The Lord Mayor of Brisbane is the chief executive of the

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, the capital of the

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, and the head of the

Brisbane City Council Brisbane City Council (BCC) is the democratic executive local government authority for the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. The largest City Council in Australia by population and area, BCC's jurisd ...

. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner of the Liberal National Party was sworn in on 8 April 2019, following the resignation of

Graham Quirk Graham Quirk (born c. 1958) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th Lord Mayor of Brisbane. From 2008 until 2011, he was Deputy Lord Mayor under Campbell Newman, succeeding the latter when Newman became the Premier of Queenslan ...

. The Lord Mayor serves a four-year term running concurrently with that of the City Council, and is elected by

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. As Brisbane is by far the largest

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in Australia, the Lord Mayor is elected by the largest single-member electorate in the Commonwealth. Like all mayors in Queensland, the Lord Mayor has broad

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powers and additional civic and ceremonial duties. The Lord Mayor is responsible for

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development, implementing policies enacted by the council, leading and controlling the business of council, preparing the budget and directing the chief executive and senior managers.{{Cite web, url=https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/C/CityBrisA10.pdf, title=City of Brisbane Act 2010, date=2017-03-01, website=Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Council, access-date=2017-04-17 The Lord Mayor also chairs the council's Civic

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and is an

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of all council committees.

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