A conversation with Suburban Futures’ Ross Elliot. Ross Elliott has had a distinguished career in the property industry with a background in construction, design, project management, engineering, economics, and development. He is recognised for his expertise in urban development and is Chair of the Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Initiative and on the National Executive Committee…
Tag: affordable housing

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 been taken by surprise by recent developments concerning the future of the Kurilpa precinct.

The Great Urban Crimes that We Permit by Law – fifty years later.
Fifty years ago, in 1972, urban planner and architect, Constantinos Doxiadis, presented a paper to the World Conference on World Peace Through Law titled, The Great Urban Crimes that We Permit by Law. In his paper, Doxiadis focussed on what he terms two great crimes (he says there are more), “which I am convinced create the…

An inclusive vision for Brisbane’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.
There have been mixed responses locally to the Olympic and Paralympic Games planned for Brisbane in 2023, but most would probably agree that while there are risks, there are also opportunities.

The battle for Riviera: What is happening at 5 Dudley Street?
Free food gardening collective, Growing Forward is planning a rally in Bunyapa Park on Saturday 28 August at 2.30 pm against a development application that they say will result in loss of affordable housing and further gentrification of the suburb. The proposal (DA A005732911) is for a 5-storey block of eight apartments at 5 Dudley…

‘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 Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH) and the University of Western Australia (UWA), revealing an estimated 90 people died while sleeping rough in Queensland last year. The national estimate is 424 deaths.[1]. The AAEH and Micah say these numbers are…