Moon Festival moves to Sunnybank
Sunnybank was the site of Brisbane’s Moon Festival last weekend, with stunning lantern displays, traditional dancing and music.
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Meet the new boss of the community sector
Kevin Andrews has been named Minister for Social Services, under Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott’s cabinet – placing most of the control of the Not for Profit sector under one portfolio. The social services portfolio, described by Abbott as “the largest area of expenditure and payments in the Budget”, will be responsible for settlement services, multicultural Continue Reading →
Divestment forum for climate recovery
To Divest or Not to Divest? What can fossil fuel divestment offer our climate, communities and economy? Everyone’s talking about it. From Obama and Desmond Tutu to the IEA and Lord Stern.
Entering the Chamber of Secrets
West End businesses have significant levels of support when it comes to interfacing with government. The West End Traders Association is a group of local businesses, mostly retailers in the strip shopping centres of 4101, banding together to support, organise and benefit from local activities. They meet at the Croquet Club in Musgrave Park on Continue Reading →
Coal water battle comes to West End
Clive Palmer ran his election campaign on a Mister Nice Guy platform that failed to mention one of the biggest environmental battles of our time, the coal miners versus the farmers and environmentalists in the Galilee Basin. Palmer’s vast China First coalmine was given clearance to go ahead by the Newman government during the election Continue Reading →
Locavores to descend on Paddington
With an active farmers market and strip shopping centre, West End has more options for buying local, fresh food than most Brisbane suburbs. Local business Food Connect collects and boxes organic farmers from across the region and distributes it through a network of city cousins to time poor people. Local cafes and restaurants head off Continue Reading →