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The value of the Airtrain asset was estimated at about $50 million last year.

Airtrain valuation revealed, prompting push for compulsory buyback

Financial files value the Brisbane Airtrain concession at $45m, fuelling demands for a state takeover to bring airport trips into Translink’s 50¢ fare network.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Queensland’s police minister acknowledged efforts to improve the safe use of e-devices but said parents need to take responsibility too.

‘They had one job, and they goofed it’: Rejigged e-bike laws raise ire

The government has tinkered with speed limits and licence laws for its e-bike crackdown, but Bicycle Queensland says it’s still missed the mark.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Thousands braved the threatening weather to attend the Anzac Day dawn service in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD.

Damp streets and deep silence: Brisbane remembers in the pre-dawn darkness

Under a smattering of rain, thousands filled Anzac Square in Brisbane to mark 111 years since the Gallipoli landing with a sacred and sombre dawn service.

  • Cameron Atfield
Cross River Rail Delivery Authority chief executive Graeme Newton.

Cross River Rail boss warns of year-long delay as unions take action

The delivery authority chief says planned industrial action over the long weekend could potentially delay the multibillion-dollar project by another year.

  • Cameron Atfield
The Queensland government wants to connect Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, via a rail and light rail alternative dubbed ‘The Wave’.

Opposition raises concerns over transport project’s contract roles

The transport department has revealed it awarded commercial roles on “The Wave” to members of a new consulting firm who recently left another government agency.

  • Matt Dennien
Assistant Commissioner Rhys Wildman defending the decision on Sunday.

Queensland police defend scrapping specialist domestic violence team

A specialist QPS domestic violence unit is being axed after a review labelled the work “non-core” business. Labor warns the move puts vulnerable women at risk.

  • Cameron Atfield
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Twenty per cent of Queensland’s e-mobility rebates were spent on illegal devices.

Labor demands CCC probe into its own former rebate scheme

The LNP revealed on Sunday about 20 per cent of the former Labor government’s e-mobility rebates funded illegal devices. Labor has shifted the blame to public servants.

  • Cameron Atfield
Billions of dollars in rail infrastructure is expected to be delivered by the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.

Not just for 2032: Plea for a future-proof Queensland rail system

Engineers have warned infrastructure for the 2032 Olympic Games must be designed and delivered with the next half-century in mind.

  • Cameron Atfield
Workers at Roma Street welcome the first train through Brisbane’s Cross River Rail last year.

Regulator won’t wear blame for Cross River Rail delay

Australia’s rail regulator has distanced itself from Transport Minister’s claims it would need two years to sign off on Cross River Rail, after yet another delay.

  • Cameron Atfield
Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) workers participate in a rally at Bowen Hills.

‘Get on with the job’: Protests roll into second day after CFMEU High Court ruling

Construction workers have shut down inner-city Brisbane streets again as a snap protest over a High Court decision continued for a second day.

  • Rosanna Ryan and Courtney Kruk