The Brisbane City Council has requested a local man rewrite a petition he wrote last week regarding lord mayor Adrian Schrinner.

Coorparoo man Kierian Wilson criticised the council’s rejection of Labor councillor Kara Cook’s request to work remotely, including attending conferences via video call, after giving birth.

The Council are insisting that Ms Cook was never told that she could not attend meetings remotely, but that it was not yet possible with the council’s existing technology