Politician and a poet: the ‘unapologetically radical’ Green running to be Brisbane lord mayor

The Greens candidate for Brisbane lord mayor, Jonathan Sriranganathan, who is a poet, musician and self-described ‘radical’ politician. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian

Jonathan Sriranganathan will be “unapologetically radical” if he wins his bid to become Brisbane lord mayor next year.

That might not be a surprise to those in the river city who know of the former Greens councillor, poet and musician, who says local government has always been about more than “roads, rates and rubbish”.