For this episode of The People of Brisbane Podcast, Trevor Evans meets ex-Olympian and NZ basketball-great, Char Mellars. Charmian tells us how it feels to compete on the world stage after competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and how excited she is for Brisbane to be a future host for this incredible global event. Now, Char is the manager at the ARTIE Academy, and she shares with Trevor the powerful work ARTIE is doing to maintain and improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students school attendance, and much more. Founded in honour of Former Origin Great, Arthur Beetson OAM, ARTIE Academy is more than just an education program. 


Find out more about ARTIE Academy here.

Follow Trevor Evans on social media here.

For this episode of The People of Brisbane Podcast, Trevor Evans meets ex-Olympian and NZ basketball-great, Char Mellars. Charmian tells us how it feels to compete on the world stage after competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and how excited she is for Brisbane to be a future host for this incredible global event. Now, Char is the manager at the ARTIE Academy, and she shares with Trevor the powerful work ARTIE is doing to maintain and improve&nbsp;Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students&nbsp;school attendance, and much more. Founded in honour of Former Origin Great, Arthur Beetson OAM, ARTIE Academy is more than just an education program.&nbsp;
 Find out more about ARTIE Academy <a href="https://www.artie.net.au/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.artie.net.au/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1746849574819000&amp;usg=AOvVaw325rQch7shhFfF1JPApedu">here</a>.
Follow Trevor Evans on social media <a href="https://www.instagram.com/trevorevansbne/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/trevorevansbne/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1746849574819000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0A3A9kuuoHj_m3_l5V9Nil">here</a>.

The People of Brisbane Podcast is exactly that, a space to celebrate the incredible people within our local Brisbane community who have stories to share, big, small, politically-skewed, or not at all. 


This podcast is hosted by the Hon Trevor Evans to further share the powerful conversations he often has on the ground with community members he meets, knowing that often, these conversations are ones that many would resonate with. Trevor is a Liberal National Candidate for Brisbane running for re-election on May 3, 2025, and a former MP who represented the electorate of Brisbane during 2016-2022. He is an economist and a strong supporter of small business, forming the base for why he decided to enter politics to begin with. 

The People of Brisbane Podcast is exactly that, a space to celebrate the incredible people within our local Brisbane community who have stories to share, big, small, politically-skewed, or not at all.&nbsp;
 This podcast is hosted by the Hon Trevor Evans to further share the powerful conversations he often has on the ground with community members he meets,&nbsp;knowing that often, these conversations are ones that many would resonate with. Trevor is a Liberal National Candidate for Brisbane running for re-election on May 3, 2025, and a former MP who represented the electorate of Brisbane during 2016-2022. He is an economist and a strong supporter of small business, forming the base for why he decided to enter politics to begin with.&nbsp;

People of Brisbane Podcast 

The People of Brisbane Podcast is exactly that, a space to celebrate the incredible people within our local Brisbane community who have stories to share, big, small, politically-skewed, or not at all. 
This podcast is hosted by the Hon Trevor Evans to further share the powerful conversations he often has on the ground with community members he meets, knowing that often, these conversations are ones that many would resonate with. Trevor is a Liberal National Candidate for Brisbane running for re-election on May 3, 2025, and a former MP who represented the electorate of Brisbane during 2016-2022. He is an economist and a strong supporter of small business, forming the base for why he decided to enter politics to begin with. 

The People of Brisbane Podcast is exactly that, a space to celebrate the incredible people within our local Brisbane community who have stories to share, big, small, politically-skewed, or not at all.&nbsp; This podcast is hosted by the Hon Trevor Evans to further share the powerful conversations he often has on the ground with community members he meets,&nbsp;knowing that often, these conversations are ones that many would resonate with. Trevor is a Liberal National Candidate for Brisbane running for re-election on May 3, 2025, and a former MP who represented the electorate of Brisbane during 2016-2022. He is an economist and a strong supporter of small business, forming the base for why he decided to enter politics to begin with.&nbsp;