The
City of Brisbane is the
local government area that has jurisdiction over the inner portion of the
metropolitan area of
Brisbane, the capital of
Queensland, Australia. Unlike LGAs in the other mainland state capitals (
Sydney,
Melbourne,
Perth and
Adelaide), which are generally responsible only for the central business districts and inner neighbourhoods of those cities, the City of Brisbane administers a significant portion of the Brisbane
metropolitan area, serving almost half of the population of the Brisbane Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA, formerly statistical division). As such, it has a larger population than any other local government area in Australia. The City of Brisbane was the first Australian LGA to reach a population of more than one million. Its population is roughly equivalent to the populations of
Tasmania, the
Australian Capital Territory and the
Northern Territory combined. The Council administers a budget of over A$3 billion.