EMMANUEL CITY MISSION: A SANCTUARY OF HOPE AND HEALING.
Emmanuel City Mission, located in a warehouse on Merivale Street in South Brisbane, has been...
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Tag: housing crisis
OPINION: Housing Bill – A Trojan Horse for Developer Interests?
On 11 October 2023, the Queensland Government introduced Housing Availability and...
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Done Deal: State Government and Council Reach Agreement on Kurilpa’s Future.
The local West End and South Brisbane community, along with its representatives, have once again...
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Lord Mayor’s Housing Incentive Plan welcomed by developers but at what cost to ratepayers?
There were mixed reactions to Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner’s Housing Incentive Plan announced...
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Brisbane residents invited to have say on short-stay accommodation.
Residents are invited to have their say on the future of short-stay accommodation in Brisbane with...
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An Expert view on the Kurilpa Precinct TLPI.
Expert planner and former Director of City Planning at Brisbane City Council, Peter Cumming, has...
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EDITORIAL: Community Gets Caught In The Crossfire When Politics Trumps Genuine Representation In Kurilpa.
When the Labor Party joins with its LNP rivals and right-wing media to accuse the Greens of...
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Max Chandler-Mather talks with The Westender.
Max Chandler-Mather has had a busy few months following his win in Griffith and last week was our...
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QCOSS seeks to make housing and homelessness a key priority for Election 2022.
The COVID pandemic and recent floods have exposed critical social issues associated with the under...
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Amy MacMahon reflects on her first year as MP for South Brisbane
Amy MacMahon had her last face-to-face interview with The Westender on 3 December 2020 during her...
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‘Invisible homeless deaths’: An estimated 90 rough sleepers died in Queensland last year.
Micah Projects CEO Karyn Walsh talked with The Westender yesterday about new research by the...
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Electorate Update from Member for South Brisbane, Amy MacMahon MP
Twenty years ago, The Westender would publish regular updates from our local elected...
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