Brisbane City Culture

 As the sun sets on Brisbane's CBD, Mel and Marshall from the Brisbane Emergency Response Outreach Service (BEROS), set out on their night shift. The duo will spend the next six hours driving around the city's streets looking for children sleeping rough — some as young as 11. "What we look for is if they've got a short-term, long-term or interim child protection order," Mel said. "If they do and are linked to a child safety centre within our region and classified as self-placing, then we will be able to assist them." Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-25/queensland-homeless-child-safety-department-street-kids/102105936

 Always the underdog and sometimes suppressed, Brisbane's music scene continues to "prove the bastards wrong" with a crop of new talent and a thriving live circuit. From humble and humid beginnings, big acts have grown — from The Go-Betweens, Powderfinger, the Jungle Giants and now Sycco and Hope-D. Streets of Your Town may forever evoke open-windowed Queenslanders but it wasn't until the 90s that bands could "break it in Brisbane". Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-26/brisbane-music-scene-go-betweens-powderfinger/102142708

 University students are skipping meals and medication as the cost-of-living crisis deepens. QUT's Student Guild food bank fed about 900 students in 2022 — just eight weeks into this semester, they have already helped more than 1,000.  President Zoe Davidson said some students struggled to pay for the bus or train to get to class.  "They are working multiple jobs well beyond their means and ability to just afford rent, food, and then on top of it as well paying back these [HECS-HELP] loans," she said. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-27/university-uq-food-crisis-cost-of-living-student-food-qut/102137568

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 A former Logan mayor has avoided time in jail after being handed a suspended sentence for corruption and misconduct offences while he held public office. On Tuesday Timothy Luke Smith, 53, pleaded guilty to three offences, a day after he was due to face trial in the District Court in Brisbane. He admitted to receiving a secret commission by an agent, failing to update his register of interests, and misconduct in relation to public office. Smith was also facing one count of perjury, accused of knowingly giving false testimony at a public hearing, but this charge was discontinued. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-10/qld-former-logan-mayor-luke-smith-avoids-jail-time/102079096

 More than 9,000 complaints about abandoned vehicles, unsightly vehicles, hazardous vehicles and unregistered vehicles have been made over the past 14 months across Brisbane.  A Brisbane City Council spokeswoman said most of the 9,100 complaints came from the suburbs of Rocklea, Coorparoo, New Farm, Toowong and Moorooka. The council has also removed 280 vehicles — including 19 trailers, 18 utility vehicles, 13 vans, six caravans/campervans and four trucks — since January 1, 2022. The spokeswoman said it was "lawful to park a registered boat, trailer or caravan on a road, provided that the trailer is parked in accordance with the road rules and any parking signs or lines that apply to the particular location". Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-10/brisbane-city-council-9100-complaints-abandoned-hazard-vehicles/102078190