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Kelso Street in Chermside, Brisbane.

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

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Candidates for the Stafford byelection participated in a forum on Wednesday night.

Candidates have their say on concerns that will decide the Stafford byelection

The cost-of-living, safety, and transport were the main issues raised by residents at a candidates’ forum on Wednesday night.

  • Dominique Tassell
Scugnizzi serves quality fast-paced Italian.

Westfield Chermside Food Court

Australia’s third-largest shopping centre has plenty of food options.

  • Matt Shea
Chermside on Brisbane’s upper north is a major suburban hub.

The streets within two Brisbane suburbs that are set for high-density makeovers

The city council has detailed the zones earmarked for thousands of new high-rise homes north and south of the CBD.

  • Dominique Tassell
Joshua Alexander Scott has been jailed after he hit an elderly man with his car in Chermside and drove away.

Tradie killed elderly man and ‘callously sped away’

A Brisbane tradesman who hit an elderly man with his car, and then left him to die on the road, has been jailed, with a court hearing he had more than 40 previous driving convictions. 

  • Cloe Read
Ross Elliott envisages a more connected, pedestrian-friendly Chermside.

Labor rules out Chermside connection for Gympie Road bypass tunnel

Despite calls for the proposed tunnel to service the busy and growing suburban hub, Transport Minister Bart Mellish has explained why it “does not stack up”.

  • Tony Moore
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The busy intersection of Gympie Road and Hamilton Road at Chermside in Brisbane.

Labor refuses to release new Brisbane tunnel plan

Details of the underground tollway from Kedron to Carseldine remain shrouded in secrecy, despite LNP support in both parliament and City Hall.

  • Sean Parnell
Suburban Futures’ concept for Gympie Road at Chermside. The Department of Transport and Main Roads has been asked to come up with its own.

Busy Brisbane road being redesigned as tunnel decision looms

The Queensland government is working on concept designs for a major suburban thoroughfare before announcing whether a toll tunnel should go underneath.

  • Sean Parnell
Concept for Gympie Road, Chermside, from Suburban Futures. A vision for the north Brisbane suburb.

‘Nundah on steroids’: New vision for Brisbane’s ‘alternative CBD’

An urban planning think-tank has released its vision for a new northside CBD, but it is dependent on a major piece of infrastructure being built.

  • Cameron Atfield
Alice, the tunnel boring machine.

Plan for tunnel to avoid Chermside traffic came from govt money-makers

Queensland Investment Corporation saw merit – and money – in the idea of a new tollway. It then launched Project Polaris, sidelining Brisbane City Council.

  • Sean Parnell