Posted on Tuesday, 7 May, 2013
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk is encouraging residents to have their say on Brisbane’s future by providing feedback on the draft new City Plan when formal consultation opens this month.
The Lord Mayor said community consultation was an important part of the planning process, which is why Council wa... ... more
Posted on Wednesday, 1 May, 2013
Highlights include:
Sunday June 9 - Free drop-in art activities with 2013 artist-in-residence Donna Davis - Celebrating World Environment Day
www.donnadavisartist.blogspot.com
Tuesdays in June
Story time in the Gardens
Saturday June 15
Free no dig gardening and seasonal planting workshopFor f... ... more
Posted on Wednesday, 1 May, 2013
Free discovery tours at Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha and City Botanic Gardens
11am-12noon and 1-2pm
Drop-in art activity 11am-2pm with Artist-in-residence Donna Davis
Look-See-Draw the hidden beauty of leaves
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Posted on Monday, 22 April, 2013
Re-routing northside buses to improve servicesTo view the proposed changes and to submit feedback on the proposals go online to www.brisbane.qld.gov.au or visit a Council regional business centre or library before 20 May.
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has today released Council’s detailed review of the... ... more
Posted on Tuesday, 16 April, 2013
This is to advise you of upcoming construction works in Ascot related to the rolling out of the National Broadband Network. We can advise that Visionstream will be undertaking construction works on behalf of NBN Co in Ascot, commencing on Monday 15 April 2013. These works will take approximately six... ... more
Posted on Thursday, 11 April, 2013
6 March 2013 is the 50th Anniversary (to the day) of the unveiling by Queen Elizabeth of a plinth made of sandstone standing 3 metres high with an elaborate copper sculpture attached to commemorate the discovery of commercial quantities of oil in Australia. The unveiling of the plinth by Her Majesty... ... more
Posted on Wednesday, 10 April, 2013
Brisbane City Council invites Brisbane community groups to submit applications for Environmental Grants under the Lord Mayors Community Sustainability and Environmental Grants - applications close 24 April 2013.The Environmental Grants provide financial assistance to help community groups carry... ... more
Posted on Monday, 8 April, 2013
Construction of Gateway North Bikeway is currently underway and progressing well with completion expected in early 2014.
To construct the bridge component of the bikeway project piling works are required to establish the piers. These works are likely to cause some noise disruption and traffic stopp... ... more
Posted on Thursday, 7 March, 2013
Two more Council Grant Programs have now opened for applications.
Partnering for Public Netball Courts Program
This new grant program provides financial assistance to community netball clubs and Brisbane state, independent and private schools to construct new netball facilities or upgrade exist... ... more
Posted on Thursday, 7 March, 2013
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk is encouraging the city’s green thumbs to take advantage of Council’s free native plants program, with more than 20 new plant species on offer this year.
The Lord Mayor said the program gave away an average of 45,000 free native plants to ratepayers, schools, body corporates... ... more