NCV encourages adoption of progressive values and maintains strong support for the care economy, prudential economic management and protection of natural environments and biodiversity. 

  1. Long-Term Thinking and Appropriate Action:

NCV promotes the importance of strategic long-term planning, tackling challenging issues and acting in accordance with the laws and norms of civil society. 

  1. Equality of opportunity for all people: 

NCV advocates for equality of opportunity for all people regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, race, or national or ethnic origin.

Our Origin Story

Bora Ring at Wights Mtn.

The more than 520,000 people who now inhabit the Northside area are just the most recent caretakers in a long chain of people going back millennia. Following many thousands of years of sole habitation by the First Nations Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal peoples, the colonial settlement of the Northside area began in the late 1840s, after Brisbane ceased to be used as a penal colony. We urban and rural residents in the Northside Community Voices are part of an unbroken chain of people who have valued their connection to and cared for the natural ecosystems that include the land, waterways and the sea.

We recognise and value this sense of belonging and its associated responsibilities and pay tribute to past and future generations and to the land itself, its natural features and biodiversity.

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