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.
- William Davis
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Accused $245k Centrelink fraudster on the run after court brawl
A Brisbane trial has collapsed after a 65-year-old woman vanished from her own fraud case following a wild scuffle between her daughter and court security.
- Julius Dennis
How a few lines of paint could ease pressure on train station parking
What would change the way you travel the first and last mile to home and work? Researchers spent months at this Brisbane train station to find out.
- Felicity Caldwell
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.
- William Davis
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.
- William Davis
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.
- William Davis and Marissa Calligeros
‘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.
- William Davis
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- FIFA World Cup
‘Nothing like the crowd spirit’: Free World Cup live site returns to South Bank
Organisers are promising free entry, food facilities and a “family-friendly” atmosphere for the pop-up venue, which will screen several major games from as early as 4am.
- Catherine Strohfeldt and Brittney Deguara
New South Brisbane student hub aims to ease rental squeeze
Fresh design plans reveal a towering, 17-storey orange development as demand for student housing fuels a building surge.
- William Davis
The plan to transform this quiet suburban street with almost 200 units
Five properties would be bulldozed to build the 15-storey tower, as part of a wider push to accommodate Brisbane’s booming population.
- William Davis