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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
A PLANNED 250-room hotel would easily blot out the cliff face at the Howard Smith Wharves and destroy the site's unique heritage, opponents say.According to activist Ric Jay, Brisbane City Council had been "tricky and deceptive" in its at the site beneath the Story Bridge which has been left vacant because of safety concerns over the instability of the cliff face."Up until Friday the Lord Mayor (Campbell...
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Brisbane reels from devastating stormArticle from: Font size: Email article: Print article: Submit comment: Robyn Ironside and Trent DaltonNovember 18, 2008 07:00amKEVIN Rudd has inspected damage from Sunday's savage storm during a walk-through of The Gap with Premier Anna Bligh and Lord Mayor Campbell Newman this morning.Mr Rudd diverted his Canberra-bound flight back from the G20 meeting...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
... and most particularly with the family of the young man who tragically lost his life."Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said 1,200 people, including emergency services personnel, Energex staff, Queensland police and the army, were working on the clean-up.Police recruits and 20 low-level security prisoners were also involved in the effort, the state government said."Nothing like this has happened...
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
... BCC's recurrent expenditure grew by 13.4 per cent to $1.6 billion. A spokesman for Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said the rates forecast included inflation. "Post 2012, BCC will have significant flexibility around rate increases as forecast increases are 2.5 per cent per property, which is in line with long-run CPI forecasts," he said.Opposition Leader Shayne Sutton disputed assertions...
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
... where the destruction was minimal, be thankful.Posted by: Ron from Albany Creek of 3:26pm today So Campbell Newman tells The Gap not to drink water because it might have pooh in it. Interesting. Tell me again, Anna, just HOW safe will our recycled water be?Posted by: There's A Thought of Brisbane 3:25pm today Chop em down (comment 26), many of the trees in these areas are now protected...
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Courrier Mail (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
... want to see the area redeveloped but not something so big."The plans include what the Lord Mayor Campbell Newman is calling a "boutique hotel" that will hug the cliffs rising up to nine stories high at the Boundary St end, then dropping to continue under the Story Bridge and beyond.The projected floor space of the hotel is 15,000 sq m and with 250 rooms, Jay says it is roughly the...
