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
Brisbane’s inner suburbs have some of the best examples of this state’s unique timber architecture. But for such a sought-after style of house there’s almost no consensus on what we should and shouldn’t call a “Queenslander”. Real estate agents know that adding the term to an advert can spike the enquiry levels. Builders are working Continue Reading →
In the week that ended with students across Australia rallying against the Abbott Government’s plan to deregulate University fees, I joined about 40 others at a Brisbane Free University event in a car park off Boundary Street in the West End of Brisbane. The discussion was about refugee rights. It was a refreshing change to Continue Reading →
Work has started on the construction of a new state-of-the-art learning facility as part of a major redevelopment at Brisbane State High. The new facilities would feature 40 classrooms, an arts centre, staff centre, tuckshop and other essential amenities. The complex will accommodate approximately 850 students and enable the school to cater for a total Continue Reading →
Local lovers of Yoga – and there’s an awful lot of them wandering the streets of West End – will be heading over to Bowen Hills next month to take part in YogaFest, Australia’s largest Yoga Festival now in its 8th year. According to Festival organiser, Jonathan Murphy, YogaFest just keeps getting bigger and bigger, Continue Reading →
Over 100 local Westenders attended a Fight for Public Parks rally in Davies Park on Saturday June 7. Addressing the rally were Gabba Ward Councillor Helen Abrahams, West End Community Association President, Dr Erin Evans, Federal Member for Griffith, Ms Terri Butler, and Adjunct Associate Professor Phil Heywood. I caught up with Cr Abrahams before Continue Reading →
Truly exquisite. Fans of the illustrated novel and cartoon love the imaginative freedom of the line to draw anything the mind can imagine. Imagine, then, that a group of dancers decide to use their bodies as ink and the freedom of perspective provided by light and shadow to free that ink from the constraints of Continue Reading →