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Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on

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    COMMUNITY

    4 Have your say – feedback from our readers

    6 Community news

    8 Joe Hurley has left the House – Jan Bow

    10 Rallying for refugees – Sam Navin

    18 What’s in your stars – Sudhir

    BUSINESS VOICE

    10 Business news

    11 Are you ready to retire?

    12 Internet killed the Video Store – Jimmy Wall

    14 CUT your costs – Green initiatives are good for the bottom line – Mal Mackenzie

    15 CUT the clutter – Looking good is good for business – Jano Dawes

    BUDGET CUTS

    16 Got dem ol’ budget blues again

    DIRECTORY

    19 Support the businesses who support us

    WESTENDER EATS

    20 Holy Mackerel! – How to confit a fish – Richard Webb

    21 Spanakopita – a perennial favourite – Lizzie Devereaux

    23 Taking it to the streets – Street Food hits West End

    25 Lest we forget – The trailblazers of dining

    WESTENDER LIVE

    26 Arts News – Brisbane Festival, In Time, Poetry Prize, Shadowlands

    28 Music News – Passing of the Joynt,

    30 Gig Guide

     

  • Courage to Care

    Courage to Care ExhibitThe Courage to Care exhibit recently at the Brisbane Square Library remembers those that helped Jewish people during the Holocaust. People like Indigenous Australian William Cooper who even though his people were engaged in their own battle for rights and protections went to the German Consul-General in Melbourne to protest against the treatment of Jews throughout Europe. People like Berthold Beitz that ran an oil refinery that provided work permits to Jews to protect them against the Nazis. People like Nicholas Winton who in1988 got surprised on television when he got to reunite with some of the people he saved.  Why did people choose to help and others not? The answer from those that did help is often nothing more than, “I didn’t do anything, I just did what I thought was right”
    The hunt for Nazi war criminals goes on as it should. The greying of their hair should not make us slow down the hunt but speed it up.
    The hunt for other war criminals also continues. The Cambodia War Crimes Tribunal underfunded and lacking political will is attempting to bring to justice the war criminals that played a role in the Cambodia genocide. A genocide that has seen a high number of survivors suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and anxiety and many not seeking help in a country riddled with poverty and landmines. The International Criminal Court granted only limited powers also attempts to bring to justice war criminals from various conflicts like the Rwanda genocide.
    The Courage to Care exhibit with survivors there to tell you their stories and profiles of those that helped the Jews shows only part of the horrors and stories of the Holocaust. Some of the suicides of survivors, those that helped Jews that were killed after the war by ultra nationalists. Jews in hiding during the war murdered not by the Nazis but their rescuers who out of fear killed those they had spent over a year protecting. These are some of the other stories out there about the Holocaust and its aftermath. .

  • Street Hoops build community

     

     

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    This is a street hoop and it belong to your Street. It represents all the people who live in this street.  It is a circle of identify, safety, and a way to show that we care about our stret and about each other.

    Feel free to add something that represents you and your place in your street.

  • Museum commissions Moreton Island artwork

    Euan Macleod Moreton Island AnglerMuseum of Brisbane’s latest exhibition will showcase the majesty of Moreton Island with new works by Archibald Prize-winning artist Euan Macleod from 4 July to 12 October 2014.
     
    Euan Macleod: Moreton Island will showcase a group of acrylics and oils by the eminent painter, comprising new works commissioned by the Museum.
     
    Venturing to Moreton Island during the year to create a number of en plein air (painting in the open air) studies and oils for the exhibition, Macleod’s richly textured works explore the sublime and fragile ecosystem of the area.

    Museum of Brisbane Director Peter Denham said it was an honour to have Macleod create new works for the exhibition.

    “I have been in discussion with Euan about an exhibition at the Museum for a long time and I am thrilled that we have finally been able to work together. His dense and textured technique has really captured the atmosphere of the Island, transporting you right to its sandy shores,” Mr Denham said.

    “Euan’s work is also the perfect companion to our other current exhibitions The River – A History of Brisbane and The many lives of Moreton Bay.”
     
    From his visits, Macleod said he was intrigued by the diversity of the Island.

    “My work is about the figure in the landscape and how it interacts with that landscape. The combination of the two and how the figure charges the landscape really attracts me,” Mr Macleod said.

    “The other thing that attracted me were the wrecks, which seemed like a decaying, dark, emotional element of the Island. And they are quite strange, quite a surreal counterpoint to all these people and their water sports.”
     
    Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, Macleod moved to Sydney in 1981 where he has lived and worked ever since. He is a regular visitor to Brisbane.

    Macleod has received many prestigious awards including the 1999 Archibald Prize, 2001 Sulman Prize, 2009 Tattersall’s Landscape Prize and 2009 Gallipoli Art Prize, while his works are held in many public and private collections including National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    Euan Macleod: Moreton Island is part of Document, an ongoing series of exhibitions at Museum of Brisbane that uncovers how artists, photographers and observers view and record Brisbane’s landscape, history and culture.

    Museum of Brisbane is open daily from 10am to 5pm on Level 3 of Brisbane City Hall. Free entry.

    EVENTS 
    A program of events will accompany the exhibition, including artist and curator talks, exclusive viewings and workshops. Bookings are necessary, for more information visit museumofbrisbane.com.au.
     
    HIGHLIGHTS
     
    Friday 25 July, 1pm
    Free
    Exhibition talk: Euan Macleod on Moreton Island
    Join artist Euan Macleod as he discusses his work and the process through which he created the paintings in the Moreton Island exhibition.

    Saturday 26 July, 10am-5.30pm
    $55
    Workshop: Figure in landscape
    Take part in a hands-on masterclass with artist Euan Macleod and paint en plein air (in the open air) with the artist on the picturesque cliffs of Kangaroo Point. This is a unique opportunity to participate in a workshop with the well-known painter, who rarely leads classes anymore.

    Sunday 29 September, 11am
    Free
    Curators Talk: The art of Moreton Bay
    In conjunction with the exhibition The many lives of Moreton Bay and recently commissioned work featured in Euan Macleod: Moreton Island, explore the individuals and artists who have recorded Moreton Bay with Museum of Brisbane Director, Peter Denham.

    Sunday 12 October, 2pm
    Free
    Curators Talk: The art of Moreton Bay
    This is the final chance to have a unique Moreton Bay experience and discover the individual artists who have recorded Moreton Bay who are currently featured in the exhibitions The many lives of Moreton Bay, and Euan Macleod: Moreton Island. Presented by Museum of Brisbane Director, Peter Denham.

  • New coin for NAIDOC Week

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    Official Launch of the AIATSIS coins at Parliament House. (L to R) Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, The Hon. Steve Ciobo, Prime Minister, The Hon. Tony Abbott, AIATSIS Council Chairman, Professor Mick Dodson and AIATSIS Principal, Russ Taylor. (Image Credit – AIATSIS)

    In the lead-up to NAIDOC Week, Australia will see a new special 50 cent coin enter circulation to mark 50 years of ongoing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research and collection of information which has assisted our country in becoming more knowledgeable about its people and cultures.

    The coin was officially launched last week by the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. Tony Abbott MP in the company of AIATSIS Council Chairperson Professor Mick Dodson, AIATSIS Principal Russ Taylor and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, the Hon Steven Ciobo MP.

    The 50 cent coin specifically marks the 50th anniversary of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Institute (AIATSIS).

    “AIATSIS is an organisation that has dedicated half a century to ensuring that Indigenous cultures are preserved, and continually valued and respected,” said Royal Australian Mint CEO Ross MacDiarmid.

    “NAIDOC Week represents an invaluable time for reflection, where Australians take time to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and I personally will also take this opportunity to do just that,” said Mr MacDiarmid.

    “The advantage of circulating coins is that they allow for greater awareness and recognition which will last longer than a week – every time someone looks at their change they are reminded of the story behind the coin.”

    Featuring an element of the AIATSIS logo, the shield is derived from the boomerang totem of the Gu:na:ni (Kunjen) people from the Mitchell River region of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Two million of these special circulating coins are to be distributed in the coming weeks.

    A special colour printed collectable coin with the same design has also been crafted to capture the true essence of the shield and is available for purchase retailing for $13.50 from the Mint’s eShop https://eshop.ramint.gov.au, Contact Centre on 1300 652 020 or in store at the Royal Australian Mint, Deakin.

  • Free Happy Hour in the Gabba tonight

    Happiness Hour advertisementThe Art of Living is offering a free happiness workshop at the Senior Citizen Hall in Qualtrough St, Woolloongabba tonight. That’s a hop step and a jump from where the M3 crosses over Ipswich Rd.
    Westenders may know the Art of Living from the Davies Park markets.
    Happiness Hour’- free workshop
    3rd July
    Time : 6pm to 7pm
    Senior Citizen Hall, Qualtrough St, Woolloongabba