5.00 Lawyer touted as mayoral prospect
TOWNSVILLE businessman Michael Brennan might be headed for the mayor’s office.
Mr Brennan, a partner in insolvency firm Offermans Partners and regional chair for the LNP, has been mentioned as a possible candidate to take on Jenny Hill should the Laboraligned Mayor recontest the 2020 elections. Several leading figures in Townsville are said to be unhappy with the direction of the city and prepared to throw their support behind a challenger.
When approached for comment, Mr Brennan said he always looked at opportunities to advance the city but had not been asked by anyone to run and was unsure if he even had aspirations for the top job.
“I don’t know. I am always looking at opportunities ( and) if there is something I can do to help advance the city,” Mr Brennan said. “But long way between running for mayor.
“There’s a lot of things I can do in the interim to make a positive contribution.”
Mr Brennan is a lawyer with a Masters of Professional Accounting, a trustee in bankruptcy and official liquidator, holds senior positions in the LNP and the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association and shortly will be announced as the new chair of the voluntary board for the Townsville Busi- there’s a that and ness Development which is supported council.
Mr Brennan agreed the city needed a turnaround plan.
“I’ve had a lot of people express dissatisfaction with the way the city is,” Mr Brennan said. “The rumblings are there. “I certainly haven’t been tapped by anyone to run.”
He said the next council election was a long way out.
“A lot can happen between now and 2020,” Mr Brennan said. Centre, by the