Your Voice Can Keep Victoria Park Green

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TWO Major Events to Save Victoria Park

1️⃣ Artists for Victoria Park

Date: MONDAY 27 JANUARY 2025
Time: 8:00am
Location: Victoria Park, first BBQ next to function centre

Come paint, draw or sketch Victoria Park

  • BYO art supplies

  • All ages and abilities welcome!

  • Not creatively inclined? Pack a picnic for a relaxing morning out on the green

  • Special guest: renowned artist David Hinchliffe

2️⃣ Voices for Victoria Park

Date: SATURDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2025
Time: 9:30am
Location: Victoria Park, Gumtree Grove

  • Join us to create the world’s largest human NO sign, saying no to a stadium in the park

  • Hear from community leaders

  • Wear a black shirt

What We Stand For

Dedicated to preserving and protecting Brisbane’s iconic Victoria Park, we’re driven by 3 main goals -

  1. Stop the Stadium Development


    We stand firmly against the proposed 55,000-seat Olympic stadium that threatens to destroy this cherished parkland. Our focus is on safeguarding this community space from irreversible environmental and social harm.

  2. Revise the BCC Master Plan


    We advocate for a park design that prioritises open, usable green spaces over commercial developments. Victoria Park should remain a welcoming, accessible haven for relaxation, recreation, and connection with nature—not a venue for profit-driven ventures.

  3. Secure Protection Forever


    Our ultimate goal is to legally designate Victoria Park as a protected area in perpetuity. This ensures future governments and developers cannot compromise its integrity, preserving its beauty and purpose for generations to come.

Together, we can protect Victoria Park and ensure it remains a vibrant, green heart of Brisbane—forever. Join us in this fight to secure a lasting legacy of nature and community.

Five Former Mayors Oppose

a Stadium at Victoria Park

Five former Brisbane mayors from both major political parties are on the record as opposing a stadium in Victoria Park. These mayors, including Campbell Newman, Jim Soorley, Tim Quinn, Bryan Walsh, and Sallyanne Atkinson spoke out against a stadium after the Quirk report was released in March 2024.

The quotes below have been taken from the Brisbane Times.

  • Campbell Newman (Lord Mayor 2004-2011)

    “Victoria Park was set aside in the 1870s by citizens who had a vision of a wonderful 130 hectare inner-city park. A massive stadium is a body blow to that vision – it’s vital to now protect the park so that it remains fully accessible public green space for all time.” Photo: X / Twitter

  • Jim Soorley (Lord Mayor 1991-2003)

    “People keep talking about a legacy. What better legacy is there than to have a park like this, so large and so close to the city with brilliant views. It’s our very own Central Park. It would be madness to build over it with a stadium.” Photo: Courier Mail

  • Tim Quinn (Lord Mayor 2003-2004)

    “Hyde Park, Central Park and The Domain give London, New York and Sydney their character and their breathing space. That’s what Victoria Park should be. Not a stadium. Fix up the other stadiums and keep Victoria Park as a permanent green legacy.” Photo: Brisbane Times

  • Bryan Walsh (Lord Mayor 1975-1976)

    “The Olympic legacy for which we should aim is a successful Games in venues that we can afford and which will be fully utilised in the future – not some legacy of bricks and mortar with limited use and accompanied by the loss of a great and beautiful open green space on the door step of the inner city.”

  • Sallyanne Atkinson (Lord Mayor 1985-1991)

    “Brisbane needs green spaces close to the city to be its lungs. As a local councillor I fought – and sadly lost – a campaign to save important green space in Fig Tree Pocket. We must not lose this one.” Photo: sallyanneatkinson.com.au