29 April, 2013
23 April, 2013
Kerbside Large Items Collection
Brisbane City Council's Waste Services department will be conducting a Kerbside Large Item Collection Service commencing Monday 29 April 2013 for the following suburbs within the Walter Taylor Ward:- Indooroopilly
- Toowong
Items can be left on the kerb one da...
11 April, 2013
Kerbside Large Items Collection
Brisbane City Council's Waste Services department will be conducting a Kerbside Large Item Collection Service for the following suburbs within the Walter Taylor Ward:- Chapel Hill
- Fig Tree Pocket
- Kenmore
- Kenmore Hills
Items can be left on...
27 March, 2013
Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium re-opens with star power
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk is welcoming visitors to the new Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium following a $1.063 million upgrade, including a new ‘Megastar’ optical star projector.The Lord Mayor said the venue would re-open on Saturday, March 30 and visitors could expect to find a mo...
21 February, 2013
Hot start for Brisbane Business Hotline 133BNE
The Brisbane Business Hotline 133 BNE has reported an excellent first seven months in operation, with Lord Mayor Graham Quirk reporting almost 6,500 calls from business owners between July 2011 and January this year.The Lord Mayor said the Brisbane Business Hotline 133 BNE was a one-stop sho...
19 December, 2012
Lord Mayor says yes to fluoride and saves $150 million
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today announced Brisbane residents would continue to receive fluoride in their drinking water in a move that saves ratepayers about $350 per household in costs to set up a non-fluoride water distribution network.Cr Quirk said he personally supported fluoride ...
14 November, 2012
Digital audit finds Brisbane businesses can improve
An audit of 500 Brisbane businesses revealed local businesses needed to use digital technology to more actively engage their customers, Lord Mayor Graham Quirk announced today.The Brisbane Digital Audit was commissioned by economic development board Brisbane Marketing to identify opp...
02 November, 2012
Conferences give $8.5 million boost to Brisbane in October
Ten conferences held in Brisbane this month have attracted more than 4700 delegates to the city and injected more than $8.5 million into the local economy, Lord Mayor of Brisbane Graham Quirk said.Cr Quirk said the 10 high profile events included the three-day Mining 2012 Resources C...
01 November, 2012
QTC approves Lord Mayor’s prudent financial management
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk’s prudent financial management has received the tick of approval from the Queensland Treasury Corporation with Brisbane City Council’s financial credit rating again strong and its outlook increasing from a developing to neutral rating.The QTC 2012 Review w...
23 August, 2012
Tunnelling starts on Legacy Way today
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk will today press the button to launch the first tunnel boring machine to mark the start of tunnelling on Legacy Way. He will be joined by Mr Bernie Ripoll MP representing Federal Infrastructure and Transport Minister Anthony Albanese.The Lord Mayor said the mi...
12 June, 2012
Lord Mayor honours Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk will honour Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee today, by holding a commemorative tree planting in Victoria Park.The Lord Mayor said the special milestone would be marked by planting sixty trees to signify the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s succession...
17 May, 2012
‘Annabell’ arrives at Legacy Way to start tunnelling
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today welcomed key pieces of ‘Annabell’, the first of the two enormous tunnel boring machines (TBMs), to Legacy Way’s western worksite.During the past two nights, three oversized semi-trailers and several escort vehicles delivered Annabell’s main drive...
13 July, 2011
City Hall five Metre Deep Excavation Revealed
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today revealed the five metre deep excavation underneath City Hall and announced the restoration had reached a key milestone with major demolition works completed.Cr Quirk said a total of 9,500 tonnes of soil were excavated as workers dug five metres deep to c...
06 June, 2011
Lord Mayor rejects Premier’s $40m bill to breakup QUU
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has officially rejected Premier Anna Bligh’s deceitful offer to opt out of water retailer QUU in a move that would have cost Brisbane ratepayers up to $40 million.Cr Quirk said the Premier’s offer would not have reduced the cost of water and that Brisbane ...
28 April, 2011
MEDIA RELEASE: Green Bins Save 4,500 Tonnes in Year
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has thanked residents who have saved more than 4,500 tonnes of green waste in the past year to help make Brisbane a cleaner and greener city.Since Council’s Green Waste Recycling Service began in April last year nearly 25,000 bins have been ordered by Brisba...
20 May, 2010
It’s all Greek to Brisbane
Brisbane City Council is inviting Brisbane residents to celebrate all things Greek at the Paniyiri Greek Festival at Musgrave Park over three fun-filled days from Friday May 21 through to Sunday May 23 2010.Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said Brisbane City Council was pleased to join th...
23 April, 2010
Northern Link Gets Go Ahead From Coordinator General
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s Northern Link tunnel has been given the green light to proceed after the Coordinator-General approved the project’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) report.The approval takes the project another step closer to construction on the 5km road tunnel w...
14 April, 2010
New Cubby House for Newmarket Kids
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman will build a new safer cubby house for kids who play in Spencer Park at Newmarket, after experts found their existing cubbyhouse was unsafe.The Lord Mayor said Brisbane City Council would fund the project from its Central Ward Parks Trust Fund, which has $4...
26 March, 2010
Tour City Hall and Celebrate its 80th Birthday
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is inviting residents to take part in free guided tours of City Hall to inspect the restoration work and celebrate its 80th birthday next month.The Lord Mayor said City Hall was a landmark symbol of the city and encouraged local residents to join in the cel...
26 March, 2010
Council Offsets 120,000 Tonnes of Carbon
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has embraced the ‘Make Earth Hour every hour’ concept and is offsetting about 120,000 tonnes of carbon emissions (CO2e) from Brisbane City Council vehicles this year.Council will be observing Earth Hour by turning off the lights on landmarks such as the...
26 February, 2010
CLEM7 COMMUNITY OPEN DAY - TICKETS EXHAUSTED!
A huge response has seen the public walkthrough on the CLEM7 Community Open Day on Sunday 28th February fully allocated.This means the Community Open Day will be a ‘ticket only’ event with those who have pre-registered allowed to enter the event on the day.
We apol...
17 February, 2010
Newman Launches Rating System For Food Safety Audits
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today launched a new star rating system for food safety audits under the Eat Safe Brisbane program.The program has been developed by Brisbane City Council in consultation with industry bodies, including Queensland Hotels Association, Clubs Queensland, Resta...
14 February, 2010
Chinatown Mall Ready & Open
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s $8 million redevelopment of Chinatown Mall is complete.The Lord Mayor and Councillor Prentice today officially opened the new-look mall to the public amidst Brisbane’s 2010 Chinese New Year Celebrations, for which Council chipped in $50,000.
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09 February, 2010
Duplex Plan Will Destroy Suburbs
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has rejected State Government plans for duplex development across Brisbane, claiming it will ‘double the number of houses, driveways and cars and halve the number of trees’.And he was supported by two senior Labor Opposition Councillors who also ‘expr...
04 February, 2010
CLEM7 Open Day on Sunday 28 February
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has invited the people of Brisbane to experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk through the CLEM7 tunnel on Sunday, 28 February.Cr Newman said the public would be able to walk into Brisbane’s first road tunnel between Woolloongabba and Bowen Hil...
12 January, 2010
Free Mango Collection For Residents
Brisbane City Council will collect your unwanted mangoes for free.City Business Chairman David McLachlan today said that Council recognised a small number of residences had had problems disposing of an unseasonably large amount of fruit falling from trees around the city.
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24 December, 2009
Make Recycling a Priority This Christmas
Brisbane City Council is reminding residents to recycle their Christmas wrapping after the amount of waste ending up landfill fell by 44 kilograms per person last year.City Business Chair David McLachlan said Brisbane residents had done a great job and urged them to not to let recyc...
21 December, 2009
CLEM7 Weekend Bus Tours Now Open For Booking!
Weekend bus tours of the Clem Jones Tunnel are now available.Departing from King George Square bus station every Sunday, CLEM7 weekend bus tours take interested community members into the CLEM7 tunnel to witness construction works before the tunnel opens to traffic in 2010....
16 December, 2009
Get a Brisbane Christmas Gift at MoB
Christmas shoppers are being encouraged to head down to the shop at the Museum of Brisbane (MoB) ahead of its temporary closure on Christmas Eve.With about 10 days to go to Christmas and City Hall’s closure for vital restoration work, the MoB shop is offering special mark-downs on ...
10 December, 2009
Council Boosts Art Community
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is transforming Brisbane’s old heritage tram substations into a new network of studios and workshops for the city’s emerging artists.The Lord Mayor is calling for Expressions of Interest from non-profit organisations to manage the first of 18 art studio...
08 December, 2009
Experts Run Ruler Over Council
An international management firm has found the Brisbane City Council to be in a “very strong” financial position, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said today.AT Kearney made the frank assessment of Council as part of an organisational review of the city’s work practices and its finan...
03 December, 2009
Spectacular Night Sky Photos at Planetarium
Some of the most spectacular photographic images of the Australian night sky are now on display at the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium.They are part of the touring exhibition ‘Winning sky photographs: the David Malin Awards 2009’, which features winners and selected entries from ...
02 December, 2009
New Year Makeover For City’s Garden Cafes
The city’s botanic garden cafes are set to receive a makeover in January and February next year, following the end of the current café leases.Brisbane City Council is making use of the current lessee’s announcement it will cease operations in January 2010 to get in and carry out...
30 November, 2009
Brisbane Turns Blue For B150
People may notice several buildings turn a shade of blue tonight as an important lighting event to usher out Brisbane’s 150th birthday spreads its way around the city.Major Brisbane landmarks including City Hall, King George Square, Queen Street Mall, Kangaroo Point Cliffs, and th...
27 November, 2009
Residents Speak: Brisbane’s For Me
Residents speak: Brisbane’s for me
Brisbane residents have reaffirmed their love of the River City in a new Brisbane City Council survey released this week.
An overwhelming 92 per cent of respondents to council’s 2009 Community Attitudes Survey would recomm...
27 November, 2009
Christmas Tree Returns To King George Square
Brisbane City Council has put the finishing touches on Australia’s largest “green” Christmas tree ahead of tonight’s lighting-up ceremony.The 21.2m tree might be grey but its green credentials are generated by 15 solar panels mounted in its 3m high star which powers its 16,00...
20 November, 2009
Push to Give Brisbane’s Needy a Good Christmas
An annual charity campaign that feeds and gives Christmas cheer to about 50 small Brisbane Charities beneath the philanthropic radar kicks off today.
The Christmas Appeal of the Lord Mayor’s Community Trust will be launched by Lady Mayoress Lisa Newman and Lo...
13 November, 2009
Organ Recital Marks 80 Years at City Hall
City Hall’s first organ recital in 1929 will be marked tomorrow with a special concert.The Brisbane City Hall Organ 80th Anniversary Concert, organised by the Organ Society of Queensland, is also the last organ recital for three years while City Hall is repaired.
Lo...
30 October, 2009
New Flood Technology Revealed
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has revealed the areas of Brisbane most prone to flooding from overland water flows.Brisbane City Council has developed new technology to help people identify flooding dangers and take appropriate action to protect their assets.
The Lord Mayo...
26 October, 2009
King George Square Gets its First Restaurant
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman will today announce the winning tenders for the King George Square restaurant and café, as part of the square’s official reopening ceremony.The Lord Mayor said Groove Train and Coffee Hit had won the first 10-year tenancies for the square, scoring highl...
20 October, 2009
Free Pre-storm Tipping This Weekend
Brisbane City Council is urging residents to get ready for the summer storm season, ahead of the first free storm drop-off weekend on October 24-25.Families and Communities Chair Geraldine Knapp said the time before storms struck was the best time to ‘Be FloodWise’ and clear prop...
16 October, 2009
Big City BBQ Cook up Today
Brisbane residents are being encouraged to come down to Riparian Plaza today and support Brisbane’s biggest annual charity barbeque.
Last year over 4000 office workers and local residents grabbed a barbie lunch at the Big City BBQ and kicked back to enjoy the entert...
08 October, 2009
Valley Fiesta
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today launched the countdown to Brisbane’s annual Valley Fiesta festival, where more than 60 acts from around the world will perform later this month. Local and international artists from Australia, Asia, America and the United Kingdom will appear across the festival’...08 October, 2009
One Book Many Brisbanes Masterclass
Brisbane City Council has joined forces with the Queensland Writers Centre to support the development of new and emerging writers in Brisbane.The fifth One Book Many Brisbanes short story competition will include a three-day literary master class for 20 lucky writers conducted by the...
29 September, 2009
Bridge Puts Brisbane Band On The Map
Legendary Brisbane band The Go-Betweens have received permanent recognition from the people of Brisbane – the renaming of the Hale Street Link in their honour.Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said the Go Between Bridge won a competition to rename the Hale Street Link, receiving 31.53 per...
28 September, 2009
Chinese Hope For Full Moon
Public and Active Transport Chairman Jane Prentice is look forward to a bumper turnout at the 2009 Chinese Moon Festival in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley this weekend.Cr Prentice said the festivities – to be held in the TC Bierne Building that links the ChinaTown and Brunswick Str...
24 September, 2009
Brisbane Has Best Landscape Design in Australia
Brisbane City Council has won the 2009 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (Qld) Award for Design Excellence.Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s $24 million Brisbane Foreshore Parklands Project beat 40 other entries across the private and public sectors across the country to sco...
11 September, 2009
Lord Mayor Opens Doors in Asia-Pacific
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman and Councillor Jane Prentice will lead a high-level business and government delegation to Korea this weekend, connecting Brisbane businesses to more than 1000 delegates from over 150 cities in the Asia-Pacific region.The 70-strong delegation, made up of bus...
02 September, 2009
Lord Mayor Announces Bridge Naming Shortlist
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today unveiled the shortlist for the Hale Street Link’s new name, with suggestions including prominent citizens, war heroes and Brisbane musical legends.Cr Newman launched a campaign to name the Hale Street Link, which will become Brisbane’s first new g...
02 September, 2009
Brisbane 150 Celebrations
The Lord Mayor was pleased to announce "a free day of celebration to mark the milestone occasion on September 6.
The announcement was made at the Maritime Museum with a single round of fire from the historic cannon. The cannon is fired on special occasions and is one of the last remai...
01 September, 2009
Australia Post helps celebrate B150
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today launched a special edition envelope and postmark for Brisbane residents to collect as a mark of the city’s 150th birthday.Australia Post has released 25,000 envelopes with a specially designed Brisbane150 commemoration motif that will be sold in all...
01 September, 2009
Renovators Get Asbestos Warnings
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is beefing up Brisbane City Council’s warnings about the danger of asbestos.Council already has a lot of information on its website, however ratepayers will be able to find out more ways to protect themselves, particularly during renovations.
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30 July, 2009
Time Running Out To Make Brisbane History
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has encouraged people to help Brisbane City Council name the Hale Street Link bridge, with time set to run out in four days.The Name That Bridge campaign, which sought public input into the name for Brisbane’s latest inner city vehicle bridge, had already...
26 July, 2009
Gabba Antiques Precinct Reinvented
European footpath dining and community festivals could fill Woolloongabba’s antiques precinct, thanks to a Brisbane City Council revamp along Logan Road as part of the Woolloongabba Centre Neighbourhood Plan.Neighbourhood Planning Chair Amanda Cooper today marked the completion of...
21 July, 2009
Lord Mayor Launches New Rowing Facility
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today turned the sod on what will be the first public rowing club to be built on the banks of the Brisbane River in close to a century.The $3 million Centenary Rowing Club facility – which includes a clubhouse and boatshed – has received a $500,000 ele...
17 July, 2009
Council Backs Soccer for Social Change
Brisbane City Council is the major sponsor for a national soccer tournament for homeless people committed to achieving positive social change.The Big Issue Street Soccer National Championships will be held in Brisbane for the first time this year on July 19 and joins Council’s Home...
15 July, 2009
Student Ambassadors Correspond To World
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has today appointed 21 international students to ‘write home’ about Brisbane, in the latest bid to promote the city on the world stage.The ‘Brisbane Student Ambassadors’ are from countries like Brazil, Saudi Arabia and Japan and represent 18 of Bri...
14 July, 2009
Small Space Revolution is More Than Bars
Brisbane City Council’s plan to develop small spaces will not be restricted to bars, Neighbourhood Planning and Development Assessment chair Amanda Cooper said today.Cr Cooper said it was great that would-be bar operators were rallying behind Council’s longstanding plan to activa...
13 July, 2009
Name That Bridge & Make History
Brisbane residents will have the unique opportunity to name a major new piece of infrastructure, with Lord Mayor Campbell Newman inviting people to make submissions to the Hale Street Link – Name That Bridge campaign.The bridge over the Brisbane River, from Milton and South Brisban...
08 July, 2009
Motorbike Spaces Top 500 in Brisbane
Motorbike riders will move more freely across the inner-city when Brisbane City Council boosts inner-city parking spaces for motorbikes from 455 to 501.Deputy Mayor and Infrastructure Chairman Graham Quirk said the increase was in footpath spaces only and would occur from mid-August ...
27 June, 2009
Council Boosts Brisbane Refugee Festival
Brisbane City Council has boosted the annual World Refugee Day Community Festival by kicking in a huge $50,000 towards the Annerley event on Sunday.Council’s financial contribution to this event – which last year drew 10,000 people - outstrips the State Government’s $30,000 and...
24 June, 2009
Lady Mayoress Presents House For Sale
A three-bedroom house in Ningi near Bribie Island will this weekend help thousands of people in need when it is auctioned for charity by Lady Mayoress Lisa Newman.The Lady Mayoress, Chair of the Lord Mayor’s Community Trust, said this was the third year a house had been built by De...
17 June, 2009
Budget At A Glance
• Record total budget -- $3.4 billion
• Record capital works funding -- $1.5 billion
• Record roads and transport funding -- $1.5 billion
• Record public transport funding -- $231 million
• Record infrastructure reserves...
17 June, 2009
Lord Mayor Gets City Hall Underway
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has taken the significant step towards saving City Hall – delivering the 80 year-old icon a $30.5 million shot in the arm in this year’s budget.About $18 million of the funding comes from the city’s coffers, with the remainder from the Federal Govern...
17 June, 2009
Greening Brisbane, Reducing Emissions
SPENDING on the environment has increased by almost 30 per cent to $192 million (up from $150 million last year).
Sustainability remains Council’s top priority with plans for more trees; more land to be saved from development; and more rebates for projects to reduce househol...
17 June, 2009
A Budget For Jobs
Council’s investment in the environment tops $190 million for the first time in history as Council ramps up spending towards its goal of two million trees.More land will be saved from development than ever before through the Bushland Acquisition Levy, and land preservation and for...
16 June, 2009
Jacob’s Ladder Trees Living Tribute
A key part of the vision for the Jacob’s Ladder revitalisation will be realised today on Wickham Terrace, as part of Brisbane City Council's Vibrant Laneways project that seeks to bring new life to neglected spaces.When completed, Jacob’s Ladder will include a new outdoor plaza a...
03 June, 2009
Warning Lights For Rowing Crews
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is giving $100,000 for warning lights to be installed on rowing boats in the Brisbane River, in a bid to make the sport of rowing safer.The grant will fund more than half of the $176,000 cost to provide 1100 lights to club and school rowers who train within...
02 June, 2009
City Hall Turns Red For Heart Disease
City Hall will be awash with red today when Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is joined by Brisbane City Councillors in support the Heart Foundation’s Go Red for Women campaign.The Lord Mayor and Councillors will be dressing in red to raise awareness of heart disease being the biggest ki...
01 June, 2009
Brisbane Car Race Remakes History
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman will be on hand to wave off the first ever competitors in this Saturday’s Coot-tha Classic, hailed as Brisbane’s biggest annual motor sport event.The Historic Racing Car Club of Queensland-event has been modelled on the earliest recorded motor sport eve...
29 May, 2009
City Hall Helps Record Number of Homeless
Brisbane City Council helped ease life on the streets for a record number of people, with more than 1200 guests visiting the sixth ‘Homeless Connect’ event at City Hall.The free Council event offers a variety of vital services, including accommodation assistance, hair cuts, meals...
19 May, 2009
Festival Seeks Solution to eWaste
Australians are dumping electronic waste faster than general waste - the trend is the focus of an innovation debate in Brisbane today.Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said the problem was a hefty 312,930 tonnes of electronic equipment disposed in landfill each year (ABS).
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15 May, 2009
Council Provides For Homeless
Free flu jabs will be offered at Brisbane City Council’s Homeless Connect one-day event on Wednesday May 27 for the very first time, just as winter approaches.Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said Council had also enlisted the help of St Vincent de Paul Society this year to help collect ...
08 May, 2009
Federal Government Helps Save City Hall
Brisbane’s Deputy Mayor Graham Quirk has thanked the Federal Government for a $10 million donation to kick start the fundraising campaign to Save City Hall.Cr Quirk today joined Federal Environment and Heritage Minister Peter Garrett for the announcement of funding in Brisbane.
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05 May, 2009
Council Doubles Heritage Grants For Non-Profits
Brisbane City Council will help preserve the city’s unique buildings by doubling the Heritage Incentive Scheme (HIS) grant available to not-for-profit organisations.Neighbourhood Planning and Development Assessment Chair Amanda Cooper said Council recognised it was difficult for no...
01 May, 2009
Trust Helps Turn Lives
Up to 200 young people could be supported through a new Brisbane Youth Service pilot program, made possible through the donation of $200,000 from the Lord Mayor’s Community Trust.Chair of the Trust, Lady Mayoress Lisa Newman, today made a cheque presentation to Brisbane Youth Servi...
28 April, 2009
Mercer Not About Quality of Living
Economic Development Chair and Councillor for Walter Taylor, Jane Prentice has rejected a global city ranking that places Brisbane in 34th place, behind Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.Cr Prentice said the annual Mercer Quality of Living index did not really measure “quality of livi...
09 April, 2009
Chinatown Mall To Stay Open During Upgrade
Chinatown Mall’s $8 million redevelopment will be supported by a Brisbane City Council marketing campaign, aimed at encouraging people to visit during construction.Walter Taylor Ward Councillor and Economic Development Chairman Jane Prentice said the extensive redevelopment, which ...
08 April, 2009
Lord Mayor City Hall Industry Briefing
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is today calling on the construction industry to step forward for the $200m job of restoring City Hall.An industry briefing is to be held in the Ithaca Hall of City Hall at 8:30am today to equip architects, major contractors and builders with the informatio...
08 April, 2009
Lord Mayor Puts Brakes on CBD Speed
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman today erected the first 40km/h speed sign in the CBD, with the new speed limit to take effect after the Easter long weekend.Cr Newman said the 10km/h reduction came after a survey of key transport stakeholders and the public found two-thirds (68 percent of ...
05 April, 2009
GreenHeart CitySmart Message comes to Walter Taylor
GreenHeart CitySmart Message comes to Walter TaylorWalter Taylor Ward residents are invited to attend The Green Heart CitySmart Neighbourhood Fair, being held on Sunday 5th of April 2009 in Perrin Park.
“The Green Heart CitySmart neighbourhood fair...
03 April, 2009
Lord Mayor Re-Signs Moreton Bay Task Force
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s dedication to protecting and promoting Moreton Bay has seen him renew Council’s $11,000 commitment to the Moreton Bay Taskforce.With last month’s devastating oil spill still fresh in peoples’ minds Cr Newman said there was no more important time t...
24 March, 2009
Last Call for Mt Coot-tha Nominations
Councillor Jane Prentice is encouraging Walter Taylor Ward residents to nominate for Brisbane City Council’s Mt Coot-tha Master Plan Community Visioning Group before Monday, 30 March.Environment, Parks and Sustainability Chair Peter Matic said members of the Visioning Group would p...
18 March, 2009
Brisbane Can Rise in Global Downturn
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said Brisbane remained Australia’s fastest growing city with the nation’s fastest growing population and employment, despite the global economic crisis.The keynote speaker at the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA) inaugural ‘State of ...
16 January, 2009
Council Welcomes the Year of the Ox
Council Welcomes the Year of the OxThe Year of the Ox will start with four days of celebrations in Fortitude Valley’s Chinatown Mall, Economic Development Chairman and Walter Taylor Ward Councillor Jane Prentice said today.
Cr Prentice said Chinese New Year on Janu...
14 January, 2009
Brisbane Homes to get Free Energy Audit
Brisbane homes to get free energy auditCouncillor Prentice is delighted with the Lord Mayor’s announcement that Brisbane residents can get the $50 ClimateSmart Home Service energy audit free of charge, under a new Brisbane City Council Green Heart CitySmart rebate scheme.
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13 January, 2009
Brisbane Airport 2009 Draft Airport Environmental Strategy
A copy of the Brisbane Airport 2009 Draft Airport Environmental Strategy is available to read at the Walter Taylor Ward Office.Shop 4001A , Level 4, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre
05 December, 2008
Brisbane Marks fifth Homeless Connect
Councillor for the Walter Taylor Ward, Jane Prentice thanks local residents for their donations to the November Homeless Connect 2008 event.She was pleased to see a significant number of local donations made to the Walter Taylor Ward Office.
“Local residents have exceeded expectatio...
30 October, 2008
Want to keep telemarketers away?
Tired of constant telemarketer phone calls? Under the Federal Government Do Not Call Register Act of 2006, you can avoid their inconvenient calls.The DO NOT CALL REGISTER enables Australian citizens to list their Australian fixed line and mobile numbers on a 'do not call' list.
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03 September, 2008
September is all about city romping
This month, experience Brisbane's first City Romp charity event that combines treasure hunts, puzzles and amazing race themes into one event for the whole family.Participants get to experience a day packed of fun and excitement with prize opportunities at every turn. Proceeds from the event ...
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