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• Les Miserables returns to Brisbane - 9news

  

  Dreams will come true for two Queensland actresses as they star in Les Miserables, where their careers first began.Lead performers Patrice Tipoki, 31, and Emily Langridge, 25, will fulfil childhood ambitions when they take to the Brisbane stage for opening night at Queensland Performing Arts Centre on Friday."Coming back to Brisbane where it all started for me is pretty amazing. I have to pinch myself," Tipoki told AAP. "Especially that I get to sing `I Dreamed a Dream' because I dreame..

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• East Brisbane building evacuated after fire

  

  East Brisbane building evacuated after fireFire crews battled a blaze at East Brisbane.Photo: 9NewsTwo businesses in a commercial precinct at East Brisbane were evacuated this afternoon when fire broke out.The blaze sent clouds of black smoke billowing from the two-storey commercial building and across the city.A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said the cause of the blaze, reported at 4.22pm and attended by 13 units, was still being investigated.A Queensland Ambulance spokesman ..

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• Brisbane Christmas program: What is happening in South Bank and the city

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Christmas countdown begins in BrisbaneSouth Bank and the Brisbane CBD will feature 400 free events this festive season, starting with the lighting of the Christmas tree on November 27.PT1M33S620349Brisbane is about to come alive with camels, Christmas carols and larger-than-life decorations for the city's annual Christmas program, The Wonder of Christmas.The festive program will officially kick off on Friday, November 27, with the lighting of a towering Christmas tree..

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• Punk rock wedding: Brisbane couple tie the knot at The Fest

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Festival couple get married on stageTwo Brisbane punk rock music fans become the first couple to tie the knot on stage at the Fest 14 music festival in Florida.PT1M31S620349A Brisbane couple ditched the suit and gown for tuxedo T-shirts and a purple plaid dress in a unique wedding during a punk rock festival in America.It was during The Bennies' set at the Crowbar in Fortitude Valley in March that Troy Schoenfisch, 33, first thought about proposing to his 33-year-old ..

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• Investors face pain in Brisbane, Melbourne as rental yields march lower | afr

  

  The sky is darkening: Investors in Brisbane and Perth face the prospect of falling rental prices, CoreLogic RP Data says.Michelle SmithProperty investors in Melbourne and Brisbane may join their counterparts in Perth and Darwin in cutting asking rents as housing supply grows and population growth slows, CoreLogic RP Data says.While only the WA and NT capitals recorded year-on-year falls in rents in the 12 months to October, Melbourne rents have flatlined and in Brisbane they fell on both monthly..

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• Brisbane's Spring Hill Reservoir transformed for underground opera - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Brisbane's Spring Hill Reservoir transformed for underground operaUpdatedNovember 12, 2015 15:19:12 A historic water reservoir in Brisbane has been transformed into the unlikely venue for a season of opera performances.The heritage-listed Spring Hill Reservoir had been dormant and unused for decades before Opera Underground cleaned it up ready for the concerts.Every millilitre of water has been drained from the 140-year-old structure and it will now be filled with song.Producers describe it ..

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  THE world has discovered Brisbane. Brisbane is now a “New World City” according to a report by global real estate giant JLL in conjunction with The Business of ...

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• A Brisbane ‘hoarder house’ gets a remarkable transformation

  

  A neglected Brisbane home labelled ‘the hoarder house’ has been remarkably transformed into a modern-day Queenslander in less than seven months.The Paddington home was purchased for $858,000 – the rubbish inside inclusive.Gray Construction Builders and Brothers Rob and Andrew Gray set out to revive the property, saying they never once doubted its potential.Rob Gray said a “before and after” image was set firmly in his mind from the beginning.“I have worked on a few places similar in the past – a..

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• PREMIERE: Brisbane-Via-Toronto MC ALI the GREAT Drops Visuals for 'Trophy' • Howl & Echoes

  

  The slow but steady rise in the local Brisbane scene is one that has us almost clapping for joy. Focusing on intelligent lyrics, unique beats and a fostering of a “family” scene means that local artists are encouraged to be different. By pushing themselves and each other, changes are starting to appear in the local hip-hop world, and artists are starting to really establish themselves.One group in particular has well and truly grabbed our attention, and they go by the name ofAstro Traveller..

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• Allens lawyers still have Brisbane riverfront views, for now | afr

  

  Cbus Property's proposed residential development on Queen Street BrisbaneFloodSlicerLaw firm Allens is battling Cbus Property over a proposed $375 million apartment tower that the developer wants to build in front of the lawyers' exclusive new office digs, cutting out views of the Brisbane River.Allens, which advises on some of the most high-profile business transactions in Australia, including Qube's $9 billion takeover bid for Asciano, is set to relocate its Brisbane head office early next yea..

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