Brisbane City Council budget 2016: live coverage
Wrap And the Lord Mayor has concluded his address to the chamber. You can read the speech in full below, plus use the interactive table to find out how the budget will affect rates bills by suburbs. Check out the main site for a full wrap and reaction. Rates hike in Brisbane budget Rates will go up 4.7 per cent on average in Brisbane to fund a $1.5 billion Metro subway system because "no one else is going to do it". Lord Mayor's Speech: in full Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk ..>> view originalBrisbane City Council budget: Ratepayers to be slugged with 4.7 per ...
Brisbane ratepayers will be slugged with an average 4.7 per cent rates increase in 2016-17 when Lord Mayor Graham Quirk hands down his $3 billion budget on Wednesday.It was almost double the rise in Cr Quirk's pre-election budget last June, which had an average rates increase of just 2.5 per cent. Rates hike in Brisbane budget Rates will go up 4.7 per cent on average in Brisbane to fund a $1.5 billion Metro subway system because "no one else is going to do it". The 4.7 per cent rat..>> view originalBrisbane Airport linked to toxic firefighting foam scandal
Essendon and Brisbane Round 18 clash could decide which club ...
Hundreds gather in Brisbane Orlando victims vigil
"They showed up and those who are left behind will show up."That was the resounding message for the hundreds of people who gathered in Reddacliff Place on Tuesday night to stand in solidarity with the LGBTIQ community and those slain in Orlando's mass murder on Sunday. Orlando shooting: Landmarks awash with rainbows Rainbow lights bathed landmarks across the globe to support victims of the Orlando shootings. More than 500 people packed the space outside the Treasury Casino surround..>> view originalWho was a happy birthday Boy?
THE world’s biggest stars sent messages to Brisbane on Tuesday night for Boy George who celebrated his 55th birthday in the Queensland Capital.Video messages from George’s A-list mates were played at his final Aussie show at the Riverstage.Elton John, Naomi Campbell, Cyndi Lauper, Kate Moss, Caitlyn Jenner and Lionel Richie were among the stars who sent their love and wishes to George who had Brisbane on its feet for nearly two hours playing his biggest hits with Culture Club.media_cameraBoy Geo..>> view originalBrisbane charges up future of cars
ELECTRIC cars can be charged “super-fast” with technology developed by a trio of old university mates from Brisbane’s southeast. Holland Park’s David Finn, South Brisbane’s James Kennedy and Annerley’s Paul Sernia founded Tritium in 2001 and have built it to be a world leader in electric car technology.Their new Veefil stations, which can power a trip from Brisbane to Sydney with just three 20-minute sessions, are set to open up Brisbane’s roads to electric vehicles like never before.Chief execu..>> view originalWorld class metro system for Brisbane
Toxic foam present at Brisbane Airport
The chemicals are no longer used at Brisbane Airport, but have been in the past. Photo: Robert Rough The same toxic remnants of the firefighting foam that contaminated parts of the Oakey town's water supply are present at Brisbane Airport, Airservices Australia has confirmed.Scientists have found perfluorinated compounds, which were present in firefighting products throughout the world from the 1970s to the mid-2000s, are highly persistent in the environment...>> view originalBrisbane Lions reportedly seeking senior assistant to join the club in ...
EMBATTLED Brisbane Lions coach Justin Leppitsch’s future at the club may rest on the appointment of an experienced senior assistant coach.Fairfax Media is reporting that Brisbane is considering bringing in a wise head to aid Leppitsch should he continue as coach in 2017.The figure head would provide support not just to Leppitsch, but also to the entire football department which is headed by first-year head of football Matt Francis.Currently Neil Balme (Collingwood) and Chris Fagan (Hawthorn) hol..>> view original
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Brisbane City Council budget 2016: live coverage and other top stories.
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