A Labor-led urgency motion to support federal Ryan Liberal MP Jane Prentice’s call for the federal government to purchase the former ABC site at Toowong has been shot down in Brisbane City Council.

The former ABC studios at Toowong. Credit:Michelle Smith

Ms Prentice – a former Brisbane LNP councillor who was disendorsed by the LNP for federal preselection last year – told News Corp on Monday that she had written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison urging him to purchase the former ABC site and return it to green space.

“With the plans for ever increasing high rise development in the local area I feel it is important that local residents be afforded an open space for all to enjoy,” she told News Corp.

“This is a unique site on the riverfront, accessible by public transport and in the heart of a fast growing area with easy access to the CBD and University of Queensland.”