The litter campaign, introduced in May last year into the CBD, resulted in Brisbane winning a Litter Prevention award at the inaugural Keep Australia Beautiful Sustainable Cities Awards.

Cr Newman today announced he would expand it into the suburbs if he were re-elected with a Council majority. And, in the spirit of nationwide Tidy Towns awards, the city’s suburbs would be able to complete to become Brisbane’s “Spotless Suburb”.

There's a fair bit of coverage in today's Sunday Mail of Greg Rowell's campaign launch. He's up against it, with polling showing that Campbell Newman's approval rating up around 70%.

Of course everyone knows that in his former life, Rowell was a first class cricketer. Thanks to reader Allan, I was led to to look up his stats. Graphic links to his cricinfo page - Allan asks, "can we trust a fast bowler who averaged over 30?" But we can also ask a more important question: who knew he was born in New South Wales?!?

The move follows the huge success of the last E-waste collection day that saw Brisbane recycle 182 tonnes of E-waste – more than either Sydney or Melbourne.

Qlddecides team member Jason Wilson casts an eye over Labor's new attack ads on Campbell Newman in Brisbane, and the transport issues that have come to dominate local politics here.

It's no surprise that transport is emerging as the key policy battleground in Brisbane during this local election campaign. The city has grown at an unprecedented speed in the last decade, and the strain on transport corridors and infrastructure has been obvious for some time.

Campbell Newman ran hard on Brisbane's transport woes in 2004, promising tunnels and road improvement to unblock Brisbane's arteries. This was in contrast to the Soorley administration's focus on public transport, and was laser-targeted at  commuters' growing frustration with the twice-daily ordeal of making their way home to the suburbs along roads like the Ipswich Motorway and Kelvin Grove Road.