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The Adelaide Street tunnel under construction.

Disruptions, detours for city buses over 10 weekends in next Metro build

Overlapping with an overhaul of 150 Brisbane bus routes, final tests to greenlight the new Adelaide Street Metro and busway tunnel will shut CBD tunnels.

  • Felicity Caldwell, Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis

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Brisbane City Council operates over 4,300 permanent, temporary and mobile cameras.

These measures promise improved public safety, but at what cost?

Increased surveillance across Brisbane and expanded police powers are said to keep us safer and reduce violent crimes. Evidence suggests this is not always the case.

  • Courtney Kruk
Graya Developments’ plans for a mixed use development at 63-71 Racecourse Road.

One of Brisbane’s trendiest streets in line for landmark development

A developer plans to build 37 units as part of a mixed-use project on a famous northside strip.

  • Cameron Atfield
Commuters wanting to reach the CBD from this bus stop will be forced to change buses from June 30.

‘Your bus is terminating here’: Commuters ‘blindsided’ by massive public transport shake-up

Brisbane commuters have been shocked to learn they will be forced to change buses midway through their trip – or stripped of their service entirely.

  • William Davis and Marissa Calligeros
The XXXX Brewery at Milton.

Church loses legal battle against XXXX brewery’s development plans

A court has ruled in favour of the beverages giant behind Milton’s XXXX brewery, which was embroiled in a lengthy legal dispute with the Anglican Church over development plans to install more ethanol tanks on its site.

  • Cloe Read
Head petitioner Lucille Hopkins (right) and Shadow Environment Chair councillor Steve Griffiths (left) discuss the development proposal for Beckett Road.

Council urged to acquire koala habitat earmarked for development

The Bridgeman Downs block is set to become 14 residential lots, spread across core koala habitat.

  • Courtney Kruk
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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
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

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