Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has asked residents whether they want some cafes and restaurants to be allowed to welcome dogs after a cafe was forced to enforce the rules and not allow pooches inside following an anonymous complaint to council.
Dog-friendly cafe Little Genovese, at Coorparoo, posted on Instagram to say “unfortunately dogs are no longer allowed inside … You are welcome out the front and out the back, we still have plenty of treats for you!”
A message written on the window of the cafe, Little Genovese.
The changes were also written in white pen on the cafe’s window, with a photo of the window shared to a community Facebook group attracting more than 100 comments.
It prompted Schrinner to take to social media this week to ask if the rules should be reviewed to provide more flexibility.
“Should some cafes and restaurants be allowed to welcome dogs?” he asked.
“There are many pet-friendly hotels in Brisbane, but state and federal laws currently take a one-size-fits-all approach at food businesses.
“This means cafe and restaurant owners don’t even have the option of allowing dogs.”
A 21-year-old stabbed during an alleged drug deal turned robbery made a bad decision that cost him his life, say his heartbroken parents.
William Swinbourne was robbed and fatally stabbed with a kitchen carving knife in a car park on the Gold Coast in March.
The scene of the fatal stabbing.Credit: Nine News
Police alleged he arrived at a Hope Island shopping centre to supply drugs to another man.
Kai Stacey Reinhardt, one of two men charged with murdering Swinbourne, was denied bail in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Friday.
It was a “fantastic outcome” that Reinhardt would not be out on the Gold Coast where Swinbourne’s family live, parents Steve and Alison said outside court.
“He was a good kid, hard worker, [who] made a bad decision and it cost him his life,” Steve Swinbourne told reporters.
“We’ve lost a son, my daughters have lost their brother.”
Reinhardt allegedly helped plan and arrange the robbery by communicating with Swinbourne to bring him to the place where he was killed, Justice Thomas Bradley said.
The crown case included a text message in which the co-accused told Reinhardt, “I”m going to do this lick” ahead of the meeting with Swinbourne being arranged, the court was told.
The extent of Reinhardt’s knowledge of his co-accused’s alleged plans and beliefs about what would occur when Swinbourne arrived were among the likely issues in court proceedings, Justice Bradley said in refusing bail.
“It is possible to say that on the material before the court the applicant’s involvement in the events of that day were at the least very foolish.
“And they were likely affected by the circumstances of him having been using illicit substances and licit substances over the preceding hours.”
Bradley found bail conditions proposed by defence barrister Jeffrey Hunter were not sufficient to release Reinhardt from custody.
The company behind popular Brisbane restaurant Montrachet has been placed under voluntary administration.
In a statement on Friday, Cuisinier Australis director and head chef Shannon Kellam confirmed administrators had been called in, following similar events in his other ventures.
“It is with a heavy heart that I regret to advise that we have made the very difficult decision to place the business into administration,” Kellam said.
“We are very grateful for the ongoing support provided by our clientele, staff and suppliers over the past 20 years.”
While the restaurant, now operating from Bowen Hills, will remain open this weekend, its long-term future is unclear. Administrators McGrathNicol said a sale of the business was one option being considered.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on independent senator Fatima Payman to be “upfront” about her plans, as he expresses frustration about her claiming she did not make a choice until yesterday.
Taking a question on the pro-Palestine protesters who climbed on top of Parliament House, Albanese said it achieved nothing and was “completely self-indulgent”, linking it to the protesters outside electorate offices.
Pro-Palestine protesters at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
“I don’t think [Israeli] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu is thinking, ‘I wonder what’s happening outside the electoral office … before I make decisions’,” he said.
“It’s just a completely indulgent.”
Albanese then shifted to defending the Labor Party’s diversity and inclusiveness.
“We are a party that is inclusive,” Albanese said, naming Jewish Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Muslim Industry Minister Ed Husic as examples.
“I led the first two members, first and second, sworn in this term on the Qur’an. We have people of diverse backgrounds,” he said.
“… But part of being part of the team is just that – being part of the team.
“[However], when the worst-kept secret in Parliament House is that … you start prepping for a Thursday question-time press conference, I know that there’ll be people here, they didn’t prep yesterday morning, because it was out there for all to see that it was going to happen and that’s fine.
“But just be upfront about it.”
Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads is concerned vehicles are being given roadworthy certificates sight-unseen, despite being defective and likely to fail a safety inspection.
The department has vowed to take action against any Approved Inspection Station or Approved Examiner who issues a safety certificate without conducting a thorough inspection of the vehicle.
Consumers have also been put on notice, with the department aware that large percentage of the people who obtain fraudulent certifications do so knowing their vehicle was defective.
The department is also working with the Queensland Police Service and Office of Fair Trading over fraudulent certificates being sold online by people and organisations who are not even accredited.
“Don’t get caught up by scammers,” department director-general Sally Stannard said.
“Buying a safety certificate on social media like Facebook or via text message without a property physical inspection by an accredited provider could cost you dearly.”
Education Minister Jason Clare has backed cricketer Usman Khawaja’s criticism of Peter Dutton’s remarks on a Muslim alliance aimed at unseating Labor’s western Sydney MPs.
In a press conference yesterday, Dutton remarked that a minority Labor government would “include Muslim candidates from western Sydney. It will be a disaster”.
Khawaja posted on X that the comments represented “bigotry at its finest”.
Clare told Seven’s Sunrise that he “backs Ussie on this”.
He is an Australian hero and he is right. What Peter Dutton said is despicable and shows he is not fit to be prime minister of Australia.
Every time he has the chance, he tries to divide Australians by race or religion or the colour of his skin. He attacked African Australians in Melbourne. He previously said it was a mistake to bring Lebanese Australians into Australia in the 1970s.”
Deputy Liberal Leader Sussan Ley was also on the panel, denied that the remark was racist, and said Clare was “living in a glasshouse” amid the Fatima Payman saga.
We have a young woman who is claiming that she has been bullied out of the Labor Party by the Labor Party, and overnight, this issue of her citizenship being raised, perhaps at the direction of the prime minister, yet again, another attack on her. Who is looking after her welfare?”
Buses are delayed by 30 minutes this morning around South Brisbane because of power being cut by a fault on an underground cable.
The power cut, since about 7am, has stopped traffic lights from working and blacked out the bus passenger display boards on the Cultural Centre stations along Melbourne Street.
“There’s 30-minute delays in both directions, in and out of the Cultural Centre, this morning,” a Translink spokesman said.
Energex confirmed 185 properties had been impacted by an underground cable fault on Boundary Street, where there is major work under way for the Brisbane Metro bus project. Trains are not impacted.
Meanwhile, Translink data shows train disruptions have increased from 97 in January 2024 to 139 in June 2024, while signalling faults halted 191 trains in July, up from 100 in January.
Australian Test cricketer Usman Khawaja has accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of “bigotry” and “fuelling Islamophobia” for remarks he made in a press conference yesterday.
Dutton was commenting on the alliance of Muslim groups that plans to support candidates aimed at unseating Labor MPs at the next election, with many of the named targets in western Sydney.
“The Prime Minister, if he’s in a minority government in the next term of Parliament, it will include the Greens. It’ll include the green teals. It’ll include Muslim candidates from western Sydney. It will be a disaster,” Dutton said.
Queensland star Khawaja took to X late last night to condemn Dutton’s comments, writing that he found this comment from a potential prime minister “an absolute disgrace”.
He continued that the remarks were “bigotry at its finest” and that Dutton was “fuelling Islamophobia from the very top”.
There are 173 items on the discussion list for the annual Queensland LNP conference, but nuclear energy is not one of them.
The three-day event starting in Brisbane today is not due to canvass the major policy, which has sparked a divide between some federal and state Liberal and Nationals party members.
Queensland-based federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has unveiled plans to build seven nuclear power plants if the coalition wins government in 2025.
The policy was backed by Nationals leader David Littleproud, who is due to join Dutton at the LNP conference on Saturday.
Their approach to nuclear is not supported by Queensland’s Liberal National Party leader, David Crisafulli.
Ahead of Queensland’s October election, Crisafulli has confirmed nuclear is “not part of our plan” when asked about Dutton’s policy.
Gold Coast have been rocked by injury, with AJ Brimson and Phil Sami both ruled out of the clash with Cronulla in Coffs Harbour tonight.
Brimson had been named to return from a groin injury but the Titans have given him an extra week off.Credit: Getty
Brimson had been named to return at five-eighth from a groin injury after missing six NRL matches, but the Titans have erred on the side of caution and given him an extra week off.
Tanah Boyd, named as 18th man, comes into the halves to partner Kieran Foran in place of Brimson.
Sami, named at centre, failed a late fitness test with a calf strain and will be replaced in the 17 by Jacob Alick.
Beau Fermor, on the team sheet at second row, may switch to centre and swap with Alick.
Brimson’s omission is a blow for Gold Coast who had already lost versatile Jayden Campbell to a broken hand.
Brimson’s return was set to partly cover for the loss of Campbell and now his absence is also a blow to Queensland, who may have considered the 25-year-old as a bench option for the State of Origin series decider.
Source: brisbanetimes.com.au
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