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Friends relaxing in a rooftop pool in Newstead.

Yes, the cliches about my suburb are all true. Roll your eyes if you must

High-density living is in full swing here, but there’s one positive to overdevelopment that no one ever mentions.

  • Lucinda Kent

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Police were called to Bunnings Newstead about 8.35am.

Bunnings Newstead evacuated following bomb threat

A 12-year-old boy has been charged with making a bomb threat after police swept the store, and closed roads and other businesses.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Bar Monte restaurant in Brisbane.
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Here’s what happens when the Light Years crew hits the big smoke

Wowing diners might be a touch easier when they’re beach-drunk, but what about when they just finished work and live upstairs?

  • Matt Shea
The bakery is famous for its cream-stuffed bombolini.

Baker D. Chirico

Melbourne import drawing queues for its sourdough and bombolini.

  • Matt Shea
An artist impression of the cobblestoned restaurant and shopping hub, inspired by Italian streetscapes.

Construction for new 110-metre tower and Italian-themed food hub begins

The Triffid music venue previously went to court to have the design plans altered.

  • William Davis
A digital render of the planned rooftop pool.

New 70-metre tower approved for site of former boxing gym

The residential development, on the site of a gym that burnt down in 2019, will back directly on to The Triffid live music venue.

  • William Davis
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Kosta’s Takeaway owner Benji Terkalas.

The Sydney sandwich import (and star chef) that’s taking over your socials

Kosta’s Takeaway in Newstead takes chef-made sandwiches to a whole new level.

  • Matt Shea
Adam Wolfers and Benji Terkalas at Kosta’s Takeaway in Gasworks Plaza.

Adam Wolfers out at Anyday, in at Kosta’s Takeaway

After being made redundant from the city’s hottest restaurant group, a star chef returns in style with a viral Sydney import.

  • Matt Shea
Sunnyside Sliced owner Ali Cengiz.

$80 pizza isn’t the story at this new Newstead slice shop

Imported from the Melbourne suburbs and inspired (in part) by New York, here’s why this Gasworks spot deserves your attention.

  • Matt Shea
Tidal flooding in the Brisbane suburb of Newstead, February 2025.

This Newstead street is flooding every day. Frustrated business owners want answers

“Whether it’s a high tide, king tide or a tide, you can see the water that starts bubbling up,” says one business owner.

  • Josephine Shannon