Perspective
- Perspective
- Infrastructure
The Story Bridge should serve as a warning – and an opportunity
The Story Bridge’s woes serve as a stark warning to another ageing river crossing a couple of kilometres upstream, and could be a catalyst for a city-changing tunnel.
- Cameron Atfield
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- Perspective
- Pill Testing
Advocates warned people would die. Now we know someone has
An independent evaluation of Queensland’s now-closed pill-testing services was completed last week. There are many reasons why the LNP should make it public.
- Courtney Kruk
- Perspective
- Reviews
It takes guts to give honest reviews. But the food was expensive and made us sick
When I recently found myself questioning a 4.8-star rating, I realised my compulsion to be guided by the opinion of others had gotten out of hand.
- Courtney Kruk
- Perspective
- Brisbane 2032 Olympics
The world is coming to Brisbane, and we’re all going to be ambassadors
For all the talk about stadiums, public transport upgrades and urban planning, there’s been scant mention of the most important Olympic preparation of all. Our own.
- Cameron Atfield
- Perspective
- Property development
$800 a week for that? The battle for better apartment design
Australian cities are building up. But are developers designing spaces that people actually want to live in?
- Courtney Kruk
- Perspective
- City life
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
- Perspective
- City council
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
- Perspective
- Immigration
As Dutton conceded election defeat, my thoughts were with Ricardo
The cruel practice of deporting people to countries to which they have no connection must end. Dutton’s departure might just bring that a little closer to reality.
- Cameron Atfield
- Perspective
- Domestic violence
Boys from four schools were asked to submit questions too awkward to ask
Brisbane schoolboys were asked to submit the questions they wanted answered. The result: a new app that gives them advice on relationships, respect, sex and consent.
- Courtney Kruk
- Perspective
- City life
Brisbane just outranked Paris on this list. Have the rules been rigged in our favour?
In the past two years, our humble city has scored a place on several global destination lists. But has our latest inclusion exposed an undercurrent of hyperbole?
- Courtney Kruk
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