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Community groups will get a financial boost to help them achieve their environmental goals with the Lord Mayor’s grants program funding everything from weed removal to solar panel installation. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner today announced 28 grants totalling more than $200,000 have been awarded under the second round of the Lord Mayor’s 2022/23 [...]
The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Trust’s first grant round of 2023 has awarded more than $159,000 to 21 charities through the March General Grant Round. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said this year’s applications highlighted the serious impacts of the housing and cost-of-living crisis, with more than half of grants awarded to charities supporting victims [...]
As the sun goes down, Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens will once again become illuminated with the return of Botanica: Contemporary Art Outside in May. For ten evenings from 12-21 May Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens will serve as a backdrop to a rich program of art installations and artist performances. Residents can plan their perfect evening [...]
400 bushland pockets protected by Council. Four hundred parcels of precious bushland have now been secured by Council to protect Brisbane’s natural habitat for future generations - Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the latest purchase under the Bushland Acquisition Program meant Council had preserved more than 4400 hectares of land since the program began in [...]
The search has begun for a new floral emblem that perfectly represents Brisbane almost 100 years after the city council was first formed. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the current emblem, the red poinsettia, was first chosen in 1930, but it was now time to look for a native species that embodies our [...]
Brisbane’s parks and gardens help make Brisbane the city we know and love. Brisbane’s parks and gardens help make Brisbane the city we know and love. From New Farm Park’s stately roses and the city’s biggest new public parkland at Victoria Park / Barrambin, to our riverside Sir Manuel Hornibrook and Catalina parks, [...]
Thousands of new homes will be created under Council’s new Brisbane’s Sustainable Growth Strategy, released today by Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner - we are Delivering Homes Preserving Greenspace. Cr Schrinner said the strategy struck the right balance between ensuring Brisbane can meet housing demand while preserving character and greenspace. “Brisbane is Australia’s fastest [...]
More than 250 roads across Brisbane have been resurfaced by Council since last year’s devastating February flood to ensure motorists get home sooner and safer and Brisbane’s sustainable resurfacing trial continues with bitumen containing a mixture of recycled tyres also being trialled at a number of locations in Brisbane, including Cannon Hill and Eagle Farm. [...]
Did you know that the average Brisbane household throws away $40 worth of food every week? That adds up to over $2000 of wasted food per household per year.1 Save Money Save Food is our free, three-week text challenge, designed to help you save money and food. Participants will receive tips, hacks, videos and recipes [...]
One of Brisbane’s oldest and busiest inner-city thoroughfares will soon be revitalised with work now underway on the Adelaide Street Vision. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the Brisbane Metro project provided the unique opportunity to upgrade the 1.7-kilometre stretch of Adelaide Street between Edward Street and North Quay. “Brisbane Metro will deliver [...]
