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The brick unit is one of eight, a short walk from Coorparoo’s cafe strip.

Sydney buyer nabs brick unit in Coorparoo for $800k in ‘aggressive’ auction

“We really targeted first-home buyers with this one. I posted a little rhyme on Instagram that said ‘Are you thirsty for a firsty?’ and it just took off,” said the real estate agent behind the sale.

  • Sarah Webb

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Dendy Coorparoo cinemas in May, 2025. The cinema is closed for “unscheduled maintenance”.

Dendy Coorparoo extended closure leaves movie fans frustrated

Four months since the cinema closed for “maintenance”, some Coorparoo locals have given up on the venue reopening.

  • Nick Dent
The Stretton home was described as “one of those big lifestyle homes with big bedrooms and the whole package”.

‘The whole package’: Family shells out for luxury home with waterslide, cricket pitch and cinema

A family from two suburbs away secured the keys to the seven-bedroom, five-bathroom home, narrowly outpacing an underbidder who lived just one street over.

  • Sarah Webb
“It does need a lot of work. There’s termite damage everywhere you look,” the selling agent said.

Pre-war cottage snapped up for just over a million in three-minute auction

“There’s termite damage everywhere you look, and because it’s pre-war you can’t knock it down. If it wasn’t, we would have had 100 people through it.”

  • Sarah Webb
Toutai Kefu and wife Rachel in their Brisbane home.

Teens charged over attack at Wallaby legend’s home to be sentenced

At a brief review of the case, the court heard Justice Peter Davis would order a separation report, which would detail how a juvenile offender was held in detention and under what conditions. 

  • Cloe Read
Police at Toutai Kefu’s Coorparoo home on Monday morning.

Police hose down claims ex-Wallaby’s suburb was ‘unprotected’ during burglary

While there were “issues with sick leave” on the night Wallaby legend Toutai Kefu and family were allegedly stabbed, police chief says the Coorparoo district was far from unmanned.

  • Toby Crockford
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The scene at the Coorparoo home of former Wallaby Toutai Kefu after the violent break-in early Monday morning, with inset image of Kefu playing at the 1999 Rugby World Cup.

Teen charged with attempted murder after ex-Wallaby Toutai Kefu stabbed

Kefu, who played 60 games for the Wallabies, and three family members were slashed and stabbed in their home on Monday morning.

  • Toby Crockford and Cloe Read
A man has been charged with attempted murder and arson after a house in Brisbane was lit.

Man charged over Coorparoo house fire collapses after speaking with lawyer

The man charged with the attempted murder of a Brisbane family and arson collapsed on Monday moments after speaking with his lawyer.

  • Jocelyn Garcia
A woman and two children have been taken to hospital after fire destroyed a house in Coorparoo in Brisbane's south overnight, forcing the evacuation of neighbouring homes.

Man charged with four attempted murders after fire destroyed family's home

A 39-year-old man has been charged with four counts of attempted murder and one count of arson after a fire in Brisbane's south that left a family in hospital.

A woman and two children have been taken to hospital after fire destroyed a house in Coorparoo in Brisbane's south overnight, forcing the evacuation of neighbouring homes.

Woman, two children in hospital after fire destroys Brisbane home

Emergency services were called to the Coorparoo address about 3am after reports of the blaze, which left a woman in her 30s with 'severe burns' to her legs.

  • Matt Dennien

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