The Cane Toad Times - 2024 edition.

Underground Brisbane magazine The Cane Toad Times hops back into print

The satirical Joh-era magazine has been resurrected during a time of fake news,climate change and global crisis.

  • Tony Moore

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A crucial area of PsiQuantum’s research will be how particles react to different atmospheric pressures under a changing climate,Pete Shadbolt says.

Brisbane’s billion-dollar computer is coming. But first,a lab must be built

PsiQuantum,the company building Australia’s first commercial-grade,next-generation quantum computer near the airport,will first create a laboratory at Griffith University.

  • Tony Moore
Koalas crossing Brisbane’s first-ever,purpose-designed koala log bridge over Boundary Road at White’s Hill Reserve between Camp Hill and Coorparoo in July 2024.

Caught on film:Koalas using wildlife bridge to cross busy road

Before the images were revealed,researchers had no proof that koalas would use the kind of smaller-scale log bridges that council had installed.

  • Tony Moore
A worker inspects a 30-metre drystone wall discovered under Adelaide Street. in February 2022.

Convict-era wall unearthed in Brisbane to feature at North Quay

The stone wall discovered under Adelaide Street in 2022 will now feature in landscaping at North Quay.

  • Tony Moore
The Greens Gabba ward councillor Trina Massey has been asked to repay $20,000 for a council newsletter which has a two-page pro Palestine insert.

Brisbane councillor ordered to repay $20,000 for pro-Palestine newsletter

Brisbane’s LNP councillors voted unanimously for the Greens’ Trina Massey to repay the thousands it cost to produce a council newsletter that had two pages of pro-Palestine content.

  • Tony Moore
Brisbane volunteer cycling group co-convener Mary Doolan said volunteers should be encouraged not criticised as political mouthpieces by Brisbane City Council.

Cyclists hit back after mayor labels them a ‘Greens mouthpiece’

Bicycle user groups,who found Adrian Schrinner’s May comment “incredibly offensive”,were finally given the right of reply in City Hall.

  • Tony Moore
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Brisbane City Coiuncil has referred allegations that Beam e-scooters has run 500 more scooters than its contract allows to both police and the ACCC.

Brisbane cancels Beam contract amid ‘ghost scooter’ controversy

The purple e-scooters have disappeared from the city’s streets after allegations their operator was running 500 more devices than their contract allowed.

  • Tony Moore
St. Alphonsa Syro Malabar worshippers take part in religious festivities in Northgate,Brisbane,July 28,2024.

In this suburban church,one congregation thrives as another faces Mass cancellation

On a block of land hemmed by caravan companies,this tiny Brisbane church offers a glimpse of the demographic changes happening in affordable suburbs around the country.

  • Tony Moore
Of the 1200 new Australians welcomed as citizenship ceremonies on Saturday almost half were former Kiwis. Former Kiwi Jole McPhee and daughters Charlottee and Georgia - originally from Invercargill - now call Australia,home.

NZ migrants find slice of heaven in Brisbane as citizenship increases six-fold

New Zealanders are settling in Brisbane and seeking Australian citizenship in record numbers after federal legislation last year fast-tracked the ability to switch citizenship.

  • Tony Moore
Indooroopilly’s Walter Taylor Bridge will close for two weeks to allow for major maintenace works.

Major Brisbane road artery to close for 17 days for repairs

One of Brisbane’s earliest toll bridges – a major traffic bottleneck – will close for most of September,but has sparked questions why sudden repairs were needed.

  • Tony Moore