Trina Massey
Trina Massey | |
|---|---|
| Councillor of the City of Brisbane for The Gabba Ward | |
| Assumed office 21 April 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Sriranganathan |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Greens |
| Website | www |
Trina Massey is an Australian politician who has represented The Gabba Ward of the Brisbane City Council since 2023, succeeding Jonathan Sriranganathan after his resignation. She is a member of the Australian Greens.
Biography
Massey is of African-American and Filipino descent. She was raised in Stafford and has lived in Brisbane for most of her life. During her early 20s, she worked with the United Nations in Skopje, North Macedonia.[1] She also lived in Amsterdam. Upon returning to Brisbane, she became a DJ in the local music scene, later starting a record label and music management business. She went on to produce the Queensland Music Awards and became a product manager at QMusic, as well as later becoming the event program organiser for Little BIGSOUND.[2] She later started a mental health program for artists and artist managers named Gimme Shelter.[3]
Massey identifies as queer. She currently lives in Woolloongabba.[3]
Political career
Massey joined the Greens after the 2019 federal election.[3] Prior to becoming a Brisbane city council member, she worked at the Ipswich City Council delivering and implementing policy. She ran to become a city council member for the Central Ward in the 2020 local elections.[4][5] She became a member of the Brisbane City Council after Sriranganathan resigned in 2023 after being selected through an internal election by the Greens.[1][6] She is the first queer woman of color to hold office in Queensland.[7]
She has criticised the removal of homeless encampments from the Brisbane area, describing the removals as "cruel and hypocritical".[8]
Massey briefly took a hiatus from campaigning in 2024 after she helped MP and fellow Greens member Amy MacMahon after she was seriously injured in a car crash in 2024.[9] She was elected to a term in her own right in 2024.[10]
In 2024, she was ordered by the LNP-led Brisbane City Council to pay $20,000 dollars for the publication of a community newsletter sent to voters in the Gabba Ward that contained pro-Palestinian content written by academic Dr. Jamal Nablusi.[11][12]
References
- ^ a b Hammond, Ned (27 April 2023). "Big shoes to fill: an interview with incoming Councillor Trina Massey". Westender. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ "Interview With Little BIGSOUND's Event Program Organiser Trina Massey". scenestr. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
- ^ a b c Massey, Trina. "About - Trina Massey". Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ Hammond, Ned (26 March 2023). "Not a Career Politician – Jonathan Sriranganathan announces arts worker Trina Massey as Gabba Ward replacement". Westender. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Electorate: Central". ABC News. ABC Corporation. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Greens councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan to step down from Brisbane's Gabba Ward, Trina Massey announced as replacement". ABC News. 26 March 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ Woodall, Nate (30 March 2023). "Trina Massey to make history as Gabba Ward's new councillor". Q News. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Feiam, Alexandra (12 March 2025). "'Not cool': Crackdown on homeless tents". Newswire via Yahoo News. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Barton, Fraser (16 April 2024). "Greens MP Amy MacMahon makes emotional return to Queensland parliament two months after she was badly injured in a horror smash". Australian AP via Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ Queensland, Electoral Commission of. "Electoral Commission of Queensland". results.elections.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Moore, Tony (4 September 2024). "Brisbane councillor ordered to repay $20,000 for pro-Palestine newsletter". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ Sato, Kenji (4 September 2024). "Brisbane Greens councillor asked to repay $20k for 'anti-Semitic' newsletter". ABC News. Retrieved 6 July 2025.