Craig Zonca

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Kenji Sato |Craig Zonca |Loretta Ryan

Brisbane City Council's Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says homeless people will be given 24 hours to leave the city's parks. Councillor Schrinner said the decision was made after the City of Moreton Bay made homeless camping a crime on public land. "We saw reports that homeless encampments in Moreton Bay were closing down and moving to Brisbane, and we won't allow that to happen," Cr Schrinner said.

Nov 27, 2024 | abc.net.au | Craig Zonca |Loretta Ryan

What do you think about 'youth crime'? Young people from Holland Park State High School have shared their views on how tackle crime issues among teenagers. They say the solution is "education" and giving youth a future to look forward to.

Nov 18, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kenji Sato |Craig Zonca |Loretta Ryan

Brisbane's "cheaper" alternative to an underground metro now costs more than the original plan due to repeated budget blowouts. On Monday, Brisbane City Council revealed its bendy banana bus project, Brisbane Metro, had blown out to $1.55 billion. The 2016 Brisbane Metro plan, originally conceived as a rapid subway network connected by a series of underground stations, was budgeted for $1.54 billion.

Oct 23, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kenji Sato |Craig Zonca |Loretta Ryan

Brisbane's lord mayor has refused to return power to two homeless camps, vowing to crack down even harder on "anti-social behaviour" at the tent cities. It comes after Brisbane City Council cut power to Kurilpa Point Park and Musgrave Park, leaving the homeless without public barbecues or electrical outlets. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the council had received "hundreds and hundreds" of complaints from residents about fighting, fires, and anti-social behaviour in the parks.

Oct 1, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kenji Sato |Craig Zonca |Loretta Ryan

Greg Manning spent last Wednesday hosing down embers that kept raining down onto his house from a nearby building fire. It was the third fire in two months in a cluster of derelict buildings at Woolloongabba, in Brisbane's inner-east, which developers have left abandoned for years. The empty plots have become overgrown with weeds and the dilapidated buildings have attracted vandals, squatters, and copper thieves.