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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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Workers at Biami Yumba lake in Brisbane's inner-west cleaning up the scum and dead fish.

Brisbane lake fish kill blamed on drought

A mass fish kill at a popular westside lake this morning is due to drought, followed two recent violent storms, council says.

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Artist's impression of a close-up view of the rooftop pool area

Developer under fire over sky bridge, high-rise pool

A developer has just lodged plans for an unprecedented sky bridge project that would feature a spectacular curved pool and garden 18 storeys above Vulture St. But a councillor is not happy with the timing of the application.

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Some of the dead tusked frogs found at Toowong Creek near the QASMT site.

Mass frog deaths at school construction site

Rare native animals are croaking it at an alarming rate at a Toowong “Smart State’’ school academy work site.

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Labor candidate for The Gap ward, Daniel Bevis, at Waterworks Rd where the bus indent has been removed.

$9m road upgrade to increase travel times by three seconds

It cost ratepayers $8.9 million, has disrupted traffic for months, but will make afternoon commutes three seconds slower. Some westside residents wonder: what was the point?

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CARSGUIDE .. CAR CARE .. Kirribilli,Australia - November 13, 2014: A suburban street is transformed by Jacaranda trees in full bloom. . Picture: iStock

Council street tree plantings dry up

Brisbane City Council has suspended planting street trees because of the drought, but says the iconic Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens is well placed to survive the prolonged dry.

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