Metro timeline: Eight years of blowouts, clashes
It’s been eight years in the making but still there are none of the much-vaunted Metro electric buses operating. We take a look at the speed bumps since it was announced in 2016.
Brisbane City
Is Brisbane running out of time for gold medal Olympic legacy?
Will Brisbane outstrip Sydney 2000’s gold medal performance as an Olympic host or are the past three years of indecision a sign of further delays for the River City’s proposed venues? Vote in our poll.
Revealed: Brisbane retail vacancies yet to recover from Covid hit
Brisbane’s retail heart is still battling major challenges, a new report reveals, with the sector struggling to return to pre-pandemic levels, but CBD office vacancies have tightened.
‘No go zones’: Barbecues vandalised in Brisbane’s ‘tent city’
Barbecues have been hot-wired in Brisbane parks frequented by homeless people in dangerous vandalism that has occurred twice in the past five days.
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Lord Mayor’s shock rethink on Gabba revelopment
Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has softened his staunch opposition to rebuilding the ageing Gabba, despite having repeatedly attacked it as a bad idea.
Plane departs from closed runway at Brisbane Airport
An investigation has found a Virgin flight with 169 passengers took off from Brisbane from a closed section of runway after its flight crew misinterpreted or missed crucial notes.
Aussie shopping centre ‘overrun by junkies, homeless’
One of Australia’s oldest and most iconic department stores today resembles a ghost town, with a shop owner saying the centre is overrun with homeless and junkies.
Australia’s most beautiful restaurant revealed
A Brisbane restaurant has been awarded a prestigious design award, for its ‘otherworldly’ design, inspired by an ancient Lebanese temple.
Watch: Gustnado tears along Brisbane River
Wild footage has captured a mini-tornado, which authorities are referring to as a gustnado, sweeping down the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point during a severe storm.
‘We can’t trust them’: Anger directed towards LNP at abortion rally
Hundreds of people have gathered in the Brisbane CBD to protest the recently elected LNP state government and the hot election issue of abortion.
Embattled MP to take immediate leave after police called to home
Opposition Leader Steven Miles has directed Stafford MP Jimmy Sullivan to take immediate leave meaning he will not be present at Labor’s first caucus meeting.
French evolution: Brisbane fine diner reborn after near-death experience
This lauded and loved Brisbane dining institution is back in French hands and has mercifully been brought back from the dead, but what does the reincarnation of the pinnacle of Gallic fine dining in the city look like now?
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