Price-gouging cabbies face $3000 fine for failing to use meter
Queensland cabbies who price-gouge passengers – such as one who charged $80 when the fare should have cost $25 – will now cop heavy penalties.
Brisbane City
Anna who? Premier MIA from heart of her own electorate
As Annastacia Palaszczuk holidays in Europe in the midst of a crime crisis, she hasn’t been seen at her local shopping centre for about two years.
Developer to reveal updated plans for controversial inner-city site
A developer with more than $2.7b in projects under its belt is set to release new details on plans for a coveted Kangaroo Point site where 200 apartments in three towers have already been approved.
‘Danger to women’ bailed over stalking, assault charges
A man charged with stalking young women in the city who police allege is a danger to the public and a “predator,” has been freed on bail.
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It’s time to demolish this Brisbane River eyesore once and for all
Who would have thought when this river icon smashed into the Goodwill Bridge in 2011 it still wouldn’t be fixed a decade later. Now it’s even in worse shape after recent floods, writes Max Futcher. VOTE IN THE POLL
$15.5m worth of homes sell in less than two hours
A mega auction event in Brisbane has wrapped up with six homes selling under the hammer for a grand total of $15.518m. Follow all today’s auction action in our live blog.
‘Emergency state’: Flood-smashed major shopping centre, 140 retailers closed for 6-8 months
One of Brisbane’s biggest shopping centres – Toombul – could be shut for up to eight months because of flood damage, potentially sending 140 traders to the wall and causing chaos for shoppers.
First look at proposed inner Brisbane train station
The latest cog in the state government’s rail upgrades can be revealed with new rendered images of an inner city station.
‘Oh sh-t!’: Auslan interpreter in firing line at media conference
Well-known Auslan interpreter Mikey Webb got more than he bargained for from a low-flying bird while hard at work during a state government media conference at Kedron Brook this morning.
Shows cancelled as QPAC assesses flood damage
The pain continues for QPAC staff, performers and audiences, with venues closed and scheduled shows suspended after damage during recent flooding.
Bluechip Brisbane house changes hands for 2022 record price
Brisbane’s ‘trophy home of the decade’ – rented out at $5500 a week – has changed hands in the Qld capital’s biggest residential transaction so far this year.
Time to drop a rain bomb on this political insanity
Like they have done in disasters past, our politicians used us as a shield during the recent floods to hide their own failures, writes Mike O’Connor.
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