As her daughter Georgia told me, Elizabeth often doesn’t appreciate how much she does for the community nor how much she is valued by those she works with and supports. That may have changed a little on Saturday 13 March, when Elizabeth was presented with a Griffith Australia Day Award by local member, Terri Butler….
The Artist and the Architect: Sam Cranstoun reveals Brisbane’s connection with C A Doxiadis
I was at a loose end a few months ago, and my partner suggested I get out of the house and visit an art gallery. I had never been to the UQ Art Museum so I decided to get a CityCat across the river to see what I could find. Both of the exhibitions I…
Acting on student consent in Queensland Schools
Following thousands of allegations of sexual assault reported in response to an online petition, former private school student, Chanel Contos, has been calling for sexual consent education to be addressed in earlier years in Australian schools. Today, Education Minister Grace Grace said the Palaszczuk Government will be examining whether existing education adequately addresses sexual consent…
Annabelle and friends clean-up in West End
Australians stepped up to Clean Up Australia on Sunday 7 March, with a 20 per cent year-on-year increase in community registrations for Clean Up Australia Day 2021. Clean Up Australia Chairman, Pip Kiernan, said she is not surprised by the huge community response. “The increase in the number of community events just proves that Aussies…
Release of refugees welcomed, but lack of ongoing Federal Government support “verges on cruelty”.
On Monday 1 March, the Federal Government released 22 people from Kangaroo Point Hotel and three people from Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) into the community. A total of 115 refugees have been released from Melbourne and Brisbane detention centres since 20 January. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) said in a statement that while…
Community notice board clean up reveals 30 years of community history
Before the advent of the smartphone and Facebook, we relied on community notice boards to get out our messages and place our ads. In West End noticeboards have remained an important communication tool. In 1992 as part of the Boundary Streetscape project, Landscape Architect John Mongard worked with local artists and residents to workshop and envisage…
Logic of greenspace loss as part of green-bridges plan queried by residents
About 60 residents gathered at Guyatt Park on Saturday 20 February to discuss impacts on the park if that location is selected by Council as the preferred option for a St Lucia to West End Green Bridge. Organised by the Save Guyatt Park group, speakers included local Councillor James MacKay, planning academic, John Brannock and…
Take the next step – create your personal blend at West End’s Coffee Roasters
Do you fancy yourself a coffee connoisseur? Do you struggle to find the blend that is precisely right for you? Like Goldie Locks do you go from café to café but find, this coffee is a little too strong, this one a bit too sweet, before you find the one that is just right? Well,…
Flood-affected buildings make way for expanded Riverside Green at South Bank
Tim Quinn, long-term West End resident, former Council Planning Chair and Lord Mayor and current board member of South Bank Corporation, is excited about the recently open new green space along the riverfront. Riverside Green has been established on the site of former riverside restaurants that were severely damaged in the 2011 floods. Former Deputy…