CBD news and events
Supporting the LGBTIQ Community Do you identify with the LGBTIQ Community? Would $1,100 help you with your studies? Are you a female student, aged between 16-24 years, living in the Brisbane City Council area, [...]
Botanica - Contemporary Art Outside I chair Brisbane’s Arts and Nighttime Economy Committee and this May I want you to discover our stunning open-air art exhibition in the heart of Brisbane City at Botanica - Contemporary Art Outside from 7-16 May 2021, in the City Botanic Gardens from 5-10pm daily. As the sun [...]
Dine Brisbane City with more than 50 Central Ward restaurants and bars will be serving up dining deals as part of a two-week campaign to reignite Central Ward's dining scene. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said Dine BNE City would run from 13-30 May and culminate in the return of the popular Sea to the [...]
As Chair of our City’s Community, Arts and Night time Economy Committee, and as your CBD representative, I am calling on residents and businesses to put forward fresh and innovative ideas to help write the next dynamic chapter of the Brisbane CBD’s evolution and economic recovery. Following the extremely successful City Centre Master Plan [...]
Stop the State Government REDEVELOPING Roma Street Parkland I’m sure you’d agree that creating new parks and enhancing and maintaining existing parkland is what Brisbane City Council does best. I am so glad that our administration is creating the biggest new park in 50 years in your area with our Council plans to fully [...]
Wrongly binned batteries create fire hazards Bin batteries create fires so Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner is warning Brisbane residents to check their bins for ticking time bombs that may unknowingly create dangerous fire risks within the community. Cr Schrinner said 225 tonnes of batteries were wrongly sent to landfill last year, risking fire danger [...]
Clean Up Australia Day This year Brisbane is again proud to be part of Clean Up Australia Day in partnership with sustainability agency CitySmart. Clean Up Australia Day is one of our biggest clean-ups, and we cover a fair bit of ground across the city. Hundreds of clean-up sites are registered by schools, [...]
E-MOBILITY STRATEGY Draft E-MOBILITY STRATEGY Released as Brisbane City Council seeks input from the community and industry on Brisbane’s e-mobility strategy draft to ensure everyone has an opportunity to have their say on Brisbane’s transport future. Council has developed Brisbane’s e-mobility strategy draft to provide guidance to private and public enterprise and support the use [...]
gōng xǐ fā cái – Happy Lunar New Year BrisAsia Festival returns for month-long celebration of Asian culture From dumpling making to lion dancers, a rooftop dance party and weekend food festival, city-wide celebrations will take over Brisbane in February for the ninth annual BrisAsia Festival. The festival, held from the 1-28 February, [...]
Millions in Federal to boost Brisbane economy Federal investment for Brisbane with more than $40 million of Federally-funded infrastructure projects will soon get underway across Brisbane’s suburbs, including opening up the Archerfield Wetlands for public access, improvements to one of the City’s largest sports parks at Whites Hill and roadworks at Aspley, Fitzgibbon [...]
