Month: February 2015

Easy win for Jackie Trad in South Brisbane – #QLDvotes

Easy win for Jackie Trad in South Brisbane – #QLDvotes

Posted by | Feb 9, 2015 | , , , |

While Queensland inches closer to knowing who our next Premier will be, there has been no such doubt in South Brisbane. Jackie Trad had a decisive win and the day after the election published a thank you to the people of South Brisbane on her Facebook site. Ms. Trad retained her seat with a two party preferred swing of 9.5% to the ALP and 42.78% of the primary vote. LNP candidate Fiona Ward, who struggled to build her profile during the campaign and was a no-show at two local candidates’ forums, polled just 32.2% of the vote, a swing...

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Alternative currency Bitcoin gaining ground

Alternative currency Bitcoin gaining ground

Posted by | Feb 9, 2015 | , , , , |

CoinJar, Australia’s largest Bitcoin platform, has announced a completely new way to send digital currency, whether across the room or around the globe, from your pocket, with a completely redesigned app for iPhone. The CoinJar CEO Asher Tan including buying and selling bitcoins from their phone, or transferring bitcoins to others via peer-to-peer payments. Combined with low-fee transactions made possible by the Bitcoin network, the CoinJar Touch app makes it easier than ever for users to send money to friends next door or halfway across the globe without ever using a bank, completely revolutionising the global remittances industry. The redesigned...

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We can’t afford to do nothing

We can’t afford to do nothing

Posted by | Feb 5, 2015 | , , , , |

Addressing unresolved childhood trauma & abuse in adults would save Australian governments billions each year, says peak body. A new report commissioned by Adults Surviving Child Abuse (ASCA) and prepared by Pegasus Economics showed that as a nation, Australia could save a minimum of $9.1 billion annually by addressing the impacts of unresolved childhood trauma and abuse in adults [1]. ASCA is the leading national organisation for the estimated five million Australian adult survivors of childhood trauma[2]. With Prime Minister Tony Abbott actively seeking alternatives to the Federal Government’s proposals for the Health Budget, ASCA presented these cost savings...

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Blast from the distant past

Blast from the distant past

Posted by | Feb 5, 2015 | , , , , , |

Museum of Brisbane uncovers most comprehensive photo record of early Brisbane. Museum of Brisbane’s latest exhibition will offer an amazing visual portrait of a lost city – Brisbane at the turn of the 20th century – through a rare collection of photographs, all shot by a single resident and left forgotten under an inner-city house for decades. Opening on 13 February, The view from here: The photographic world of Alfred Elliott 1890-1940 will showcase the life’s work of the avid Brisbane-based photographer, offering a fascinating chronicle of the places he visited, major events he witnessed and intimate glimpses into...

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Brisbane Native Title claim rejected

Brisbane Native Title claim rejected

Posted by | Feb 5, 2015 | , , , , |

Urbanisation contributes to extinguishment of Native Title over the greater Brisbane region, says Federal Court. The Federal Court has handed down a determination close to home for many – that native title has been extinguished over a large tract of the greater Brisbane region. This decision rejected native title claims made by two native title claim groups, namely the Yugara/Yagarapul People and the Turrbal People of that claim area, but also, more broadly, determined that native title does not exist over this highly urbanised region. Following from this determination, local bodies and companies do not have to comply with...

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