Ellen Fanning

Sydney

Presenter, Brisbane Drive at ABC Brisbane

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Articles

Clearing the confusion on social housing eligibility with Qld Housing Minister Sam O'Connor

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Ellen Fanning

Confusion was created this week after the Housing Minister Sam O'Connor suggested that people living in social housing in Queensland could be evicted if their incomes are above $46,000 a year. This threshold was set 19 years ago and no government has ever increased it in line with inflation. This meant that many people living in social housing, who are unable to afford to rent in the private market, faced the prospect of eviction.
Brisbane City Council to offer free green bins, but no food organics bins

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Kenji Sato |Ellen Fanning

Free green bins will be rolled out across Brisbane, according to council plans leaked by the Labor opposition. LNP councillor Sarah Hutton refused to confirm or deny the leaks, but acknowledged the existence of an army of green bins that could be seen via satellite photos. Google Maps photos showed hundreds of green bins waiting at Nudgee, Rochedale, and Willawong council depots.
Is the cold weather affecting your joints?

Jul 17, 2024 | abc.net.au | Ellen Fanning

Researchers analysed several international studies to determine if the weather had an impact on musculoskeletal pain. Despite anecdotal reports, it seems changes in the weather don't affect knee, hip or lower back pain. Anna-Louise Bouvier is founder of Physiocise and adjunct fellow at Macquarie University.
Ellen Fanning's Winter Book Club

Jul 11, 2024 | abc.net.au | Ellen Fanning

Ellen Fanning is joined by Nicole Abadee and Felicity Castagna to share the best books to curl up on the couch with. Nicole's Recommendations:The Bee Sting by Paul Murray Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Long Island by Colm Toibin Sandwich by Catherine NewmanFelicity's Recommendations:Translations by Jumaana Abdu No Church in The Wild by Murray Middleton Trust by Hernan DiazButter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako YuzukiParramatta, Books (Literature)
Discovering Sydney's backyard bandicoots

Jul 9, 2024 | abc.net.au | Ellen Fanning

What do you know about the bandicoot? They're perhaps most famous as a video game character, but they're also a unique native marsupial essential for the health of our local ecosystem. Peter Banks is Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Sydney, he joined Ellen Fanning on 702 Drive to explore the incredible story of this oft-overlooked marsupial.
What native plants could you forage for a leafy lunch?

Jul 9, 2024 | abc.net.au | Ellen Fanning

To celebrate NAIDOC week, the Sydney Royal Botanic Garden is hosting free tours teaching families about everything from the local bush tucker to the traditional fire ceremonies that maintain the health and safety of the local flora and fauna. First Nations educator Jake Ferguson joined Ellen Fanning on 702 Drive to talk about what's on offer, and shared the unique qualities that each guide brings to their tour.
Newstead House heritage museum Brisbane to reopen after $6.6 million renovation

Jul 4, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kenji Sato |Ellen Fanning

Brisbane's oldest house has had a $6.6 million renovation, courtesy of Queensland taxpayers. The derelict Newstead House heritage museum was shut to the public in 2021 for repairs, but it will hold its grand reopening on Saturday. What started off as a $5.5 million restoration ended up costing $6.6 million amid the discovery of asbestos, termite-damaged timber, and water-damaged brickwork.
Calls to help local formal wear charity devasted by fire - ABC listen

Jul 1, 2024 | abc.net.au | Ellen Fanning

Local formal wear charity Formally Ever After has lost the majority of their donations in a Kingston storage facility fire, which reduced two-thirds of the building to rubble. Logan mother Tammy Robinson founded Formally Ever After in 2019 as a community program to provide dresses, suits, and formal wear to students struggling to afford clothing.
Meet Brisbane's thriving dodgeball community

Jul 1, 2024 | abc.net.au | Ellen Fanning

Anyone can play dodgeball, and for some reason throwing soft balls at one another in an enclosed space is a surprisingly effective source of community and emotional release. ABC's Joel Spreadborough braved the dodgeball court recently and discovered a thriving community right here in Brisbane. The players come together a few times each week to hurl balls at one another, with no care given to previous experience or perceived sporting ability.
Brisbane sheds its sleepy image with surging house values — now only second to Sydney

Jun 2, 2024 | abc.net.au | Ellen Fanning

So, you still think of Brisbane as the sprawling, steamy, sleepy backwater in Australia's deep north? The place you can cash in your family home in Sydney or Melbourne and buy one of those cute little wooden workers' cottages on stilts with big verandahs and still have plenty of cash left over? Let me disabuse you of that. In the property market in Brisbane, it's hand-to-hand combat, folks.