Lord Mayor Campbell Newman

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is Chair of Council’s Civic Cabinet and an ex officio member of all Council Committees.

Cr Newman is dedicated to making Brisbane a smart thinking and easy living city. As Brisbane's Lord Mayor, he is drawing on his diverse experience to plan for our city's future.

His number one priority as Lord Mayor is to get Brisbane’s traffic moving by building a network of cross-city tunnels and improving the public transport system.

Cr Newman was elected on 27 March 2004. As Lord Mayor, he represents all the residents of Brisbane. In Brisbane, the Lord Mayor is directly elected by Brisbane’s 617,854 voters.

Brisbane City Council is the largest local council in Australia. It covers 1220 square kilometres, spanning the Brisbane River in radius of up to 25 kilometres from the Central Business District.

Qualifications and background

Campbell Newman is a qualified Civil Engineer. He had a 13-year career as an Australian Army Engineer, retiring at the end of 1993 with the rank of major.

Following his service in the army, Campbell worked as a business consultant. During his career he helped improve the performance of large Australian companies such as Telstra, BHP Australia Coal and the Hydro Electric Commission in Tasmania.

Campbell moved from consulting to leading Queensland agribusiness, Grainco Australia, where he developed a $60 million grain handling system for growers in southern NSW and Victoria. He later became responsible for the operations of the entire company, including export grain terminals in Mackay, Gladstone, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Before entering Council, Campbell established his own consulting firm, specialising in bulk commodity logistics.

Campbell has an honours degree in civil engineering from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Queensland.

He is married to Lisa and has two daughters.