Asia Pacific Cities Summit City leaders and business chiefs from more than 70 cities have shrugged off the spectre of the COVID-19 pandemic to be part of Brisbane’s acclaimed Asia Pacific Cities Summit. Renowned for its inspiring speakers, high-calibre networking opportunities and top-level insights, the three-day summit officially began in Brisbane [...]
Free Green Waste Disposal Brisbane residents are being encouraged to take advantage of free green waste disposal over the next three weekends to prepare their properties for the upcoming storm and bush fire seasons. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said residents could head to any of Council’s resource recovery centres in Chandler, Nudgee, [...]
Making Central Ward the small business-friendly capital of Australia. LORD Mayor Adrian Schrinner has unveiled a new high-powered roundtable to help deliver a successful 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games while ensuring Brisbane remains the most small business-friendly city in Australia. Cr Schrinner said the new Small Business Roundtable will permanently replace the [...]
Brisbane's Newest Outdoor Gallery: Springfinity Spring has sprung and our new free outdoor art exhibition – Springfinity - is inviting people back into the city and outdoors to celebrate. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said as the city bounced back to life post-lockdown, the new Outdoor Gallery, launching on 28 August, would [...]
Lord Mayor's Charitable Trust and Carla Zampatti legacy grants More than 40 Brisbane charities in Brisbane will benefit from the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Trust August grant round, which includes a $100,000 Carla Zampatti enduring legacy donation to local women’s charities. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said 14 women’s charities were among the [...]
Better Suburbs Grants Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has extended a new lifeline to sports clubs and other community groups hit by COVID restrictions, urging them to apply for the new $3 million Better Suburbs Grants program. Cr Schrinner said many local sports clubs and community groups had been impacted by snap [...]
new and improved footpaths across Brisbane THE Schrinner Council poured enough concrete into new and improved footpaths across Brisbane last financial year to cover Suncorp Stadium’s hallowed turf more than 15 times over. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the huge amount of work undertaken during 2020-21 demonstrated the job of maintaining [...]
FREE Native Plants Since being your Councillor I've planted hundreds of trees across our inner northern suburbs. We've big plans to create the largest new public park in 50 years right here in Central Ward at Victoria Park - taking its current 10% tree coverage to a massive 60%. We've also [...]
Breakfast Creek Green Bridge final design The final design for the Breakfast Creek Green Bridge has been formally lodged for approval, with construction on the fast-tracked bridge set to start this year. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said before construction could start, a development application for the transformative project had to be [...]
Local businesses run Brisbane More than 3000 local businesses help run Brisbane as part of Schrinner Council’s Buy Local blitz MORE than 3000 local businesses across South East Queensland are benefitting from the Schrinner Council’s Buy Local procurement policy which has put nearly $950 million back into the economy. Cr Schrinner said from Aspley Nursery supplying [...]
