Biography of The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of Brisbane Councillor Campbell Newman

Biography of

The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of Brisbane

Councillor Campbell Newman

Campbell Newman was elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane on 27 March 2004.

A civil engineer by profession, Cr Newman had a 13-year career as an Australian Army Engineer, retiring at the end of 1993 with the rank of Major.

Following his service in the Army, Campbell worked as a management consultant, helping to improve the performance of large Australian companies such as Telstra, BHP Australia Coal and the Hydro Electric Commission in Tasmania.

Cr Newman has an honours degree in civil engineering from the University of New South Wales, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Queensland and is a graduate of the Royal Military College Duntroon. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia.

As Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Campbell Newman is drawing on his diverse experience to plan for Brisbane’s future.

Cr Newman is committed to making Brisbane a smart thinking, easy living city. His number one priority as Lord Mayor is to get Brisbane’s traffic moving by building a network of cross-city tunnels and improving the public transport system.

Message from The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Brisbane Councillor Campbell Newman

                                                                                              

                                                                              

Message from

The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Brisbane

Councillor Campbell Newman

Italian Week is a fantastic celebration of Italian culture in Queensland. The festival gives a snapshot of what it is to be Italian and gives all of Brisbane a chance to experience the best of Italian food, art, performance, fashion, engineering and design.

The Italian Week festival has grown from strength to strength in the last few years and is now very much a part of the Brisbane multicultural calendar.

As Lord Mayor, I am pleased to support festivals like Italian Week that promote our city’s vibrant multicultural community. Brisbane has a significant Italian population that makes an important contribution to our city’s economic, social, and cultural life.

The theme of this year’s Italian Week, “La Bella Figura”, describes the Italian philosophy of life with an emphasis on beauty, aesthetics and decorum. The program covers a diverse range of ticketed and free events. There is something for everyone and I encourage you to come along and show your support for the festival.

Congratulations to the organisers of Brisbane’s Italian Week on a wonderful program of events for 2010.

Campbell Newman

LORD MAYOR

Update for Italian Week 2010

Hello friends of Italian Week!

Well, we are well into planning and organizing Italian Week 2010 and thought we may update you on progress.

In order to grow the event and continue with the high level of cultural activities and production, we started as soon as the 2009 Italian Week finished. So on the drawing board for next year, we have a major National retailer collaborating with us and this will add great value – we will reveal the sponsor in due course however, this is a significant opportunity for us to gain commercial collaboration on a large scale from an organization which sees the potential of Italian Week!!

Over the past 6 months, we have had the good fortune to have Sir Llew Edwards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llewellyn_Edwards mentoring and assisting with strategic planning and development and Sir Llew has discussed Italian Week with the Lord Mayor, who is pleased to assist.

We are working with the Hear and Say Centre, http://www.hearandsaycentre.com.au/ who is our official charity and who has assisted us with various grant applications. Including the Brisbane City Council, Multicultural Affairs, Creative Sparks and a number of others.

Entertainment is the focus for 2010 and we have a great lineup under way – we are looking to collaborate with as many organisations as we can and have already established a great connection with many great orchestra’s, choirs and musicians.

Once again we have the support of the Italian Motor Clubs and we are planning the Italian Motor Expo for the 3rd edition.

Our major partners and sponsors are back on board again for 2010 and the Queen Street Mall will be one of the main focus points for Italian Week 2010 along with a couple of other locations we are currently negotiating with.

Italian Fashion Week is planned once again for next year and we have some strong interest from a leading designer which we hope will produce a signature collection specifically for Italian Fashion Week.

That’s the news so far – more details in due course – in the meantime – ciao! A presto..

Best Regards
Alessandro Sorbello
Executive Producer, Italian Week