Development
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 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 […]
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 […]
Facebook Twitter by Elizabeth Handley In 2014 philosopher Alain de Botton caused an outcry when he criticised the city of Brisbane. “ People who have no interest whatsoever in making any city even remotely beautiful or dignified can get away with some truly terrible construction projects free of any fear of being criticised. In an interview with […]
Facebook Twitter by Elizabeth Handley New state planning legislation is being proposed. It has been judged by an international architect to be less democratic than Saudi Arabia’s. The legislation is specifically designed to weaken or remove town planning controls on development. Planning is a State and Council issue. Under the legislation, developers can employ their own private […]
Facebook Twitter by Elizabeth Handley A few years ago I noticed that an increasing number of sport/recreation areas and large areas of greenspace were disappearing in Brisbane. ‘They should do something about that’, became ‘I should do something about that’ when the Milton Tennis court site was sold for high rise development. Another sports and […]
