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Residents collect sandbags in Morningside.

Sandbags, storage clean-outs and community check-ins: Brisbane locals pull together

“I’ve been going around pointing out things they need to bring inside … some people didn’t know there was a cyclone coming,” says one southside resident.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Tents in South Brisbane’s Musgrave Park.

‘If winds get above 80km/h, it will become unsafe to move’: Fears for city’s rough sleepers

Organisations say shelter needs to be set up for the region’s homeless population now.

  • Courtney Kruk and Rosanna Ryan
The proposed tower overlooks Coronation Drive to the Brisbane River.

Developer dumps office space for new Brisbane riverside unit tower

A riverside office building could soon make way for a 30-storey residential tower, with plans lodged with Brisbane City Council for a new riverside.

  • Cameron Atfield
Friday afternoon’s strike had been scheduled for the peak hours of 4pm to 6pm.

Bus strike averted as workers reach pay deal with Brisbane City Council

The deputy mayor said the wage agreement ensured council staff would receive a pay rise well above inflation but well below “the outlandish initial claims by unions”.

  • Rosanna Ryan
The federal Labor government has promised $2.25 million to scope the work required on Brisbane’s Story Bridge.

Money for transport upgrades, studies as federal Labor courts SEQ votes

After committing $2 billion to a single transport project in Melbourne, the Albanese government has pledged $200 million for seven projects in south-east Queensland.

  • Sean Parnell
Brisbane City Council staff will strike on Thursday.

Brisbane librarians to walk off the job, as bus drivers also set to strike

Librarians and other public workers are planning to strike on Thursday, while the city’s bus drivers will stop work on Friday.

  • William Davis
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World Expo 88 in South Bank, Brisbane.

How Brisbane’s kerbside collection sent me back nearly four decades

Few council services generate as much excitement as the kerbside pick-up, and none more so than this year’s, which turned up a bona fide treasure.

  • Cameron Atfield
Jim Killen said many trees, including this Queensland Kauri, were dramatically undersized in the original arborist report.

Big trees, bold development plans and a community pushing back

A plan put before Brisbane City Council to subdivide an old research site into 27 lots initially misrepresented the mature tree cover. Locals are concerned.

  • Courtney Kruk
Brisbane remains a popular city for people to go to university, enter the workforce and raise families.

Brisbane set for population shift not seen in Queensland since the 1970s

The federal government expects more people to be living in Greater Brisbane than the rest of Queensland within months.

  • Sean Parnell
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church financial council secretary Noel Sweeney said the parish couldn’t afford the $700,000 renovation required to make heritage protected buildings on church grounds usable again.

Asbestos, termites and red tape: Church battles to demolish heritage-listed hall

A Brisbane church has asked the city council for clearance to demolish the historic hall, which it can’t afford to repair.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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