Lord Mayor fights to save historic home

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has fought against a move to demolish an historic pre-1900 home in Kangaroo Point that had been overlooked by the previous Soorley administration’s flawed Brisbane City Plan 2000.

Councillors from both sides of politics voted to save the property from deve...

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Council’s 16th City Cat launch showcases Indigenous art

Queensland’s indigenous heritage will be showcased when Brisbane’s 16th CityCat takes its maiden voyage on Thursday July 1.

The CityCat, named Gootcha, the Indigenous term for the place now known as Toowong, will be decorated with artwork by award-winning contemporary artist Judy ...

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Go Between Bridge to open to traffic on 5 July

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has announced that the Go Between Bridge will open to traffic in the early hours of Monday 5 July 2010.

Brisbane’s first inner city road bridge in nearly 40 years will connect the northern and western suburbs to South Brisbane and West End.

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Graffiti Forum

About 18 months ago Lord Mayor Campbell Newman started up the Lord Mayor's Taskforce Against Graffiti in conjunction with Queensland Police and 143 people have since been charged with more that 4,300 graffiti-related offences as a direct result of the taskforce's work.

The Council's 1...

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Planned Burns in Brisbane West

Please find below a list of areas set down for a planned burns.

Anstead, The burn will be located at Anstead Bushland (Block 3), close to Cantwell Street and the Brisbane River. Size: 7 hectares, last burn: more than 11 years ago, when: winter/early spring.

Kholo, The b...

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Lord Mayor delivers 20 life saving defibrillators

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is putting 20 life saving defibrillators across Brisbane in case someone has a heart attack.

The units, which each cost about $3600, will be mounted in busy public places, and areas where there is a risk of people having heart arrhythmia or irregular heart ...

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New work to start on State’s worst road

Queensland’s worst road – Gap Creek Road from Kenmore to The Gap – will be a ‘No through Road’ from January 4 as work begins in earnest on a $14 million safety upgrade.

Acting Lord Mayor Jane Prentice asked people to be patient while Council completed the next stage of road ...

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