The QSO boomed last night, with the help of James O’Donnell LVO KCSG (who dusted off the Concert Hall organ and showed us ...

Last night, Michael Thacker shared seven huge paintings of transformers, the culmination of three and a half years of work, with a large crowd at the Woolloongabba SubStation. A boat builder by trade, ...

Phil Heywood, a former QUT planning teacher and current member of community group Kurilpa Futures argues that a recent announcement by the Lord Mayor for high rise development on Kurilpa Point is at ...

Bill Diacos was married to my wife Ange’s cousin Val. For many years we lived in the same street and used to visit each other regularly. Val sadly died of cancer and a couple of weeks ago Bill sadly ...

This Christmas, Dutton Park based Romero Centre will support over one thousand individual asylum seekers and their families in Brisbane. Support needs are growing, but there are many ways community ...

The Westender recently wrote to the candidates for the Electorate of Griffith in the coming Federal Election. Read the response below from Liberal National Party (LNP) candidate, Olivia Roberts. Ms ...

We often hear various commentators tell us that Brisbane came onto the world stage with the 1982 Commonwealth Games and Expo 88. In fact the city had already been thrust onto the stage forty years ...

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner this week revealed new plans to enhance the connection between the City Centre and South Bank. He said reinvigorating the mall and significantly enhancing the connection ...

A lesson in bad planning, political agendas and when good intentions go awry. The campaign to ‘protect’ Holland Park West.

Expert planner and former Director of City Planning at Brisbane City Council, Peter Cumming, has provided the Westender with the his view on Council's Kurilpa Precent Temporary Legislative Instrument ...

The State Government has released designs for a “massive” new pedestrian and cycle bridge as part of its Cross River Rail program. The bridge will be nearly half a kilometre long and will connect the ...

West End-based arts and culture organisation Metro Arts launched its 2023 season on Wednesday night at their New Benner Theatre in the West Village, outlining the year ahead for contemporary art.