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Westender Community stories, news and events from Brisbane's West End. First published in 1992. Independent, ad-free news, by and for the local West End community.

Hyper-local, independent, and community-based with an inclusive vision for the local community.

https://westender.com.au/can-we-afford-ais-energy-use/
27/01/2025

https://westender.com.au/can-we-afford-ais-energy-use/

By 2035, IDTechEx forecasts that the continued growth of artificial intelligence will result in over 2000 TWh of energy being consumed by data centers. The expected increase in CO2 emissions from powering these new data centers creates a dual challenge for both governments with net-zero targets and....

27/01/2025

We’ve just set up a small free food pantry at the South Brisbane Electorate Office! ✅

It’s a modest size right now, but if it proves popular with the community, we will expand it.

The Community Pantry is currently stocked with pasta, tinned food, tea, coffee, rice, oil and other non-perishable items.

It will be available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, so please feel welcome to stop by the office (1/90 Vulture Street West End) and take what you need.

You can also come by to drop off items to donate to the pantry, just make sure they’re non-perishable.

With increasing pressure on cost of living and housing, many in our community are doing it tough. As your local MP I’m keen to work on practical solutions, both inside Parliament and out in the community.

If you know anyone who’s having a tough week, please let them know they can swing by and grab what they need.

https://westender.com.au/more-outages-at-queenslands-coal-fired-power-plants/
24/01/2025

https://westender.com.au/more-outages-at-queenslands-coal-fired-power-plants/

As Queenslanders swelter through another day of high temperatures and humidity, another three units at coal fired power stations are offline. These power stations are not able to meet demand. Queensland Conservation Council says that this shows the need for an energy plan to build new renewable ener...

21/01/2025

🚨 WEEK OF ACTION TO SAVE OUR 86 BUS! 🚨

At a community meeting this past Saturday, there was clear consensus: We won’t let the 86 bus loop disappear without a fight! 💪

Will you stand with us?

We have 3 major actions planned for this week, and we need YOU to help us overwhelm the Lord Mayor and the LNP with an outpouring of support.

👉🏽 Join Our Snap Protest
👉🏽 Flood their Phone
👉🏽 Fill Their Inboxes

All links in comments!!

20/01/2025

📢Speakers & sessions announcement https://tinyurl.com/25vxzdbh

'Last Sunset' recalls the last day of freedom before colonial invasion of this continent. As Magan-djin/Meanjin/Brisbane mobilises for Invasion Day 2025, we're gathering activists, thinkers and creators to share practical skills and knowledge for the struggle.

Grounding the day in the continued resistance of sovereign Blackfullas, we draw the links between colonial violence here and elsewhere. By strengthening our collective skills, networks and knowledge, we sustain our movements for solidarity with Blackfullas, Palestinians, West Papuans, Kanaky and oppressed peoples everywhere.

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25 January 2025 3pm-8pm @ West End Croquet Club
Last Sunset: speakers & sessions
- Welcome to Country from Uncle Dr Shane Coghill
- Ruby Wharton on Invasion Day movement histories
- Jamal Nabulsi & Uncle Shane on Indigenous sovereignty & solidarity
- Mali Hermans on disability justice
- RATA media newspaper layout workshop
- Malaak Seleem on student resistance
- Sam Watson & Action Ready on protest, power & police
- Remah Naji on community care
- 350.org Australia solidarity action
- Invasion Day banner painting
- Community dinner by .collective feat. Pig City Sensored & Ibn djinn
- with thanks to for recording this event

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24/12/2024

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As the city’s homeless are ordered from their tents after sweeps by council ‘pink shirts’, some claim it is more about visibility than a ‘security issue’

A West End local's guide to takeaway coffee over the festive break.
22/12/2024

A West End local's guide to takeaway coffee over the festive break.

If you live in West End and enjoy walking to get a takeaway coffee every single morning (as I do with my trusty reusable cup), this article is for you. My favourite coffee place is completely closing over the Christmas and New Year break, which left me wondering, 'So where will I go now?' This

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The dates for National Reconciliation Week remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey— the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively. Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The NRW Theme “Now More Than Ever” reminds us that, no matter what, the fight for justice and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will – and must – continue. The Whoopee Do Crew performed and recorded Blackfella / Whitefella by the Warumpi Band as their submission to Voices for Reconciliation 2024 #NowMoreThanEver #NRW2024 #ReconciliationWeek #community @reconciliationaus @reconciliationqld #blackfellawhitefella #communitychoir #neighbourhoodcentre #warumpiBand #4101 #whoopeedocrew Reposted from @westendcommunityhouse

FINISHED - DUANE DOYLE'S FLOOD MURAL Post from artist, Sue Loveday @trueloveday "Finished! Working alongside Duane Doyle on his Riverside Drive, West End mural has thrown all sorts of challenges, but his stamina and talent saw it finished…and it is singing. "The mural tells the story of the 2022 floods, when Duane wasn’t sure about Kochie on Sunrise TV describing the river as a brown snake, rather than a healthy river in flood, going through its cycles. He picked up a pvc pipe from the wash up and painted a didgeridoo as a tribute to the community who pulled together to help each other out. "Thanks to Councillors Jono Sri and Trina Massey, who picked up the story and found DD a wall. Also thanks to Community Plus for employing me to work with Duane. "There will be an opening event. Stay tuned. #firstnationsart #westendbrisbane #communityplus " Reposted from Sue Loveday @trueloveday

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The Westender was first published in 1992. It is an independent, ad-free, community-based online-newspaper which promotes a caring, socially inclusive vision for the local community.

It has always highlighted the good works of the many not for profit and community groups which contribute so much to the social capital of West End and surrounding suburbs, and works closely with such organizations as West End Community Association, West End Traders Association, Kurilpa Futures Group, Spiral Community Hub, Micah Projects, West End Uniting Church, Community Plus (West End Community House) and many more. The Westender relies heavily on the support of the local community, especially for story leads and columns from the community. The Westender has provided mentoring and encouragement to many journalism students and citizen journalists, and allowed them the opportunity to be published.

The Westender has conducted numerous Community Forums to discuss contentious issues within the local area.

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