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Concerned locals have gathered behind fences erected around Kurilpa Commons, a neighbourhood farm, on Friday morning to protect the site from being demolished.

Community, chemicals and conspiracies converge at Kurilpa Commons

Locals have rallied to protect a riverfront community garden, unexpectedly fenced off by authorities as developers move in next door.

  • Courtney Kruk and Sean Parnell

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The Toombul Shopping Centre before it was demolished by Mirvac.

‘Bring life back’: Apartments, shops set to feature in new Toombul plan

The old shopping centre has finally been demolished, and the owner of the site will seek to mitigate the flood risk in a new development plan.

  • Sean Parnell
An artist’s impression of how Woolloongabba Rotary Park might look under the changes.

Brisbane’s next big creek and parkland project is short on funds

Brisbane City Council will ask the state and federal governments to help deliver its newly finalised plan for a lifestyle precinct in the inner south-east.

  • Sean Parnell
The 15-storey hotel would include 92 suites.

Council, developer taken to court over plans for a new Brisbane hotel

The owners of the Soho Brisbane are taking legal action over plans for a 15-storey hotel that would overlook their establishment, Roma Street Parkland and the CBD.

  • Sean Parnell
Country Road is set to open its flagship Brisbane store in the heritage-listed Bank of New South Wales building later this year.

Country Road finds new heritage-listed home in Queen Street Mall

The revival of the top end of the mall continues, with a new flagship store joining open-air markets.

  • Cameron Atfield
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Brisbane Metro is changing the city bus network. Here’s what you need to know

As the Brisbane Metro rolls out permanently, it is joined by a refreshed bus network, with many city routes shifted above ground to street-level stops.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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Invasion Day protesters march from Queens Gardens to Musgrave Park while 500 citizens receive citizenship ceremony at City Hall

A city of two tales: New citizens welcomed while Invasion Day protesters rally

As the lord mayor welcomed 500 new citizens at a Brisbane City Hall ceremony, hundreds gathered nearby to protest against Australia Day.

  • Courtney Kruk
The morning after… New Farm’s Officers Mess on Saturday morning.

Storm whips through inner-city, damaging historic venue

A popular Brisbane venue damaged by a freak localised storm on Friday night will likely remain closed for months, its manager says.

  • Cameron Atfield
Dexus has applied to amend the plans for its Waterfront Brisbane development.

Brisbane Waterfront redesign to ‘add variety’ through new shapes, lines

The domes of Eagle Street Pier have been demolished, and now the plan for Waterfront Brisbane is changing to feature oval windows under a jagged roofline.

  • Sean Parnell
The Brisbane City Council issued 187 food safety violation fines, and prosecuted 47 businesses across the 2023-24 financial year.

Food-safety violations land 47 Brisbane venues in court

Rats, filth and hand basins without clean water were just some of the reasons hospitality venues were slugged more than $920,000 in penalties last year.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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