Lord Mayor Graham Quirk backs koala-led economic recovery

By Cameron Atfield
Updated October 24 2016 - 11:08am, first published September 24 2016 - 11:34pm
Then-prime minister Tony Abbott and US President Barack Obama cuddled koalas at the G20 in Brisbane. Photo: Andrew Taylor
Then-prime minister Tony Abbott and US President Barack Obama cuddled koalas at the G20 in Brisbane. Photo: Andrew Taylor
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says the koala could do for Brisbane what the panda did for Chengdu. Photo: Steven Christo
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says the koala could do for Brisbane what the panda did for Chengdu. Photo: Steven Christo

As Brisbane suffers from a downturn in the resources sector and a slowing construction industry, Lord Mayor Graham Quirk hopes the city can embrace a koala-led economic recovery.

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