Moving About
CityCyle scheme to ease Brisbane traffic
Monday, September 20, 2010, 10:42 am | Reported by Sebastian Sinclair
Brisbane City Council is set to introduce its bike hire scheme CityCyle next month in a bid to reduce traffic congestion and ease demand for inner city parking.
Swell Sculpture Festival sweeps over Currumbin
Sunday, September 19, 2010, 1:42 pm | Reported by Tijana Jaksic
More than 50 sculptures took over the Gold Coast’s Currumbin Beach in south-east Queensland for the eighth annual Swell Sculpture Festival from September 10 to 19.
Seasonal workers move between island and snow jobs
Sunday, September 19, 2010, 12:28 pm | Reported by Michelle Thomas
Tourism industry employers say more workers, particularly young adults, are taking seasonal jobs in the quest for career, lifestyle and sea changes.
Cycling helps the environment
Friday, September 17, 2010, 4:02 pm | Reported by Maddy Gourley
Brisbane City Council’s Green Heart program aims to make Brisbane a carbon-neutral city by 2026.
Queenslanders to be hit hard when ethanol mandate comes into play
Friday, September 17, 2010, 1:03 pm | Reported by Jo-Anne Wriede
South-East Queenslanders are expected to struggle with the unavailability of unleaded petrol, as service stations begin to phase out the fuel for the introduction of the Government’s Ethanol Mandate.Thumb
Normanby Action Group fed up with parking chaos
Thursday, September 16, 2010, 5:05 pm | Reported by Vanessa Fuchs
The Normanby Action Group is frustrated with parking chaos in their streets, which they say is caused by Queensland University of Technology students.
CityCycle bike hire program divides opinions
Thursday, September 16, 2010, 10:04 am | Reported by Jessica Uhlmann
The opening of subscriptions for the CityCycle bicycle hire scheme has sparked debate about the $8.2 million program’s validity.
Qld Rail trials ‘quiet carriages’
Monday, August 30, 2010, 2:26 pm | Reported by Kira Donohue
Brisbane commuters now have the option of a peaceful train ride to work as Queensland Rail (QR) in a trial of ‘quiet carriages’ that began on August 24. In the three-month trial, the last carriage on all trains in Queensland’s south-east will be ‘silent zones’ and passengers will be prohibited from using mobile phones or music devices while using them.
Thousands walk backwards to push climate change forward
Sunday, August 22, 2010, 7:57 pm | Reported by Phoebe Clark
Around 8,000 protesters walked backwards at King George Square in Brisbane’s CBD on Sunday, August 15, with the rally representing Australia’s politicians attitude to climate change. Organisers of Brisbane’s Walk Against Warming called on the Labor party to make a clear policy in regard to climate change.
Cycling ‘alleycats’ race through Brisbane city streets
Sunday, October 18, 2009, 7:45 pm | Reported by Sally Claxton
In what was once a niche sporting pursuit, cyclists are now peddling their way around Brisbane en masse, making those driving or on foot feel a little left out.
