Category: General news

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

Reverse Garbage wants your waste!

media /9 January, 2014

Think twice before you throw away your business waste. The New Year is often a time for companies to sweep out their cupboards – out with the old and in with the new! But what happens to all of the valuable and useful materials that get thrown out? Reverse Garbage is helping to keep these Continue Reading →

Our oceans a plastic soup?

media /9 January, 2014

Healthy Waterways hosts Brisbane launch of ‘Talking Trash Tour’ Healthy Waterways has bid farewell for the launch of Talking Trash Tour on its ocean voyage from Brisbane to Sydney. Healthy Waterways, in partnership with Tim Silverwood (from Take 3) and Canadian adventurer Adrian Midwood (from Ocean Ambassadors), launched the S.V. Moana catamaran on its ocean Continue Reading →

STATEMENT FROM TERRI BUTLER: GRIFFITH BY-ELECTION

media /6 January, 2014

I welcome the announcement today that the by-election for the seat of Griffith will be on February 8 2014. Terri Butler – ALP candidate for Griffith This will be a hard fought campaign and it’s a fight I am ready for. The people of Griffith deserve a strong voice. The question for the people of Continue Reading →

Greens welcome by-election announcement

media /6 January, 2014

The Australian Greens have welcomed the announcement of a February 8th by-election in Griffith as the first litmus test of Tony Abbott’s leadership. Candidate Geoff Ebbs said the Coalition Government was hurting the people of Griffith. “People in Griffith are already suffering from Campbell Newman’s harsh cuts and we can’t afford more pain to come Continue Reading →

Doctors blast Glasson over Medicare

media /4 January, 2014

Local Brisbane GP and Vice President of the Doctors Reform Society, Dr Tracy Schrader has called on Dr Bill Glasson, LNP candidate for the seat of Griffith, to a debate on his support for mandatory copayments on GP visits. “This will be the end of Medicare” said Dr Schrader. “The government and Dr Glasson believing Continue Reading →

Glasson goes for Medicare

Jan Bowman /4 January, 2014

When, just after Christmas, the Australian Centre for Health Research (ACHR) announced it had made a submission to the Government’s Commission of Audit proposing the introduction of a mandatory Medicare co-payment, there were calls on Twitter for the media to ask Dr Bill Glasson whether he would support such a proposal. That seemed like a big ask: Continue Reading →