Supporting Seniors in Brisbane Supporting Seniors in Brisbane Brisbane City Council is proud to support our city’s older residents through a wide range of programs, services, and discounts that help make life easier, safer, more affordable — and more connected. Whether you're out exploring the city, enjoying your local community, or staying active [...]
Help us rebuild lives with Homeless Connect 2025 Donations Our next Homeless Connect event will be held on Thursday 19 June 2025 at the Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills (corner of Gregory Terrace and Alexandria Street). I'd really like to thank you for your ongoing support and assistance with Homeless Connect, and we are once again [...]
City Botanic Gardens Lagoon Letting you know that we are rehabilitating Oakman’s Lagoon in the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens Central Ward, located near the Alice Street entrance. I've organised for these works to improve water usage and quality at the lower lagoon; and to maintain and protect this space for the Brisbane community, [...]
Sustainable BNE Festival  We've organised for one of Brisbane’s favourite sustainability festivals to return to Central Ward this year with a new look and name. Our much-loved community event that teaches residents how to live more affordably and sustainably to protect our incredible lifestyle contributes to accolade as only the second city [...]
Growing Our Urban Canopy Growing Our Urban Canopy is important to me, and as part of the recently completed Howard Smith Wharves cliff remediation project, we are planting 3 trees in Wilson Outlook Reserve in early April to offset cliff face vegetation removal. Three new Illawarra Flame Trees (Brachychiton acerifolius), including one advanced [...]
Parking Cameras Bust Congestion Parking Cameras Bust Congestion as illegally and dangerously parked vehicles cause headaches and will be the focus of our new initiative to keep Brisbane moving. Â Central Ward's a winner with signage and enforcement cameras to be installed at locations that attract complaints from our residents about illegally parked [...]
And the winner is… everyone The Winner Is Everyone in this new vision for Games venues will transform Brisbane into the sporting capital of Australia, a place where people come for the sport and concerts but stay for the sunshine. With the announcements today let's now turn the focus from debate to delivery. [...]
Building Constriction Management Team The past few years have tested our resilience—from lockdowns and job losses to rapid changes in how we live, work, and connect.  But now, as we move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, a new chapter is being written in South East Queensland as we all strive for a better city [...]
Brisbane Favours the Bold A new campaign is set to inject tens of millions of dollars back into Brisbane’s economy following a $68 million hit to local businesses due to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Launched today, the Brisbane Favours the Bold campaign employs notable Brisbane locals including comedian Christian Hull, Traditional Custodian and Djawun Tours [...]
Urban poetry - Vote for Street Art Brisbane residents can now vote on their favourite designs from the annual Artforce competition, which transforms traffic signal boxes into vibrant street artwork. The 84 entries pushed the creativity to new levels, with designs featuring colourful patterns inspired by our suburbs to a kangaroo caricature abseiling [...]
