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Ebony Bott has been appointed artistic director of Brisbane Festival, commencing mid September 2025.

Brisbane poaches arts visionary to shape festival’s future

A major figure in Australian cultural institutions is set to take the reins of Brisbane Festival as artistic director.

  • Nick Dent

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A stargazer from the American Meteorological Society captured seven fireballs in one night during 2023’s Alpha Capricornid meteor shower.

As it happened: Brisbane on Tuesday, July 29

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Dead Puppet Society creative director David Morton with a model CityCat designed for La Boite show We’re All Gonna Die!

Apocalyptic comedy recreates Brisbane landmarks, and destroys them

La Boite’s new show has well-loved buildings demolished at a rate that would shock Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

  • Nick Dent
West End Markets are arguably the biggest and most diverse weekly market in Brisbane.

Does Brisbane need more street stalls and markets? This researcher thinks so

“We’ve started to kind of come to our senses and realise that use of streets and sidewalks by people is good, but we can do more.”

  • William Davis
Specialist visits cost an average of $400, but initial psychiatric consults can cost up to $900.

As it happened: Brisbane on Friday, July 25

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Former boxing world champion Anthony Mundine believes bare knuckle fighting is safer than other combat sports such as gloved boxing.

Mundine challenges McGregor to fight as doctors hit back at bare-knuckle claims

As former boxing champion Anthony Mundine prepares to launch Australia’s first bare-knuckle fighting event in Brisbane, medical experts say the sport is “brutal, outdated and dangerous”.

  • Courtney Kruk, Nick Wright and Chris Barrett
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Michael Tassis: “There’s so much around here, and you want to do something that works from a community standpoint.”

Tassis Group to bring woodfired Cantonese to James Street precinct

It’s turning the old Campos and City Winery space into a moody, semi-hidden diner that serves everything from traditional Peking duck to a dan dan ragu.

  • Matt Shea
Composite image of woman apparently stealing a lemon tree from a suburban footpath in Brisbane.

Gone in 60 seconds: The great Queensland lemon tree heist

Ineke McMahon arrived home from school drop-off and noticed something amiss in her front yard. Her lemon tree was not there.

Purple scooters are returning to Brisbane streets after ousted Beam Mobility merged with Neuron Mobility.

Paint it purple: E-scooters from ousted company return to Brisbane

The e-scooters and e-bikes once owned by banned company Beam Mobility are returning to Brisbane streets, but not as you might expect.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
A rendering of the glass facade out the front of QPAC’s new theatre.

Brisbane’s new theatre name revealed following public poll

The state government has given a first look into the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s new $184 million theatre, christening the space with a performance and a name.  

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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