Brisbane's new $3.6 billion Queen's Wharf casino and resort complex will have 800 more gaming machines - a total of 2500 - under its deal with the Queensland government.
Ten thousand people will cross the Neville Bonner Bridge each day,stepping out from the Brisbane entertainment and casino complex over to South Bank.
The Mount Crosby water treatment plant,which supplies Brisbane's drinking water,will have its filters replaced for the first time in decades.
The Queensland water bodies implicated in a landmark 2011 floods class action case may appeal the decision,drawing out the timeline for compensation of victims
After years of negotiations,Dexus has gained state approval for the multibillion-dollar Eagle Street Pier redevelopment.
Police found no trace of the swimmer and received no matching missing person report.
Police are combing the Brisbane River for a man feared missing since he was seen swimming towards Indooroopilly on Saturday night.
A long-awaited decision in the New South Wales Supreme Court last month found in favour of 6800 homeowners affected by the flood event.
Householders affected by the floods will learn before Christmas whether the Queensland government intends to appeal the decision by the New South Wales Supreme Court.
Brisbane Times reporter Tony Moore looks back at the floods of 2011,which followed an agonising drought,as we approach another season of bushfires and drought in 2019.
The class-action lawyer called on Queensland authorities not to appeal against Friday's ruling,saying"they have comprehensively lost this case".