After almost half a century of operating the local Poolmart at the Kenmore Village Shopping Centre, Mr Damon Bickle was joined by friends and fellow small business owners for a celebratory morning tea, ahead of his retirement this month. In many ways, Mr Bickle was a pioneer of looking after the great Australian backyard swimming pool, having started his pool…
With Summer fast approaching, and after a horrific start to Queensland’s bushfire season, on Saturday the 28th of September the Brookfield Rural Fire Brigade pulled up its roller-doors and hosted a special Open Day for the local community. Speaking at the Open Day, Dr Christian Rowan MP, the State Member for Moggill told residents that now is the time to…
After years of fighting to fix the Kenmore Roundabout, the Liberal National Party’s Federal Member for Ryan, Julian Simmonds MP, and State Member for Moggill, Dr Christian Rowan MP, have welcomed Labor’s long overdue $12.5 million commitment to this notorious intersection, announced over the weekend. Dr Rowan said the State Government had no choice but…
Recently, local Seniors were treated to a very special morning tea, hosted by the State Member for Moggill, and Shadow Minister for Communities, Disability Services, and Seniors, Dr Christian Rowan MP, and Councillor Kate Richards, Councillor for the Pullenvale Ward. Held in recognition and celebration of Seniors Week 2019, Dr Rowan and Cr Richards welcomed…
On Sunday, 8 September 2019, more than one hundred residents and Uniting Church Members from across the western suburbs, gathered at the historic Brookfield Uniting Church to celebrate a very special 150th Anniversary Service. First opening its doors in 1869, the Brookfield Uniting Church has been a mainstay of the local community, and proudly forms…
Recently, the State Member for Moggill, Dr Christian Rowan MP, supported this year’s Chapel Hill State School Festival on the Hill by taking part in the traditional dunk-tank. Surrounded by students eager to see their local State Member repeatedly submerged, the first dunk-tank pitch for 2019 was by none other than Dr Rowan’s Liberal National…
Recently, members of the Kenmore Community Justices, and representatives from the Justices of the Peace Branch, came together and joined a special celebration, hosted by Dr Christian Rowan MP, State Member for Moggill and Shadow Minister for Communities, Disability Services and Seniors, to recognise and congratulate retiring Justice of the Peace, John May. A Kenmore…
Last month, local Western Suburbs artists, of all talents, proudly displayed their masterpieces as part of the inaugural Art West Portrait Prize, which was won by artist Anna Ballarin for her piece ‘I Am Sam, My Silent Angel’. Speaking at the Portrait Prize Night, Dr Christian Rowan MP, the Liberal National Party’s Shadow Minister for…
More than 70 local residents and staff gathered over a special lunch on Wednesday 21 August to celebrate 30 years to the day since Jubilee Community Care opened its doors and began serving the Western Suburbs of Brisbane. In celebration of the not-for-profit’s important milestone, Dr Christian Rowan MP, Shadow Minister for Communities, Disability Services…
As the Queensland Parliament returned for its August Sitting, Dr Christian Rowan MP, the State Member for Moggill, called on the Palaszczuk Labor Government to answer the serious questions that Labor has continued to try and avoid over multiple Ministerial integrity and accountability scandals. In a pointed address to the Queensland Parliament, Dr Rowan MP…