Why Brisbane residents should maintain a healthy scepticism towards Urban Renewal Strategies and Neighbourhood Plans
26 Oct 2017
Neighbourhood plans and urban renewal strategies are major catalysts for change. Usually, such documents include a lot of positive elements that the vast majority of residents and local businesses ...
Spring water vending machines in Brisbane? When neoliberalism meets misguided environmentalism
10 Oct 2017
Here's the basic problem: Too many people are buying single-use bottled water products Bottled water is pretty terrible and stupid for a range of reasons. If you still need convincing of that fac...
Understanding Infrastructure Investment Shortfalls
10 Oct 2017
Right now in Brisbane, investment in local infrastructure and services like pedestrian crossings, parks, flood mitigation and public transport isn’t keeping pace with population growth. There are a...
Media Release: Greens call on State Government to ban property developer donations in line with Belcarra Report recommendations
04 Oct 2017
Councillor Jonathan Sri has welcomed the Crime and Corruption Commission’s Belcarra Report as a valuable win after years of campaigning by the Greens and other community groups to crack down on pol...
Opening comments at Urbanity 17 debate regarding over-development
29 Sep 2017
This week I was invited to participate in a debate/discussion about sustainable development and over-development at the Urbanity 2017 conference. It was primarily a free-flowing Q&A discussion ...
Proposed redesign of the Victoria St/Aldi Crossing in West End
25 Sep 2017
After months of unanswered questions, Brisbane City Council finally got back to me with more detail about how they’re proposing to address safety issues at the intersection of Montague Rd and Victo...
Understanding BCC's Approval Process for Street Art Projects on Council Footpaths
25 Sep 2017
Recently I organised a bunch of residents in West End to paint rainbows on a footpath. I thought it might be useful for some people if I explained the legal status of these kinds of projects and th...
Media Release: Pop Up Bike Lane Adds to Pressure for Better Bike Infrastructure
07 Sep 2017
To apply political pressure for safe, separated bike lanes, West End residents will defy Brisbane City Council by creating their own temporary pop-up bike lane along part of Hardgrave Rd on Friday ...
Draft Plans released for Woolloongabba Bikeway Project
05 Sep 2017
Brisbane City Council has released more detailed designs for the Woolloongabba Bikeway Project, which will install separated bike lanes along Stanley Street and Annerley Road. While bike lanes lik...
Comments Regarding Development Application A004623409 on the corner of Hope Street and Fish Lane, South Brisbane
08 Aug 2017
For anyone who's interested, below you will find the comments I've submitted in opposition to DA A004623409 - known by some as 'the Aria development with the waterfall'. I don't ordinarily spend th...
What's going on with the Queen Bess St 'Park' in Woolloongabba?
01 Aug 2017
For years now, residents have been asking that the triangular block of government-owned land at the southern end of Queen Bess Street in Woolloongabba be converted into a public park. There’s a si...
Media release: Cyclists Stage Mass Die-in to Protest Reduction in Access over Victoria Bridge and Lack of Bike Lanes Throughout Brisbane
21 Jul 2017
Hundreds of cyclists will stage a temporary die-in on Victoria Bridge tomorrow in response to a Brisbane City Council proposal to reduce cycling access over the Victoria Bridge. As part of a mass b...