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Designed by John Ellway, Niwa House earned the Elina Mottram Award for Residential Architecture in the Houses (Alterations and Additions) category of the Queensland Architecture Awards.

Stunning Highgate Hill renovation nabs Queensland Architecture Award

Instead of gobbling up yard space like so many Brisbane house extensions, this award-winning home took the opposite approach. Public buildings were among other winners.

  • by Nick Dent

Perspective

Will the LNP’s new scheme help me become a first-home buyer?

The shared equity scheme promises to help first homeowners break into the property market, but is it all it’s cracked up to be?

Courtney Kruk
Courtney Kruk

City Reporter

Leave your scans to the experts: An idiot’s guide to doing the stupid thing

I am not a doctor. This is one of many reasons why. This is the story of a number, the angst it caused and the idiot who didn’t know what it meant.

Cameron Atfield
Cameron Atfield

Journalist

Just how eco-friendly is Queensland’s ecotourism plan?

Encouraging more low-impact, nature-based tourism is an excellent proposition. But there’s an oxymoron at the heart of the latest plan.

Courtney Kruk
Courtney Kruk

City Reporter

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Crime & Courts

Greg Josephson co-founded Universal Store was allegedly murdered on Thursday night.

Universal Store co-founder’s death to test adult crime, adult time laws

The teenage boy charged with Universal Store co-founder Greg Josephson’s murder looks set to be the first major test of Queensland’s controversial ‘adult crime, adult time’ legislation.

  • by Cameron Atfield, Cloe Read and William Davis
The house in which Greg Josephson’s body was found on Thursday night.

Man was allegedly murdered in multimillion-dollar house while teens partied

A teen boy has been charged with murder after a 58-year-old was found allegedly stabbed to death during a house party, while dozens of unaware teenagers enjoyed themselves.

  • by Cloe Read, William Davis and Ben Bissett

Politics

Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Anika Wells and Tim Mander at QSAC on Thursday.

New Brisbane Olympics funding deal likely within weeks

The decision to axe a CBD arena plan and build a new stadium at Victoria Park has forced funding arrangements for the 2032 Brisbane games to be renegotiated.

  • by William Davis
Retired Olympic canoeist Alyce Wood at QSAC on Thursday.

Why these women believe today is ‘massive for sport in Australia’

The Australian Institute of Sport has announced a new national guide for sporting organisations to support pregnant athletes, and those planning to have children.

  • by William Davis

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