New Farm residents call for community-led masterplan over Brisbane City Council plan
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FebFebruary 2021 at 8:03pm
Ladies pushing prams go on a morning walk in New Farm park by the Brisbane River.
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A community campaign against planned changes to a beloved inner-Brisbane park has been labelled scaremongering by the local councillor overseeing the project.
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Last year Brisbane City Council backed down on proposed changes to its traffic management
Residents want a community-led masterplan for the park s future
But residents say they are simply asking to be part of a community-led masterplan for New Farm Park in the face of rapid population growth and high demand for green space.
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Ten years on from the 2011 Queensland floods, Brisbane residents have been warned another disaster of the same scale could hit any year, or even year upon year.
As Australia faces a La Nina season with expected heavy rain and the remnants of cyclone Imogen delivers a bucketing in parts of Queensland, Brisbane lord mayor Adrian Schrinner said the city needed to be fully prepared for future floods.
The New Farm Riverwalk floats down the Brisbane River during the 2011 floods.
Credit:Michelle Smith Next week marks the 10th anniversary of the 2011 flood. It is a week that none of us who were around at the time will forget, Cr Schrinner said on Thursday.
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