Newstead news and events
Small Business Package My ambition for Brisbane for the next decade and that includes building Australia's most small business friendly city. Our team is helping to create a city of neighbourhoods by bringing new life to retail precincts in the suburbs while backing small business with more support and lower fees. Small businesses are the [...]
Celebrate Christmas in Brisbane Oh what fun it is to celebrate Christmas in Brisbane! Brisbane is aglow again this festive season, with magical sights and sounds. From 29th November – 24th December across The City, South Bank and Roma Street Parkland, Christmas in Brisbane features an exciting program of fun events for all ages. [...]
Environment and Sustainability Grants Open til 9 December 2019 Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants program 2019-20 I want to grow your Brisbane lifestyle and with the Lord Mayor's Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants program, we are supporting local community groups, non-profit organisations and registered native wildlife carers. Applications for the two [...]
Visiting the Lord Mayor's Youth Advisory Council Our Youth Strategy 2014-2019 is an integrated whole-of-Council approach to ensure we continue to be an organisation that values and includes young people in the life of Brisbane. My vision is for a city where young people are healthy, resilient and confident young citizens who actively [...]
Vicki plants the first Jacaranda of the 2019 Jacaranda Planting Program at Sydney and Brunswick Street Purpling Central Ward - More Jacarandas for Central Ward Since being elected, I have planted hundreds of street trees and thousands of plants in new garden beds in our suburbs. Locals will have seen the benefits of [...]
Improving the Commercial Doggett Streert Intersection with Trevor Evans MP I continue to progress my Teneriffe Newstead and New Farm Precinct Traffic Study to get you home sooner and safer. A recommendation [...]
We’ve delivered new greenspaces I am delighted we are creating new greenspace to make our city liveable and sustainable for our children. We delivered the Two Million Trees program and created large new community parks in suburbs like Tennyson and Coorparoo and Toowong. Brisbane was twice named Australia’s Most Sustainable City in 2014 and [...]
Vicki reducing Rates for First home buyers By providing a one-year 50 per cent rates remission for first home buyers, I am giving targeted cost-of-living-relief at a time when residents are often stretched to their financial limits. Making the big move from renting to owning for the first time can be a stressful [...]
We’re creating more to see and do in the Valley, by bringing you the Valley Fiesta all year round. Every week, you can catch live music on show in the Valley, thanks to Valley Fiesta Fridays, taking place in the Brunswick Street and Chinatown Malls from 2-4pm. During the warmer months, the Valley Fiesta Spring [...]
Vicki Launching Valley Fiesta Brisbane City Council Meeting Minutes 30 July 2019 That this Council: a) reiterates its motion in this Chamber on 7 February 2017, opposing the State Government’s introduction of lockout laws; b) notes recent independent research and media coverage, and [...]
