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 [...]
SOUTH BANK 2.0 West End multi-use parkland LORD Mayor Adrian Schrinner has revealed a new multi-use parkland precinct is being planned on the banks of the Brisbane River as part of his Council’s commitment to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Cr Schrinner said a major seven-hectare site on Montague [...]
Brisbane is a global leader in e-mobilityBrisbane powers e-bike evolution as electric bikes are the latest way to travel around Brisbane, with the Schrinner Council’s Public and Active Transport Chair Cr Ryan Murphy announcing 800 new e-bikes are now available across the city. Cr Murphy said the introduction of shared e-bikes [...]
Former US presidential candidate and acclaimed Gold medalist to headline Brisbane’s 2021 Asia Pacific Cities Summit Former United States presidential candidate Martin O’Malley and renowned Australian Paralympian Kurt Fearnley AO will be the headline acts at the Asia Pacific Cities Summit (APCS) in Brisbane later this year. Announcing Governor O’Malley and [...]
Lord Mayor Photographic Awards It’s time to get snapping for the Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner is calling on Brisbane photographers to get to their cameras ready with the Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards now open. Cr Schrinner said photographers this year were encouraged to capture what made Brisbane an [...]
