Push for green bins for all Brisbane ratepayers
Green waste recycling bins should be expanded to all ratepayers in this major southeast Queensland city, Labor says.
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Bashed after work: Hospital security told not to help nurses
Patients and staff outside Queensland hospitals are being forced to fend for themselves against violent thugs because security are being told not to intervene, a breakaway nurse union has claimed.
Revealed: 18 Brisbane suburbs flagged for higher-density living
Parts of 18 Brisbane suburbs could have height limits increased to five levels and lots could shrink to just 300 sqm under a review aimed at boosting housing supply. SEE THE LIST
Developer stoush ends in win for Brisbane live music venues
A court has delivered a huge win for Brisbane’s struggling live music scene, ordering a developer to soundproof units in its planned Fortitude Valley highrises.
Huge chunk of Brisbane in line for higher density to ‘fix’ affordability
Brisbane residents living in a huge chunk of the city could face taller building heights, higher density, changes to lot sizes and to minimum carparking rules. SEE WHAT’S COMING
‘Twice as bad’: Why SEQ traffic chaos is getting worse
Horror delays on almost every major road in the southeast have refused to go away this year despite 50 cent fares, road upgrades and work-from-home.
The irony you missed in Warrego Hwy shutdown
Westbound lanes of the Warrego Hwy will reopen tomorrow morning after wind turbine smashed into an overpass.
Treasurer’s push for a ‘real’ pay rise for 3m struggling Aussies
Three million Australians struggling to make ends meet on the minimum wage are in line for a real increase in pay under a government submission, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed.
Why 20k new residents will pour into these three southside ’burbs
Up to 20,000 more people will move into three emerging inner-south suburbs after council signed off on a plan dogged by years of bitter fighting.
Thousands in firing line of plans to level neighbourhood
Hundreds of residents north of Brisbane could have to sell their dream home and many more face major impacts if plans to make a huge chunk of the suburb disappear are approved.
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