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Email newsletter Friday, 10 June 2022
19 Jun 2022
Current as of 10 June, 2022 - please note that some of the info in these newsletters (especially event listings) can go out of date quite quickly Dear residents, I hope you’re coping better than ...
Email newsletter - Friday, 27 May 2022
30 May 2022
Current as of 27 May, 2022 - please note that some of the info in these newsletters (especially event listings) can go out of date quite quickly Dear residents, We’ll we’ve certainly had an inter...
Why have the Greens 'suddenly' started winning seats in Queensland?
27 May 2022
In the space of a couple days, a lot of journalists and political commentators (including some Greens members from down south) have apparently become experts on the growing electoral success of the...
Musgrave Park Toilet Block Murals
11 May 2022
I've allocated a bit of my discretionary local budget to fund Aboriginal artists to paint murals on the two toilet blocks in Musgrave Park. Work should start in the next few weeks on the toilet at ...
BCC 2022 Flood Investigation
25 Mar 2022
BCC has initiated a reasonably broad-scope investigation into the 2022 floods, to be led by Mr Paul de Jersey. The following text is copied from the Terms of Reference circulated to councillors by ...
February 2022 Flood Reflections 3 - Key Infrastructure and Services are Too Vulnerable
16 Mar 2022
Originally published on social media on 8 March, 2022 Recent floods have shown very clearly that Brisbane’s key public infrastructure, services and systems are far less resilient to flooding a...
Pedestrian and cycling safety
February 2022 Flood Reflections 3 - Key Infrastructure and Services are Too Vulnerable
16 Mar 2022
Originally published on social media on 8 March, 2022 Recent floods have shown very clearly that Brisbane’s key public infrastructure, services and systems are far less resilient to flooding a...
Dutton Park trees and parkland under threat from Metro charging infrastructure
21 Oct 2021
Brisbane City Council is currently planning its location for new charging infrastructure to support Brisbane Metro vehicles travelling to the UQ Lakes bus stop. (Some very basic 'official' info abo...
Development and housing affordability
Yes, big developers do get special treatment – particularly in terms of safety and environmental regulations
28 Sep 2021
Residents often complain to me that they feel like Brisbane City Council has one set of rules for big developers, and another set of rules for everyone else. If a local resident wants to renovate t...
Density is not intrinsically 'good' - it depends how you do it
08 Jun 2021
I’ve gotten sick of responding to the same simplistic comments on social media over and over again, so I thought I’d just write a quick blog post about it. In conversations about urban planning and...
Parks, public spaces and biodiversity
Email newsletter Friday, 10 June 2022
19 Jun 2022
Current as of 10 June, 2022 - please note that some of the info in these newsletters (especially event listings) can go out of date quite quickly Dear residents, I hope you’re coping better than ...
Musgrave Park Toilet Block Murals
11 May 2022
I've allocated a bit of my discretionary local budget to fund Aboriginal artists to paint murals on the two toilet blocks in Musgrave Park. Work should start in the next few weeks on the toilet at ...
Transport, traffic and parking
Email newsletter Friday, 10 June 2022
19 Jun 2022
Current as of 10 June, 2022 - please note that some of the info in these newsletters (especially event listings) can go out of date quite quickly Dear residents, I hope you’re coping better than ...
BCC 2022 Flood Investigation
25 Mar 2022
BCC has initiated a reasonably broad-scope investigation into the 2022 floods, to be led by Mr Paul de Jersey. The following text is copied from the Terms of Reference circulated to councillors by ...
February 2022 Flood Reflections 3 - Key Infrastructure and Services are Too Vulnerable
16 Mar 2022
Originally published on social media on 8 March, 2022 Recent floods have shown very clearly that Brisbane’s key public infrastructure, services and systems are far less resilient to flooding a...
Communities and Culture
Email newsletter Friday, 10 June 2022
19 Jun 2022
Current as of 10 June, 2022 - please note that some of the info in these newsletters (especially event listings) can go out of date quite quickly Dear residents, I hope you’re coping better than ...
Why have the Greens 'suddenly' started winning seats in Queensland?
27 May 2022
In the space of a couple days, a lot of journalists and political commentators (including some Greens members from down south) have apparently become experts on the growing electoral success of the...
Musgrave Park Toilet Block Murals
11 May 2022
I've allocated a bit of my discretionary local budget to fund Aboriginal artists to paint murals on the two toilet blocks in Musgrave Park. Work should start in the next few weeks on the toilet at ...