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Brendan O’Malley has been a journalist with The Courier-Mail and Quest Newspapers for 30 years, covering Council, state politics, the environment, science and the far north Qld bureau. He currently covers courts and local issues in Brisbane’s inner-west, southwest, inner south and inner north suburbs.

Brendan O'Malley

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King-Mayes outside Holland Park Magistrates Court

Man who graffitied ‘most of Brisbane’ made to clean it up

A man who painted Casper the Friendly Ghost graffiti tags across Brisbane after a relationship break-up has been ordered to remove his handiwork.

Local

DO NOT USE BEFORE MARCH 21, 2020.HOME COVER - A limited release of 34 three bedroom residences is coming soon to St Lucia, - the first riverfront development in the suburb in a decade. Development is 160 Macquarie. Photos: Supplied

Brisbane City marina project revived

Revised plans have been submitted for a proposed marina in the Brisbane River, as part of a highrise development. SEE THE CHANGES.

South West

Elisabeth freudigmann of Indooroopilly in her car social distancing.

Massive wait times at Brisbane COVID clinics

Traffic has been banked up for hours across parts of Brisbane at hospitals and COVID testing centres with police even called in to direct traffic at one location.

QLD Coronavirus News

Graphic for coronavirus testing yarn Brisbane

Testing clinics slammed after grim cluster warning

COVID testing clinics across Brisbane, Logan and Ipswich have been slammed this afternoon after Queensland health authorities raised serious concerns over the lack of people getting tested in the wake of a new cluster of cases.

Local

Exterior of Atira Glen Road Student Accommodation at 33 Glen Road, Toowong, Monday, April 20, 2020 - Picture: Richard Walker

Decision made on Toowong homeless tower

A decision has been made on the State Government’s controversial deal to house homeless people in an upmarket Toowong highrise.

Local

Former Qld cricketer Greg Rowell. Pic Peter Wallis

Plan to take century-old cricket club into new era

It will rack up a ton next year, and now one of Queensland’s oldest cricket clubs has released a bold plan to upgrade its beautiful home ground.

Local

A young construction worker reaches into his tool belt. Copy Space.

Couple fined $38k for string of horror home renos

A Brisbane couple have been fined after they left a string of customers with half-finished renovation projects across southeast Queensland.

Local

Wolfgang Bruce Kay (left) speaks to his lawyer outside Holland Park Magistrates Court

COVID is making us angrier drivers: magistrate’s warning

COVID-19 has triggered a surge in road rage cases, prompting a Brisbane magistrate to warn motorists to keep their cool.

Local

Setback for Paddo’s battle of the billboards

A resident battling two huge LED billboards on one on Brisbane’s most charming character retail strips has had a setback in his fight to stop them.

Local

Fire crews battle to control a fire which broke out in a scrap metal yard on Comport Street in Portsmith around 1pm. Investigations are underway to where the fire originated.

Global metals, plastics recycling HQ moves to Brisbane

One of Australia’s biggest and most successful scrap recyclers will build a new pilot plant and head office in Brisbane, creating dozens of new jobs.

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