To mark her eleventh year as St Margaret’s Principal, Ms Ros Curtis (pictured) was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia General Division in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours List. While the beloved principal said she was both humbled and proud to have received the prestigious award, she also highlighted the vital importance of […]
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When it comes to social touch football, it’s no coincidence that Glen Gracie’s initials are GG because he always wants a good game. Mr Gracie said: “We don’t have a name, we’re a simple team who just love to keep fit, social and like having two markers in the week to help us know what
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Following the sad news that Brisbane icon Jan Power passed away on August 31, 2024, there has been an outpouring of support from the Brisbane community. Ms Power’s family released a statement on September 2 which said: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our mother and grandmother -Brisbane icon, Jan
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HeartFIT, a mature-aged fitness program that recently celebrated its 10th anniversary, had to add another class at its New Farm location just two months after launching to accommodate demand. Founder Bruce Collins said he has built a strong “tribe” in New Farm, hosting HeartFIT’s anniversary celebration at New Farm Park. “We do exercises that meet
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Airservices Australia has launched five new sets of flightpath options developed by specialist airspace design consultants Trax International which may change where aircraft operate over Brisbane. Now, Airservices is calling for Brisbane residents to provide feedback on the flightpath options at their community engagement sessions. The proposed flightpath concepts, which form part of Airservices’ Noise
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Jan Jarvis had never played more than the odd game of barefoot bowls before joining the New Farm Bowls Club, but now leads her team in pennants and counts her bowls buddies as lifelong friends. “The essence of this place is, it’s my community – in the sense that it’s my tribe, that the people
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A new train interchange is planned for Albion alongside a mixed-use precinct with up to 1200 new residences. The Queensland Government will deliver the interchange combined with a significant Transit Orientated Development, the ‘Albion Exchange’ to be delivered by Geon Property. The precinct will have residential, commercial, retail, lifestyle, and entertainment spaces. The Albion interchange
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You would think that the river belongs to us all so it came as a surprise to many when marketing material promoting the redevelopment of the former Riverside Marine site in Skyring Terrace featured a swimming pool in our river which was markedly absent from the development application.
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Lately I have been looking at the increasing number of new residential proposals for Teneriffe and Newstead – all of them high rise buildings. At the recent Brisbane Open House discussion I participated in with David Hinchliffe, there was a concern expressed not only about the lack of vision shown by Council for Teneriffe and
Term three, what a drag. Not close enough to December to be laced with the giddiness of Christmas or hot enough to tempt a cleansing day the beach. After a relentless winter flu season these September holidays could not come fast enough. I’m writing this fresh after cleaning a vast puddle of vomit from our
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