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Boggo Road Village, a mixed-use office and retail complex located between Dutton Park’s Ecosciences Precinct and Brisbane’s historic Boggo Road Gaol, is expected to open by the end of 2025. It is not yet known if and when tours of the notorious prison will resume.

Future use of Boggo Road Gaol under a cloud

A new mixed-use precinct neighbouring Boggo Road Gaol is expected to open by the end of the year, but future use of the historic prison anchoring the site remains unclear.

  • Courtney Kruk

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Signs went up on the Story Bridge warning of the protest on Friday.

Three months on, not even the council knows when Story Bridge paths will reopen

A protest that would have shut down all six traffic lanes on the Story Bridge during peak hour has been blocked by a court ruling.

  • Felicity Caldwell
The Story Bridge protest will be decided in court on Thursday morning.

Story Bridge protesters hit back at ‘illegal’ claim as dispute heads to court

Police and Brisbane City Council will fight plans to shut down the Story Bridge for a peak-hour Friday morning protest over the closure of its footpaths.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Passengers onboard the first official Brisbane Metro service.

Swiss-made metro vehicles struggled with Brisbane’s climate during trial

Council documents obtained through Right to Information laws reveal the new Brisbane Metro vehicles were not designed for our climate.

  • Cameron Atfield
Triffid/Little Italy composite index pic

Brisbane’s Triffid forces redesign of $1.5 billion tower project

The Triffid took the developers and Brisbane City Council to court over the approved Newstead project, which is set to loom over the live music venue.

  • Cameron Atfield
The council was warned of “extreme risk” of the bridge’s footpaths giving way, although experts outlined multiple options to keep them open to pedestrians.

Story Bridge documents released amid cover-up claims

Under pressure to come clean over its sudden decision to close the bridge’s footpaths, Brisbane council is releasing all of its reports on their maintenance and restoration.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis
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In a post on Instagram in March 2024, councillor Ryan Murphy said he was so fortunate to have the support of his wife Emma and his bright and bubbly daughter Elodie.

‘I found out by sheer luck’: Brisbane councillor, 36, diagnosed with cancer

The chances of getting cancer at Ryan Murphy’s age is just one in 100,000. He has credited his GP’s decision to add an extra test to a routine blood test with saving his life.

  • Felicity Caldwell
The Story Bridge footpaths have been closed since March 5. The detour says to take the Kangaroo Bridge.

Here’s what walking the council’s Story Bridge footpath detour is really like

It is possible to take council’s detour since it closed the Story Bridge footpaths more than two months ago. But would you want to?

  • Felicity Caldwell
The northern end of the Story Bridge.

The Story Bridge is a Brisbane problem, but not a unique one

Brisbane’s iconic bridge needs major works, and questions around who will fund it point to bigger issues in infrastructure maintenance.

  • Courtney Kruk
The latest plans for Howard Smith Wharves include landscaped stairs and an amphitheatre down to the waterline.

New plans lodged for ‘landmark city precinct’ at Howard Smith Wharves

Public spaces have been redesigned, a proposed hotel has been altered, and one riverside venue has been ditched altogether.

  • Sean Parnell

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