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Crowds at this year’s Splendour in the Grass.
Perspective
Live music

The silver lining to Splendour’s demise

While sad, the demise of Splendour in the Grass does have an upside, especially for … ahem … more mature music fans in Brisbane.

  • by Cameron Atfield

Perspective

The silver lining to Splendour’s demise

While sad, the demise of Splendour in the Grass does have an upside, especially for … ahem … more mature music fans in Brisbane.

Cameron Atfield
Cameron Atfield

Journalist

Political gags and last-ditch cash splashes: Qld election season begins

April 1 might be a day to take everything with a grain of salt, but in a state election year, it’s also the last chance for a campaign spending free-for-all (no joke).

Matt Dennien
Matt Dennien

Reporter

Water-cooler chat or work-life balance? What matters to young workers

Younger generations entering the workforce increasingly want flexible work arrangements. But they might not know what they’re missing.

Courtney Kruk
Courtney Kruk

City Reporter

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Urban Affairs

Three residential towers, with 1001 apartments, have been proposed for Newstead in a new Italian-themed development.

Why the view from Hamilton will factor into Newstead towers decision

A company wanting to build a 1001-unit complex in Newstead has to argue for height exemptions and explain whether it will obscure the city views from Hamilton.

  • by Sean Parnell
The Breakfast Creek Hotel could soon have an overbearing neighbour.

A heritage pub, a height limit and housing: Blue looms over Breakfast Creek

The Brisbane pub’s owners say an 18-storey apartment block being considered for a neighbouring site could put the historic watering hole’s future at risk.

  • by Matt Dennien

Crime & Courts

The woman was killed by the alleged drug driver on Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday crash: Woman killed by allegedly unlicensed, speeding, drug driver

A 39-year-old Queensland woman was killed on Easter Sunday when her car was hit by an allegedly unlicensed drug driver behind the wheel of a stolen car.

  • by Fraser Barton
Ambulance ramping is getting worse in Queensland, according to the AMA.

NSW man charged over alleged stabbing in Fortitude Valley overnight

A 21-year-old has been charged after a 22-year-old man suffered significant abdominal wounds during an alleged stabbing in Brisbane overnight.

  • by Courtney Kruk

Politics

Brisbane 2032 Olympics

The proposed Sunshine Coast Stadium upgrade and the new arena at Kawana.

First $500 million of Olympic venue spending to go to tender within weeks

Infrastructure Minister Grace Grace also launched a fresh Good Friday defence of Steven Miles’ controversial QSAC call.

  • by Cameron Atfield
The Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre at Nathan.

‘The next election belongs to the future’: LNP Olympic review looms over IOC

The prospect of an incoming LNP state government starting Games venues planning from scratch has loomed over the International Olympic Committee co-ordination commission’s second meeting for Brisbane 2032 in Switzerland overnight.

  • by Cameron Atfield

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