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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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Rare city bushland facing its biggest threat

It’s a stone’s throw from one of Brisbane’s biggest shopping centres, but this rare bush block is in danger after miraculously surviving the bulldozer for decades.

Local

1/3/2018: empty shops and for lease signs on Given Terrace, Paddington. A one-kilometre shopping strip through Paddington in inner Brisbane, no fewer than 22 shopfronts sit empty. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Lights, action, on Paddo high street

After revelations 30 per cent of shops on one 200m stretch are vacant, a Paddington business group has hit back at claims the strip is in trouble.

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Indooroopilly resident Born Rafferty is concerned about the amount of noise from a proposed mega zipline from Mt Cootha Summit to the Botanical Gardens Picture AAP/David Clark

Sssh, don’t scream on 100km/h thrillride

PATRONS of a proposed Mt Coot-tha zip line which can travel up to 100km/h will be asked to keep quiet so neighbours are not disturbed at night.

South West

Cr Julian Simmonds has won for preselection in the federal seat of Ryan. Sunday May 13, 2018. Julian poses for a photograph in Taringa. (AAP Image/Renae Droop)

How Simmonds plans to win Ryan

CAMPBELL Newman may have called on him to stand down from the Brisbane City Council ahead of his tilt at federal politics, but Julian Simmonds isn’t taking any notice, as details of his ambitious plan emerge.

Local

Dr Bruce Lewis with daughter Rachael Finlayson and grandson Lewis pose for a photograph at Wesley Hospital, Auchenflower, Sunday, April 8, 2018 (AAP Image/Richard Walker)

Bond to maternity unit pass down the generations

BRUCE Lewis’ bond with Wesley Maternity is so tight he has not only been there from the start as a paediatrician, his son and grandson began life there.

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QST Home advertising feature - Building Works Australia - generic house construction

Crowd asked to fund fight against developer

A BRISBANE residents’ lobby group has turned to crowd-funding to help fund its court battle against the developers of a large townhouse project.

Local

The pink house on the corner of Kadumba St and Kingsley Pl, Yeronga. Picture: Google Maps

Councillors in pink fit over historic house

A DEVELOPER has hit back at criticism of its plans to redevelop a property known to locals as “The Pink House’’, saying its plans will enhance the character of the landmark.

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Lisa Wieland and Keith Collyer. There is an application to heritage list the Tarragindi Bowls Club. Picture: John Gass

Council’s letter to residents ‘a disgrace’

A COUNCIL letter to residents saying it did not want to approve an unpopular redevelopment of a bowls club and that it could be “called in’’ by the State has been labelled “disgraceful’’, “nonsense” and “devious”.

Local

Irma Muller poses for a photograph in St Lucia, Wednesday, February 14, 2018. She is concerned over a development application for 160 Macquarie Street, St Lucia (AAP Image/Richard Walker)

Win for residents fighting new high-rise

A CONTROVERSIAL high-rise project slated for an up-market Brisbane riverfront street has been knocked back by the Council.

Local

Two Vehicle accident at a busy intersection for car crash story

Drivers ‘hold their breath as they turn’

CONCERNED residents are pushing for changes to a busy intersection in Brisbane’s west where they say crashes are frequent and pedestrians risk their lives.

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