Facebook Twitter Our ABC Site For the past couple of years, I’ve been calling on Brisbane City Council and the State Government to buy back the old ABC site at Toowong which was sold to a private developer about a decade ago. It would make the perfect spot to land a walking bridge to West […]
Facebook Twitter By Elizabeth Handley Green space gives us areas to play and exercise outdoors, to spend time with family, to rest the eye from all the bitumen and concrete, and to improve our mental and physical health. Brisbane has had an undersupply of public green space and sport and recreation areas for a long […]
Facebook Twitter The results to our community vote about the ABC site and a bridge to West End were overwhelming! We were aiming for 1,000 responses, but ended up with more than double that at almost 2,500. More than 100 local residents came to our community forum to share their ideas, and my office has […]
Facebook Twitter by Elizabeth Handley Politicians talk about transparent processes all the time. This means government should be open and honest and, unless national security is involved, should not be done in secret. However, this is a transparency that our tax-funded representatives on the Brisbane City Council and State and Federal government seem keen to avoid. […]
Facebook Twitter by Elizabeth Handley In 1977 Woody Allen said “80 percent of success is showing up”. He isn’t wrong. If you want to influence the outcome, you must participate in the process. The South East Queensland Regional Plan is being reviewed and the draft plan is due for release for public comment in early […]
Facebook Twitter by Elizabeth Handley The National Innovation & Science Agenda of our Government has stated we are the innovation nation and they’ve set up a website to show how serious they are, http://www.innovation.gov.au. What does it take to be innovative? I would have thought a good educational base, affordable skills training, accessible and high quality […]
Facebook Twitter by Elizabeth Handley Ask your local politician how many bills they voted on that they have actually read and understood. It is an important question when you consider the workload of most politicians, the political donations. As recorded in an article in the Saturday paper where Gillian Trigg was interviewed by Romana Koval […]
by Elizabeth Handley Politicians have a distorted moral compass on political donations. In paying tribute to Ian Macfarlane who exterminated Labor’s Mining Tax, Tony Abbott said: It was a magnificent achievement by the [member] for Groom in his time as minister … and I hope the sector will acknowledge and demonstrate their gratitude to him […]
Facebook Twitter Demolition of Keddington Villa began on the 13 April 2016 and finished about a week later. by Elizabeth Handley What makes the place you live special? What gives it its character and charm? We travel all over the world to visit places that value and preserve their history, but do we value and […]
by Elizabeth Handley The public’s perception that a process is corrupt is as corrosive as if it is a proven fact. Approvalsare being regularly given for developments that do not remotely comply with the publicly advertised town planning rules. The proposed Sunland development at the old ABC site at Toowong is an excellent example. These unbalanced, pro- […]
