Kangaroo Point bridge a step closer to opening as final piece of deck slots into place

Kangaroo Point bridge a step closer to opening as final piece of deck slots into place

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has celebrated this week’s installation of the final span of the long-anticipated bridge ahead of its opening this year.

  • byCameron Atfield

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How can SEQ balance the need for housing with the desire to stay green?

How can SEQ balance the need for housing with the desire to stay green?

As one homeowner living next to bushland put it,“we obviously get to see the trees,but we live in a time when there’s a shortage of housing”.

  • byTony Moore
Brisbane 2032 CEO rebuked over call for people to ‘speak up’ for new stadium

Brisbane 2032 CEO rebuked over call for people to ‘speak up’ for new stadium

Among his platitudes for Cindy Hook,the Brisbane Games chairman delivered a veiled reprimand of her comments.

  • byCameron Atfield
Brisbane households warned of rate rises amid $127m council revenue slump

Brisbane households warned of rate rises amid $127m council revenue slump

A lack of building activity has been blamed for a slump in Brisbane City Council’s cash reserves from $500m to $50m. And the opposition fears ratepayers will pick up the slack.

  • byTony Moore
Units without car parks may have once led to ‘a riot’. Now,Miles wants more

Units without car parks may have once led to ‘a riot’. Now,Miles wants more

The premier found a silver lining as he fronted a property sector lunch to spruik Labor’s housing plans in the Sunshine State.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘They’ve listened’:State shift brings Schrinner back to Games group fold

‘They’ve listened’:State shift brings Schrinner back to Games group fold

The Brisbane Lord Mayor has walked back his decision of barely five months ago to abandon the 2032 Games leaders’ forum – despite outstanding differences of opinion.

  • byMatt Dennien
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Opposition blasts Brisbane City Council’s Paris 2024 travel bill

Opposition blasts Brisbane City Council’s Paris 2024 travel bill

The council’s civic cabinet,chaired by Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner,approved travel for two councillors and three senior council officers to go to Paris for a total cost of $123,500.

  • byCameron Atfield
‘Inexcusable mistake’ forces redo of first Brisbane council meeting

‘Inexcusable mistake’ forces redo of first Brisbane council meeting

With election results finalised,Brisbane City Hall hosted its first gathering of new and old councillors. Except it was a false start.

  • byMatt Dennien
Scooter numbers to climb as Lime prepares Brisbane return

Scooter numbers to climb as Lime prepares Brisbane return

Even more electric scooters will soon be on Brisbane streets,as the city’s original scooter hire scheme prepares its return to the city.

  • byCameron Atfield
Schrinner firms his push for Victoria Park stadium’s ‘compelling case’

Schrinner firms his push for Victoria Park stadium’s ‘compelling case’

Brisbane’s re-elected lord mayor has bucked rejection of a new stadium by both state major party leaders,as 2032 organisers met to cap-off a turbulent week.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘A check-up from the neck up’:How stadium stoush might seem outside Brisbane

‘A check-up from the neck up’:How stadium stoush might seem outside Brisbane

QSAC would be the smallest Olympic stadium since the Amsterdam Games of 1928 – more than a century ago.

  • byCameron Atfield