Ruth McCosker is an urban affairs reporter at the Brisbane Times, with a special interest in Brisbane City Council
The rent for a South Brisbane building has been paid for two years to make the space available for Brisbane's creatives including artists, musicians, actor, designers and dancers.
An investigation into the contamination of land and water around a defence force site at Oakey has escalated with a class action lawsuit filed against the Department of Defence.
A business park developer has proposed to demolish a row of inner-city warehouses and retail showrooms and bring a new cinema, supermarket, childcare centre and gym along with three commercial towers to the area.
Large development sites in Fortitude Valley are standing empty as developers who planned high-rise apartments buildings on the sites pursue other options.
Over the past 30 years Brisbane's once high-end retail precinct of Fortitude Valley has declined into a derelict site of empty shops within crumbling buildings.
Brisbane residents could soon be able to strap on a virtual reality kit and put a stop a zombie apocalypse or investigate a secret military space station.
Fortitude Valley will be home to about 5000 workers if a proposed 26-storey commercial tower receives the green light.
Over the past 30 years West End resident Tim Mather has seen his street change from a quiet place where his kids could play cricket to being dangerous and lined with cars parked bumper to bumper.
Security has been enhanced in Brisbane CBD with concrete security bollards installed at entry ways to the Queen Street Mall.
OzHarvest founder Ronni Kahn has called out big players in the food industry as "lying" to avoid helping put food on the table of those in need.
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