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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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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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