Brisbane apartment development to attract first home buyers and other top stories.

• Brisbane apartment development to attract first home buyers

  

  A boutique development in inner-Brisbane will be ripe for young professionals, with prices starting from $389,000. The eight-storey development Oxy in Stones Corner will be launched by R&W Projects this month, and will contain 60 apartments. It’s the latest Brisbane project from builder and developer Lantona. Mr Hana says the renders, including this one, will be an exact likeness of the finished apartments. Photo: Supplied Lantona managing director Andrew Hanna says the project is perfect for p..

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• EVA Air to increase its Brisbane services to Taipei

  

  EVA Air will increase its Brisbane services from October. Photo: Supplied Flights between Brisbane and Taipei are set to increase by 50 per cent, with Taiwanese carrier EVA Air launching additional services in October.The new Tuesday, Friday and Sunday services were expected to attract 22,800 Taiwanese visitors every year, flying out of Taipei's Taoyuan airport.They will be in addition to EVA Air's existing two flights in and out of Brisbane Airport, and Chin..

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• ANZ questions Brisbane Mining Club over Tattersall's Club

  

  One of Australia's biggest banks, a major sponsor of the Brisbane Mining Club, will question the organisation over its use of the gender divisive Tattersall's Club in the future, following the Premier's edict to her ministers to shun events held at the men's club.ANZ, which has made achieving a gender balance within its own organisation an imperative, is a major sponsor of the Brisbane Mining Club, which aims to provide regular lunchtime forums as "an informal venue for networking". Brisba..

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• Brisbane-developed laser technology to help detect skin cancer

  

  Laser technology that can identify unhealthy skin cells is being developed in Brisbane to improve the early detection rates for skin cancer.Dr Yah Leng Lim, of the UQ School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, has developed a prototype for a laser-based imaging technology that can detect unhealthy skin cells to help with skin cancer diagnosis. The laser technology would improve early detection rates for skin cancer. Photo: Edwina Pickles Queensland has one of the highes..

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• Brisbane Uber and taxi review: Go Card plan questioned

  

  Using the aging Go Card system to power an innovative plan to link taxis with buses, trains and ferries would be impossible, a prominent public transport advocate warns.But Rail Back on Track spokesman Robert Dow more broadly welcomed the idea stemming from a review into taxis and ride-sharing, saying it could be possible with an upcoming next-generation payment system. What are the Uber options? From banning Uber to giving them virtual free rein, here are the four options being cons..

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• FFA statement on Brisbane Roar

  

  Football Federation Australia have today released the following statement in regards to the Bakrie Group's management of Brisbane Roar FC. “Football Federation Australia (FFA) has received correspondence from the Bakrie Group in relation to the financial and management position of the Brisbane Roar FC. “The Bakrie Group has provided written undertakings on the timing and quantum of current funding of the club and the longer-term recapitalisation. “The Bakrie Group has advised FFA that..

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