Rosewood United Crusaders Soccer Club and River Night, National Disability Sector Advocate
Accessibility and inclusive communities may sound great on paper, but we know that in real world situations, locally, it doesn't always go to plan.
Our Cofounder and Director River J Night this week had the opportunity to connect with locals and with Wendy Bourne MP to discuss a major space in Ipswich's community that has so far been left out of Mayor Teresa Harding's recent announcement and commitment of millions to upgrade existing infrastructure in the Ipswich City Council plans, leaving the site to remain after years of requests and promises, inaccessible to people with disability and no change rooms for children, teenagers and adults. While all new homes and developments must comply with basic health standards requiring sewage or septic systems, the Rosewood United Soccer field toilets are the talk of the town, with the smell from the open, drop toilets spreading out widely as they simply have no septic system and as the club reports, they haven't been emptied in years that we know of.
"While leaving out the Rosewood United Soccer Club fields in Thagoona is an unforgivable oversight, when the park is surrounded by hundreds of millions of dollars in developments, thousands of houses planned, requiring the park to be well prepared, we know the request is right there on the mayor's desk and agenda and won't be forgotten", said Mr Night, National Disability Sector Advocate, today.
"Running Australia's biggest disability and NDIS related events in history I know the importance of accessible venues and that is why we also host our events at Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. I look forward to seeing everyone in March 2026 for Queensland's biggest Disability and NDIS related event at the Brisbane Disability Connection Expo.
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