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By Imogen Knowles A Brisbane man is two weeks into completing an approximate 900km walk from Coolangatta to Sydney in a hope to raise $50,000 or more for Oxfam Australia. Glen Hammermeister, 27, from Bulimba, started his journey on May 29 and will continue to walk along the coast until he reaches Sydney in approximately 80 days. By Sarah McVeigh After years of going along to council meetings hoping to champion the cause of skateboarding in Brisbane, it became clear to ex-professional skater Scott Shearer there is power in numbers. So came the birth of the Brisbane Skate Cartel – a group with a mandate to represent the views of skateboarders within the Brisbane community and to put pressure on council to take action on the derelict state of many of the city’s parks. Read on » Brisbane Skate Cartel pushes for better skate parks New research into consumer coffee preferences has begun in Queensland. It’s hoped the results will help to inform the Australian coffee industry how to better cater to caffeine lovers. Nyree Callaghan reports. For those who want a taste of Italy without the expense of travelling there, the Mediterranean Mecca has come to town as Queenslanders help celebrate the country’s 150th anniversary of unification. Frank Carmine reports. The makeup of Australia’s Federal Parliament remained in limbo, this time over the appointment of the Speaker of the House. Independent Rob Oakshott’s bid for the job has been backed by Prime Minster Julia Gillard but has received the thumbs down from Tony Abbott who has supported the reinstatement of current speaker Harry Jenkins. Sinead Butler reports. QUT News is working on an exciting new way of bringing you all the latest in local television news. QUT Journalism students will be the reporters and presenters of local stories, supported by a team of working journalists and industry professionals. |
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