A number of locals are being recognised by the community on Australia Day as the Southside’s unsung volunteer heroes, for their outstanding work to make our community a better place.

Terri Butler MP is now taking expressions of interest for Stronger Communities grants, which support local not-for-profits with minor capital projects.

After years of lobbying, petitioning and fighting, our community has today had a win in relation to an asbestos hazard and wasted community resource -- the old Red Cross Hall at Greenslopes. 

University students, teachers and staff in the Griffith electorate are feeling the effects of the Morrison Government’s failure to support Australian universities.

Terri Butler MP was honoured to be able to acknowledge Griffith’s unsung local heroes at the 21^st annual Griffith Australia Day Awards ceremony on Sunday.

Terri Butler MP is recognising Griffith’s unsung local heroes this weekend at the 21^st annual Griffith Australia Day Awards ceremony.

I have this morning seen footage tweeted by a refugee protest group, in respect of an incident appearing to involve a Queensland Police officer at Kangaroo Point.

REBECCA LEVINGSTON: Terri Butler is the federal member for Griffith. Terri Butler, good morning.

TERRI BUTLER:              Good morning.

LEVINGSTON:                You've just tweeted that you've seen the video footage of the Queensland police officer engagement with the refugee advocate. Can you give me your response to that?

BUTLER:                        Yeah. Look, I just saw the footage on Twitter. I saw that one of the protest groups had tweeted it out and people who have seen it will see that it looks like a very concerning incident. The Queensland Police need to really swiftly investigate it and respond as quickly as possible. Because of course, Australians want to know that the Queensland Police are going to be respecting the fact that people have got a right to protest. And they also want to know that we can trust the hierarchy of the police service, I should say, who investigate when something like this does happen.

Greens party leader Adam Bandt must hold his party's officials accountable for the sexist slurs levelled at the Hon Jackie Trad MP.

The Coronavirus pandemic has seen the number of locals relying on unemployment payments increase from 3,947 in December 2019 to more than 9,800 in August 2020 – up by more than 5,800 people or 249 per cent.