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Brisbane News Live: New Brisbane Airport noise study urged; Maroons lose inaugural women’s Origin match
The latest news in and around Brisbane.
Perspective
Did Brisbane need this five-star hotel?
The manager says a hotel at this level of luxury not only attracts new ventures to a precinct, but encourages neighbours to step up. Can it do for Spring Hill what The Calile did in the Valley?
Courtney Kruk
City Reporter
Billions of dollars to bolster SEQ, but migration and Olympics loom large
The Albanese government underestimated how many Australians would move to Qld and will now face criticism that it has short-changed the state.
Sean Parnell
Editor
Those boots ain’t made for skolling
The shoey has become as much of an Australian cultural export as Bluey, but that’s no source of national pride.
Cameron Atfield
Journalist
Urban Affairs
Council officer breaks ranks to call for Brisbane Airport noise study
A Brisbane City Council officer who deals with noise complaints and pollution has made his own submission to a Senate inquiry, calling for planning changes.
- by Sean Parnell
Premier backs apartment parking plan – but cyclists warn CBD a ‘danger zone’
“If you could choose to get an apartment for 100-grand less, not have to have a car ... why would we not let you have that choice?”
- by Tony Moore and Matt Dennien
City Life
Perspective
City life
‘This doesn’t make sense. How much shopping can you really carry on a bicycle?’
- by Felicity Caldwell
Crime & Courts
‘Wicked weapon’ used in rugby star’s home invasion
Instead of fleeing the home they broke into, two boys slashed at a Wallabies star before cutting his wife to the bone with a sickle, a court has heard.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Wallabies star’s wife plagued by home invasion memories
Rachel Kefu is plagued by vivid images of her Wallabies star husband and her son bleeding after teenagers armed with a cane-cutting sickle broke into their home.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Perspective
Domestic violence
Man versus bear: Men need to stop being angry at the question and listen to the answer
- by Courtney Kruk
Politics
Perspective
Government
Queensland’s Aldi version of a supermarket pricing probe takes full flight
- by Matt Dennien
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Perspective
Federal budget
Billions of dollars to bolster SEQ, but migration and Olympics loom large
The Albanese government underestimated how many Australians would move to Qld and will now face criticism that it has short-changed the state.
- by Sean Parnell
Sunshine Coast rail link to get $1.15 billion budget boost
The extra funding, to be announced in Tuesday’s budget, will take the federal contribution to $2.75 billion – just a fraction of the $12 billion to complete the planned line.
- by Cameron Atfield
Transport
Perspective
Federal budget
Billions of dollars to bolster SEQ, but migration and Olympics loom large
- by Sean Parnell
