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Live music
‘Small, loud and a bit hot’: Brisbane venues where bands most love to play
- by Courtney Kruk
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‘Small, loud and a bit hot’: Brisbane venues where bands most love to play
From a little studio above a tyre shop to the Aussie Nash – we asked local musicians about their favourite places to play, and this is what they told us.
Courtney Kruk
City Reporter
Queen’s Wharf will be a winner but no denying many visitors will lose
At a time so many people are already struggling to keep a roof over their heads, this shiny new palace won’t help.
Cameron Atfield
Journalist
Smaller is not necessarily better when it comes to class sizes
Most Brisbane classrooms aren’t ‘overcrowded’ because they don’t break targets, but what is the perfect class size?
Felicity Caldwell
Journalist
Urban Affairs
Brisbane forced to act amid worst citizenship backlog in Australia
A year after New Zealanders were given easier access to citizenship, Brisbane’s waiting list for commitment ceremonies has become the longest in the country.
- by Rosanna Ryan
Don’t Go, Card: Software problems put brakes on smart ticketing rollout
Passengers might have to wait until mid-2025 to use a credit card, mobile or smartwatch to pay their fare on any of the 1200 Brisbane City Council buses.
- by Tony Moore
City Life
Perspective
Live music
‘Small, loud and a bit hot’: Brisbane venues where bands most love to play
- by Courtney Kruk
Perspective
Casinos
Queen’s Wharf will be a winner but no denying many visitors will lose
- by Cameron Atfield
Crime & Courts
Child murder accused couple to face trial without jury
A woman accused with her fiance of murdering her three-year-old daughter will face trial without a jury due to what a judge described as a risk of prejudicial testimony.
- by Rex Martinich
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Queensland Police
North Queensland bus crash leaves three dead, two fighting for life
Three women have died and two young men are fighting for their lives after a bus crash on the Bruce Highway.
- by AAP and Cameron Atfield
Politics
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Football Queensland releases Bowen Hills stadium vision
Football Queensland has unveiled its vision for a dedicated stadium in Brisbane to be built at the sport’s spiritual home at Perry Park.
- by Cameron Atfield
Olympic sports funding package worth weight in gold – and almost half a billion
Australia’s Olympic sports and athletes have received a record-breaking financial boost less than a month out from the Games getting under way in Paris.
- by Chris Barrett
Transport
Health
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