A businesswoman and koala campaigner has announced she will stand as an independent candidate in the Redlands City Council March elections.
Adelia Berridge will contest the division nine seat of Capalaba, Sheldon and Thornlands as an independent.
Ms Berridge said she had the future in mind with her nomination.
"I'm nominating because I want a better future for our families," she said.
"I want to participate and drive the way forward because we have a lot of catching up to do."
A bookkeeper who has experience in commerce and financial management, Ms Berridge said she had experience in numerous fields.
"My experience ranges from importing, exporting, manufacturing and logistics, to veterinary and equine hospitals," she said.
She is passionate about koala tourism. Last year, Ms Berridge launched Koala Bay, a start up business to bring attention to the animal's plight.
She is calling for a koala hospital in the Redlands.
"We have lost more than 80 per cent of our koalas in just over a decade," Ms Berridge said.
"It's not good enough. We have had enough.
"This initiative will also support businesses through corporate sponsorships, provide work for locals and work experience for vet and animal husbandry students. It's a win-win."
Ms Berridge's three decades of volunteering in the Redlands have included bookkeeper and grants officer for Redland Softball, Australian Army Cadets and the Redlands National Trust of Australia.
Ms Berridge also volunteers for Rotary and Forum Communicators, which supports and trains people to speak with self-confidence.
"I'm an active citizen journalist so I get to talk to a lot of locals and everyone has a story," she said.
"All I'm hearing now is people have simply had enough. Enough of the traffic and lack of car parks. Enough of the developments that poorly relate with our environment and health. Enough of the high-priced council rates and enough of the loss of koalas."
"These are things we have no control over and frankly I've had enough too. We need less workshops and more open discussion, less closed talks and more community inclusion and this could easily be changed."
"The positive change I intend to bring will come from drawing on my professional skills and pulling on my strengths of moral integrity, accountability and down to earth approach because I don't do fluff."
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