Month: November 2016

Greens candidate for South Brisbane

Greens candidate for South Brisbane

Posted by | Nov 8, 2016 | , , |

The Queensland Greens have announced Amy MacMahon as their candidate for the seat of South Brisbane in the upcoming State Election. Ms. MacMahon is a social scientist and community worker who specialises in social research and community development. Currently completing her PhD at the University of Queensland on community responses to climate change, Ms. MacMahon said she was looking forward to an election focussed on sustainable development, corporate donations, housing affordability, and growing wealth inequality in Queensland. “The inner-south side is undergoing huge changes in terms of property development and population increase. I’m excited and humbled to be selected...

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“World class urban design” – Jackie Trad

“World class urban design” – Jackie Trad

Posted by | Nov 7, 2016 | , , , |

The Palaszczuk Government today announced the approval of the $800 million West Village development on the Absoe site in West End. Deputy Premier and Minister for Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning Jackie Trad said the key inner city site will be home to a new world class development. “This is a significant urban renewal project that will create thousands of jobs and it was vitally important that we got the planning right,” Ms Trad said. “I received more than 700 submissions from the community and stakeholders during the proposed call in period, with the majority supporting a call in...

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Sunday Mail tries to second-guess Minister

Sunday Mail tries to second-guess Minister

Posted by | Nov 7, 2016 | , , |

In an apparent attempt to wedge the Labor Deputy Premier and local member for South Brisbane, the Hon Jackie Trad, yesterday’s Sunday Mail features a banner headline ”Brisbane $800m West Village to be approved” a full four days before the decision is due to be announced. Based largely on speculation and specious association, the article links its precarious forecast to a trio of supposed pro-development decisions also including the Queens Wharf Casino and the Townsville Stadium, to which it is entirely unrelated. The audacious item predicts what the article seeks to promote as accomplished facts, including speculative forecasts of...

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West End a core focus, says developer.

West End a core focus, says developer.

Posted by | Nov 7, 2016 | , , |

Speaking on the occasion of the first residents moving into the new, dual tower Light+Co. apartment complex on Montague Road, Pradella director Kim Pradella says his personal connection to West End’s history meant he was committed to ensuring the Brisbane Gas & Light Company’s legacy was retained in the design of the new development. Pradella’s Media Release follows. The lights are on at Pradella’s Light+Co. apartments in West End, as the first residents move in following completion of the dual tower project. Light+Co. has been developed on the iconic riverside site of the old South Brisbane Gas and Light Company,...

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AWARD DEMANDS ACTION IN GREENING WEST END

AWARD DEMANDS ACTION IN GREENING WEST END

Posted by | Nov 4, 2016 | , , , , , |

Last week the Green Space Strategy for 4101 was recognised nationally at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. The Award for Communities went to local West End Landscape Architects John Mongard, Gavin Hardy, Alvin Kirby and Michelle Kirby-Brown who developed the strategy in conjunction with a number of other volunteer landscape architects and with the West End Community Association, Kurilpa Futures and Transition Kurilpa. In commending the strategy, the judges acknowledged the team  “…for their insight and leadership in working with local communities for over 20 years of sustained effort,” adding that “…it is an excellent model for local action and collaborative planning approaches that could be...

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