William Davis

William Davis is a reporter at Brisbane Times.

A new cycle path with run 1.2 kilometres along Shafston Avenue in Kangaroo Point and East Brisbane.

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Brisbane budget

Plans for new inner-city cycleway and footpath revealed, construction to start next year

The new path will be funded in this week’s Brisbane City Council budget, even though a final price is yet to be announced.

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About 169 grams of cocaine, $40,000 cash and one knife were seized in Fortitude Valley in Brisbane.

Crime

Cocaine crackdown in Fortitude Valley leads to dozens of arrests

Police said they had disrupted an “established supplier” in the Brisbane party precinct.

June 12, 2026
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35 Merivale Street in South Brisbane next to Fish lane.

City council

Construction resumes on site of failed project as tower redesign revealed

Development in South Brisbane is booming, with work beginning on a new tower next to Fish Lane as plans to completely transform the waterfront emerge.

June 11, 2026
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The alleged slingshot attacks were followed by raids on two homes, where metal balls that appeared to be fishing sinkers were found.

Crime

Four injured in drive-by slingshot attacks across inner-Brisbane

Four men have been arrested over the attacks, in which metal projectiles – possibly fishing sinkers – were fired from a car.

June 10, 2026
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A Brisbane City Council render of what Logan Road in Mount Gravatt could look like under the proposed suburban renewal plan.

City council

Unit parking requirements slashed as details of suburban renewal plans emerge

Brisbane council has slashed mandatory apartment car spaces, while debating proposals around tower heights in Mount Gravatt, Alderley and Cannon Hill.

June 9, 2026
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Stockwell South Brisbane waterfront plan for Parmalat site and surroundings.

Development

Premier backs plan to transform waterfront with towers and hundreds of venues

Two former Olympians have bought the Parmalat factory site in South Brisbane and plan to redevelop the area.

June 9, 2026
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New Carina Heights development plan in Brisbane.

Property development

Plan for suburb’s first 25-storey high-rise set to test council upzoning push

The development application for the tower with 253 homes – including apartments with five-bedrooms – will test Brisbane council’s appetite for dramatically taller buildings in the suburbs.

June 9, 2026
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Slide Planet, the new childrens’ entertainment centre planned planned on Nudgee Road in Hendra, would include more than a dozen themed slides and air courts.

City council

‘Slide Planet’ planned for Brisbane with giant slides, air courts, laser tag and go karting

The action park near Brisbane Airport will be run by the company behind Dopamine Land, Prison Island and the pop-up Harry Potter Forbidden Forest Experience.