South Brisbane’s urban forest project gets a growth spurt
Seizing on new planning rules, developers have made another bid for a 30-storey tower in South Brisbane, hoping to add 321 units - and more than 27,000 plants.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Latest
The Lussh venue had no fire insurance, blaze was the third in months: owner
The owner of the Woolloongabba wedding venue has revealed she had no fire insurance before a massive inferno destroyed the heritage-listed building.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Qld Labor to fund almost 500 affordable homes in Greater Brisbane
If re-elected next month, Labor will build 483 homes in “key growth suburbs” where the local councils say state spending is the lowest.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Wedding industry rallies around The Lussh after inferno collapses roof
The heritage-listed hall was so badly damaged investigators may never determine the cause of the fire. And, for now, there are nuptials to reorganise.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Updated
Fire
Man seriously injured, The Lussh wedding venue destroyed in Woolloongabba inferno
One person is unaccounted for after a fire spread through multiple buildings in Woolloongabba, including a heritage-listed building booked out for weddings.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt, Marissa Calligeros and William Davis
Labor ushers in taxpayer-funded rebates for electric scooters, bikes
From Monday, the Miles government will subsidise the purchase of e-scooters and e-bikes across Queensland in a bid to reduce carbon emissions.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Cross River Rail welcomes first train in landmark trip
The first train has travelled through Cross River Rail’s underground tunnels – and it was no speedy feat.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Melbourne teens found near Brisbane, asleep in stolen luxury cars
The teens were found with two stolen cars, 10 sets of keys and almost 2000km from home, as eastern-state police forces work to unravel the crime spree.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis
‘We really feel the pinch’: Staff shortages biting for Brisbane’s local dining scene
As Queen’s Wharf rises and other restaurants shut their doors, the River City’s dining scene has a laundry list of pressures, topped off with national staffing shortages.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Two crashes in an hour, as car falls off back of truck, and five others pile-up
Two crashes in Brisbane’s northern suburbs brought traffic to a standstill on Friday morning, with one crash involving a car falling from the back of a truck.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
‘No one wants vapes for our kids’: Qld passes nation’s toughest anti-vaping laws
“We know these vapes are being marketed at children, with flavours like fairy floss and bubblegum, and they’re hiding dangerous poisons,” the health minister says.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/by/catherine-strohfeldt-p537k7