Artforce Force Awards 2025 Some of Brisbane’s best-looking electrical boxes have been recognised in the Lord Mayor's latest Artforce Force Awards. Now in its 26th year, the awards recognise the most outstanding murals that transform Brisbane’s electrical boxes into vibrant street art. I’ve been so impressed by the creativity displayed and how these [...]
Bernadette Peters MELT 2025 Melt Festival is one of Australia’s largest LGBTQIA+ arts festivals and I'm delighted it is right here in Brisbane hosted by the Brisbane City Council Powerhouse. Celebrating queer culture through theatre, music, visual arts and performance, the Festival is hosted annually and it brings together both emerging and established [...]
Sustainable BNE Festival We've organised for one of Brisbane’s favourite sustainability festivals to return to Central Ward this year with a new look and name. Our much-loved community event that teaches residents how to live more affordably and sustainably to protect our incredible lifestyle contributes to accolade as only the second city [...]
Growing Our Urban Canopy Growing Our Urban Canopy is important to me, and as part of the recently completed Howard Smith Wharves cliff remediation project, we are planting 3 trees in Wilson Outlook Reserve in early April to offset cliff face vegetation removal. Three new Illawarra Flame Trees (Brachychiton acerifolius), including one advanced [...]
Parking Cameras Bust Congestion Parking Cameras Bust Congestion as illegally and dangerously parked vehicles cause headaches and will be the focus of our new initiative to keep Brisbane moving. Central Ward's a winner with signage and enforcement cameras to be installed at locations that attract complaints from our residents about illegally parked [...]
Protecting Our Native Wildlife is why the Schrinner Council has awarded almost $65,000 in this year’s round of Native Wildlife Carers Grants. Grants ranging from $500 to $5000 have been awarded to 18 wildlife carers so they can continue protecting and saving our native wildlife. The program supports groups and individuals devoted to rehabilitating sick, [...]
Fortitude Valley donations Recently we have donated more than $170,000 to local charities through the unique partnership I organised with our Brunswick Street Mall tenant - 8848 Momo House. Last year $32,233 was collected – it will be shared evenly between six local charities: • 3rd Space Limited • Brisbane Youth Service Inc • [...]
And the winner is… everyone The Winner Is Everyone in this new vision for Games venues will transform Brisbane into the sporting capital of Australia, a place where people come for the sport and concerts but stay for the sunshine. With the announcements today let's now turn the focus from debate to delivery. [...]
I am sorry that residents were impacted by last Saturday’s traffic in the New Farm peninsula – it was significant, and I can assure you it was not the intention of the independent traffic engineers, who investigate and approve or reject road closure applications, to cause the traffic that we saw on Saturday. One of [...]
Brisbane Favours the Bold A new campaign is set to inject tens of millions of dollars back into Brisbane’s economy following a $68 million hit to local businesses due to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Launched today, the Brisbane Favours the Bold campaign employs notable Brisbane locals including comedian Christian Hull, Traditional Custodian and Djawun Tours [...]
