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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.

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Resident Gervase Griffith and Councillor James Mackay pose for a photograph on Swann Road, Taringa, Wednesday May 20, 2020. The council dropped speed limits on the road due to safety concerns. (AAP/Image Sarah Marshall)

Dangerous Brisbane road fixed: it only took four decades

Residents have literally popped the champagne after winning a long campaign to drop the speed limit on a deathtrap westside road.

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The former Holy Cross Home at Wooloowin, a Sisters of Mercy Convent, about to be turned into part of a luxury housing estate at Wooloowin by Cedar Woods.Picture: State Library of Queensland

End in sight for 14-year battle over Catholic school site

An epic community fight led by a Labor powerbroker is nearly over after new plans were lodged for a landmark convent site.

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Lana Currie (front) with Bob and Margaret Heidrich pose for a photograph outside Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics and Technology in Toowong, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Local residents are concerned they will locked out of green space previously available to them - Picture: Richard Walker

We feel betrayed: neighbours fear school will lock them out

A legally blind Toowong resident and his wife feel betrayed by an elite state school’s decision to fence off ovals they and other locals use for exercising.

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General view of the Magistrates court in Brisbane, Saturday, September 2, 2017. (AAP Image/Samantha Manchee) NO ARCHIVING

Courts warn things about to ‘get stupid’

Defendants will have to front up to magistrates courts again from June 1 as the justice system prepares for ‘the big wave’ of cases in July, warning there is just a short amount of time to prepare for when “things get stupid”.

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LNP candidate for Maiwar, Lauren Day, with a letter to residents promising the LNP will block a fence at the Toowong Smart State academy, if elected.

LNP vows to stop elite school building ‘Trump’s Wall’

The state LNP’s education spearthrower, Jarrod Bleijie, has weighed in on a little community’s battle to stop an elite school fencing off its oval.

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7 elite Brisbane schools reveal fate of their open days

They are among the most anticipated events on the westside calendar, but elite schools say open days axed due to COVID-19 won’t return.

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palmeroval rd186603 Arthur Palmer wants the land that his grandfather owned in Toowong to be left as green space.

Family at war with elite Brisbane school over ‘prison’ fence

The great grandson of a pioneering premier is furious an elite Brisbane school wants to lock the community out of green space gifted to the state of Queensland using a “Prisoner of War” fence.

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F45's James Stephens and the first bootcamp group limber up for a workout this morning.

Fitness fans cheer as bootcamps return this weekend

It might make couch potatoes groan, but fitness junkies couldn’t hold back the smiles as group bootcamps resumed today.

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U on SUNDAY ONLY - Owner Costa Anastiadis, at Zeus, Little Stanley St., Southbank. Pic Anthony Weate

South Bank restaurants opening this weekend

After weeks of takeaways and deliveries only, dozens of restaurants in Brisbane’s popular South Bank precinct are set to swing the doors open this weekend. We look at where you can eat.

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STELLAR MAGAZINE RESTAURANT REVIEW of 85 Miskin St. Brent Farrell Head chef and owner with glazed beef. Pic Annette Dew

When your favourite restaurant will reopen

Some of Brisbane’s most popular westside and southwest restaurants will reopen this weekend while others will remain shut. We’ve asked 24 of the top eateries what’s in store. But be warned: some are already booked out — and don’t be late.

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