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
The immediacy of theatre gives it the capacity to draw you into the personal space of a good actor, and the great actors make that space unbelievably rich, complex and large. Two actors in the single act Mountain Top take us on three separate journeys with an elegant simplicity that allows the audience to laugh, Continue Reading →
Rev Hellfire of the Kurilpa Poets has adjudged Scott Parsons the winner of the March Bent Books Poetry Prize. According to the Rev: “Call me old-fashioned, but I like a well constructed poem. It doesn’t have to rhyme of course, but it should show signs of craftsmanship. And I like a poem that tells me Continue Reading →
Amid a spate of press releases today – all announcing the manifold benefits of having millions of dollars dropped on us by world leaders attending the G20 Summit in November, Brisbane Marketing included an update on the new hotel rooms being created in River City. The press release carefully avoids pointing out that the headline Continue Reading →
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has made a high profile television splash in China, appearing this week on Talk to Lei, where he was interviewed by the so-called ‘Oprah Winfrey’ of China, Chen Lei. It’s a promotion money can’t buy in a country of more than 1.35 billion people. Cr Quirk said the hour-long program highlighted the city’s Continue Reading →
The future of Australia depends on our ability to nurture and create the next generation of entrepreneurs, says start-up expert and author Adrian Turner. In Brisbane as part of Digital Brisbane’s Visiting Entrepreneurs Program, Mr Turner, one of Silicon Valley’s most respected experts on mobile, internet security and entrepreneurship, will meet with local entrepreneurs, business Continue Reading →
When I read in Foreign Policy that Kremlin has stated, “Vladimir Putin stressed that in case of any further spread of violence to Eastern Ukraine and Crimea, Russia retains the right to protect its interests and the Russian-speaking population of those areas,” it sent chills down my spine. It might sound a bit dramatic to Continue Reading →