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Aldi wants community engagement

media /29 May, 2014

Given the wide-spread concerns about the development of Montague Road, the Draft City Plan and the lack of community engagement, Westender gave Aldi the opportunity to discuss in detail its engagement with community and plans for its site, now under construction. They have provided the following. ALDI Australia is eager to bring the ALDI difference to West Continue Reading →

Council justifies tree disappearance

media /29 May, 2014

Westender publishes the following official council response to the tree disappearance at 108 Boundary St, West End Environment, Parks and Sustainability Chairman Matthew Bourke said based on a request from one of the property owners, an arborist had assessed the tree earlier this year and recommended that it be removed. “Urban trees provide benefits that Continue Reading →

WETA executive walks away from Graffiti policy

media /29 May, 2014

After the WETA meeting held on 14th May, 2014 at which a representative from the Brisbane City Council was present, a communication was sent out advising that a consensus was reached regarding the Graffiti-Street Art in the West End area and it was being investigated to see where this could be introduced to West End. Continue Reading →

SW Chamber talks green at golf club

Geoff Ebbs /29 May, 2014

Despite the national treasurer’s discomfort with wind turbine’s many businesses are experiencing first-hand the bottom line advantages of thinking green. As the Bendigo Bank writes on its Green Generation pages, “Business owners are recognizing that as the cost of energy, water and other limited resources rise, the value of best practice efficiency increases, thus speeding Continue Reading →

Quirk quick to grip hip list

Roberta /28 May, 2014

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk is rolling out the accolades for Brisbane, clearly relishing being the Mayor of the hippest, fastest growing, smartest and most business friendly city on the face of the planet. The praise comes from a variety of sources, with the latest label being added to Quirk’s Christmas Tree by the 2thinknow Innovation Continue Reading →

Alien invasion is an illusion

Geoff Ebbs /28 May, 2014

Foreign investment is not taking over West End according to Rob Honeycombe, a director of the Real Estate Institute and BeesNees Real Estate. Honeycombe is responding to recent reports that up to half of new housing stock was being snaffled up by foreign owners. He says that the fundamental reason this isolated statistic is not Continue Reading →