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September

Brisbane’s Clem Jones tunnel goes under the city centre

PFAS foam leaks on Transurban’s Brisbane toll road rankle council

Transurban’s maintenance practices are being reviewed by Brisbane’s city council after fire-fighting foam spilled from a tank into a pump station in the company’s Clem Jones Tunnel.

  • Jenny Wiggins

August

Transurban operates the Legacy Way tunnel under a concession agreement with the Brisbane City Council

Transurban’s Brisbane toll road operations scrutinised by council

The company has been forced to hand over toll road operational manuals to the Brisbane City Council after the government authority demanded information on responses to traffic accidents.

  • Jenny Wiggins

May

Zach Galifianakis’ character Alan also had a wild experience starting at Hard Rock.

The Star suitor and the fight over home in exclusive suburb

There hasn’t been confusion like this around casinos since “The Hangover”.

  • Liam Walsh

March

Aerial view of The Gabba

Lang Park to host Brisbane 2032 ceremonies after review rejected

Lang Park will be the site of opening and closing ceremonies while the old venue for the 1982 Commonwealth Games will be upgraded to host athletics.

  • Zoe Samios and Michael Bleby
A disappointed Premier Steven Miles insisted on Sunday his Labor government would heed the voters’ message.

Labor is in deep trouble in Queensland

One senior LNP figure says Albanese’s focus on the Voice last year amid a youth crime wave and cost-of-living crisis damaged federal Labor in Queensland more than anywhere else.

  • Phillip Coorey
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August 2023

Brisbane players team up for $2b Toowong project

More than $1 billion could be invested into developing an amalgamated site in Brisbane’s inner west, resulting a mixed use project with an end value close to twice that. 

  • Nick Lenaghan

July 2020

New data offers an insight into the work habits of parking rangers.

Thursday is the most dangerous day to risk a parking ticket

New data shows parking inspectors like to take Mondays and Fridays off and Melbourne is the most risky city to overstay a park.

  • Aaron Patrick

July 2019

JCDecaux and Telstra's revamped payphones have created tension with local councils.

Brisbane joins Sydney and Melbourne in payphone battle against Telstra

Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne are now fighting Telstra and JCDecaux's new payphones with advertising billboards.

  • Max Mason

March 2019

The CBIC is reducing its weighting to Brisbane commecial real estate

City of Brisbane future fund offloading $35m office building

CBIC chief executive Gary Coleman said recently the wealth fund was “rebalancing” and recyling some of its assets so as to be less concentrated in Brisbane.

  • Larry Schlesinger

September 2002

Brisbane City Council has an ICT annual budget of $2.9 billion.

Brisbane council workers hooked online

For businesses and governments with large numbers of field workers, wireless technologies have emerged as a Holy Grail for delivering information when and where it's needed.

  • Ben Woodhead

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