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Brisbane City Council withdraws support for 'Giant Wall of Fortitude Valley'

A Brisbane City Council spokesman said the council would not discuss its decision to initially approve the wall until the court case was complete. The council has never confirmed whether its planning officers actually visited the site before approving ... >> view original

Brisbane City Council approves the development of the city's largest student ...

The Brisbane City Council has approved the first stage of Singapore-listed Wee Hur Holdings redevelopment of the 1.9ha site on Logan Rd in Buranda, on Brisbane's southside. Stage one of the Woods Bagot designed development features 1608 student ... >> view original

Brisbane to complete 24 bikeway projects by end of 2015

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk hopes so, with 100 bike infrastructure projects completed across Brisbane so far and another 24 expected to be finalised by the end of the year under the Better Bikeways 4 Brisbane project. The $120 million four year investment, ... >> view original

Classical music, free wi-fi proposed for Brisbane taxi queues as part of anti ...

Anti-violence campaigners are hoping the Brisbane City Council will restructure taxi ranks around entertainment precincts. Let It Go Foundation director Simon Turner has been studying where late night violence occurs and will be taking his findings to ... >> view original

New Brisbane Bullets coach Andrej Lemanis aims to create basketball pride and ...

The new Brisbane Bullets coach is bringing a love of basketball back to the sunshine state. Andrej Lemanis has been named as coach for the returning Brisbane Bullets team for the 2016/2017 season. He hopes the capital city's return to the NBL will ... >> view original

Queens Wharf: Brisbane 'gets nothing' from casino precinct, say architects

Brisbane "gets nothing" from the Queen's Wharf casino project in its current incarnation, Queensland architects have argued, adding there are deep worries "for the future of the city". The Queen's Wharf development, which will cover about six blocks ... >> view original

NRL Chief Dave Smith quits

Many would accuse White of having vested interest, given his club's control of the lucrative Brisbane market, but he said he was talking simple economics as he tackled a variety of issues during an honest and occasionally stinging appraisal on the lay ... >> view original

Emerging author wins prestigious writer's award in Brisbane

ASPIRING Woombye author Liz Kasmer has taken out a prestigious prize at the Queensland Literary Awards in Brisbane. Liz was fortunate enough to receive a $10,000 grant which will go towards publishing her story Aurora, after winning the Emerging ... >> view original

Brisbane protest in support of rape victim

Protesters are set to converge on Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's Brisbane office in support of a Somali woman who claims she was raped on Nauru. The 23-year-old refugee, known as Abyan, was flown to Australia last week for an abortion but returned ... >> view original

Seth Rogen blasts Brisbane radio hosts

UPDATE: So Seth Rogen isn't as sensitive as a couple of Brisbane radio hosts originally thought. The movie star tweeted the HIT 105 breakfast show this morning to say that he was “just fu*king around with you guys. No worries. I'm fair game”. The tweet ... >> view original