Biography of
The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of Brisbane
Councillor Campbell Newman
Campbell Newman was elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane on 27 March 2004.
A civil engineer by profession, Cr Newman 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 management consultant, helping to improve the performance of large Australian companies such as Telstra, BHP Australia Coal and the Hydro Electric Commission in Tasmania.
Cr Newman has an honours degree in civil engineering from the University of New South Wales, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Queensland and is a graduate of the Royal Military College Duntroon. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia.
As Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Campbell Newman is drawing on his diverse experience to plan for Brisbane’s future.
Cr Newman is committed to making Brisbane a smart thinking, easy living city. 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.
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