Month: January 2016

Sean Jacobs – LNP Candidate for The Gabba Ward #bccvotes

Do you live locally? Briefly outline your history in the Ward. Yes! I’ve lived in Kangaroo Point for a number of years now, but, as former national water polo champion, I began playing for Queensland at West End’s Musgrave Park Pool in 2000. I also started uni studying a Diploma in Liberal Arts at the University of New England’s Shafston Institute of Technology back in 2004. Playing a key part in planning and operations for the 2014 G20 Leaders’ Summit, I’ve also helped showcase not just some of the great aspects of our city but helped put our wonderful...

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Brisbane “Artivists” reflect on Paris climate deal for free public event

Brisbane “Artivists” reflect on Paris climate deal for free public event. Artists and activists from Brisbane who traveled to Paris for the global climate talks will reflect on their experience as part of an evening of reflection and discussion on 1st February in West End. The historic Paris climate deal followed weeks of intense negotiations and a wave of public mobilisations including the largest ever climate marches across Australia. But what was it like on the ground at the talks? And what does the climate deal really mean for tackling global warming? The public is invited to a free public...

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Making a splash for #SwimfortheReef

The Swim for the Reef held on Saturday 23 January was an ‘anything goes’ affair when it came to swimming styles, costumes, and floatation devices. Teams with names like Turterly Awesome, the Wobbegongs, and Deep C Divas, made up of approximately 100 swimmers in all, swam laps of Musgrave Park Pool from midday to midnight. Local swimmers were joined by politicians, Greens Senator, Larissa Waters, and The Gabba Ward Councillor, Helen Abrahams. Shadow Environment Minister and Member for Burnett, Stephen Bennett, sponsored the Burnett Loggerheads who joined in from Bundaberg. Deputy Premier and local member for South Brisbane, Jackie Trad, was away in Sydney and unable to attend,...

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Politics back in the pub

West End Community Association and Westender Community Newspaper have announced a Meet The Candidates Community Forum where candidates for The Gabba Ward will appear in person to debate policy and answer questions from the audience. The event will be held upstairs at The Loft, 100 Boundary Street, West End, at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 10th February 2016. Doors open at 6 pm. Westender publisher Kerrod Trott said the paper had a tradition of hosting Meet The Candidate forums, where locals could meet face to face with candidates, and make their voting decisions based on a personal appraisal. “We take...

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