Brisbane City Council's plans to make millions by fining residents

The 2018-19 financial year is yet to start but Brisbane City Council already has plans to make millions of dollars in revenue from fining residents.

The latest Brisbane City Council budget showed the council’s predicted spending for the next financial year and beyond, including the revenue it planned to make.

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Retractable security bollards to be installed in Brisbane CBD

More than $2 million will be spent to install underground security bollards in Brisbane's central business district.

In the 2018-19 Brisbane City Council budget $2.8 million was listed under the project title “City Hall Precinct Maintenance and Enhancement”.

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Council to build sport fields on flood-prone land

Brisbane’s flood-prone land has been purchased by Brisbane City Council which will spend millions to turn it into sporting fields.

The 2018-19 budget revealed the council would spend $40 million over three years to deliver new facilities in at least six suburbs.

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Brisbane to Build Film and Television Studio

The state government of Queensland, Australia, has announced its backing for the construction of new film and TV studios in Brisbane.

The government said it is committing $9.2 million (A$12 million) to the project and described it as establishing “a fit-for-purpose studio for small film and television productions.” The location and initial tenants will be announced in the next financial year.

The announcement was made by state premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, in Los Angeles where she is on a trade mission. Her meetings have also included Disney, Netflix and Technicolor. Other announcements during the trip have included Screen Queensland funding for the second season of “Harrow” and its producer Hoodlum Entertainment; and Queensland resident Darren Paul Fisher being awarded the 2018 Greg Coote Scholarship.

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Tickets to Kimbra’s Aussie tour are on sale rn

New Zealand-born songstress Kimbra is crossing over to Aussie shores next month, headlining in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

First gracing the indie-pop scene with ‘Settle Down’, ‘Cameo Lover’ and a feature on the unforgettable ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, Kimbra has returned with her latest Primal Heart record.

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Gaultier goes S&M with Snow White ballet costumery

Fashion and ballet have always worked beautifully in symbiosis: in the past Yves Saint Laurent, Miuccia Prada, Riccardo Tisci, Azzedine Alaia, and locally Toni Maticevski and Akira Isogawa have all lent their expertise to costumes for various productions. Now, enfant terrible Jean Paul Gaultier gives his own avant-garde sartorial twist to Ballet Preljocaj’s award-winning retelling of Snow White. The production, first staged in Australia in Brisbane in 2016, returns tonight for a five-night season at the Sydney Opera House.

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