Central Ward
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk and I recently announced a $360 million commitment over the next four years to resurface 2000 Brisbane streets, under our Smoother Suburban Streets program. The commitment is a record four year investment into extending the life and quality of Brisbane streets and represents a $70 million funding increase over the current program. This [...]
Council call centre assists in 1.3M enquiries in 2016 Brisbane City Council received more than 1.3 million enquiries through its 24/7 Contact Centre in 2016, with thousands of calls, SMS, website and social media enquiries relating to pets, wheelie bins, and rates. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said Council’s one-stop-shop Contact Centre handled a range of [...]
The Classic City Centre Heritage Trail takes you on a journey through a range of sites and events that have shaped Brisbane's history, including: Brisbane's early convict history 'Great Fire of Brisbane' in the 1860s Brisbane's commercial prosperity in the 1880s Military presence in Brisbane in World War II Brisbane in the 1970s There are [...]
The Howard Smith Wharves redevelopment is transforming an underutilised site to create a new Brisbane landmark. The 3.43 hectare site will be transformed into a riverside precinct with more than 2.7 hectares of public open space, a 164 room hotel, an exhibition centre and restaurants and cafes. It will connect the New Farm Riverwalk and [...]
BrisAsia Festival showcases traditional and contemporary Asian arts and cultural events. Now in its fifth year, the festival is held over three weeks from Friday 27 January-Sunday 19 February 2017 with more than 80 events across the city. The program features some of the finest dance, theatre, music, food, film, talks and visual arts providing [...]
Local book lovers will have more time to enjoy Brisbane's libraries with extended opening hours from February. From Saturday 4 February 2017, all Council libraries across Brisbane will open from 9am to 4pm every Saturday. Follow the link below to find out more about the local libraries in Central Ward.
Deputy Mayor and Public and Active Transport Chairman Cr Adrian Schrinner has announced Council is increasing convenience for public transport users, with a pilot program offering USB charging points on Brisbane buses. Cr Schrinner said 10 buses in Council’s fleet would each be fitted with USB charging sockets, in a pilot program to determine their [...]
Brisbane’s New Year’s Eve city fireworks display go off over South Bank and will be at 8.30pm and midnight (each show is 10 minutes). The best viewing spot is from South Bank from the Clem Jones Promenade. There will be food trucks and family-friendly flicks in the Cultural Forecourt, and City Sounds artists (including super [...]
In the October-December edition of the published newsletter, we look at construction projects to revitalise Edward Street and the World Water Congress and City Leaders’ Forum being held in Brisbane. These projects will contribute to boosting trade for businesses in our CBD and suburbs. As we approach the summer storm season, it’s important to be [...]
Councillor HOWARD: Thank you, Madam Chairman; my question is to the Chair of the City Planning Committee, Councillor SIMMONDS. Over the past two years, we have seen senior members of the Palaszczuk Government come out strongly against in-fill development for political purposes. Could you please explain to the Chamber why this type of development is [...]
