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Tolls set to rise, Brisbane CBD parking now most expensive in Australia
As the Queensland government slashes the cost of public transport, it is becoming more expensive to use a car in Brisbane.
- by Sean Parnell
Perspective
Politicians trying to win votes before an election? You don’t say
Labor hopes 50c transport fares will turn heads and votes, even if it’s been on Steven Miles’ mind since the 1990s. How else should contenders try to woo you?
Matt Dennien
Reporter
Getting bothered by co-workers is another reason for more WFH
Being interrupted at work to perform pointless or unrelated tasks causes stress and can hurt productivity, Queensland research has found.
Felicity Caldwell
Journalist
Small Brisbane venues are struggling. Is it time for a rescue mission?
Less than a week after discovering my new favourite bar, I was surprised to read its desperate plea for help. “Basically, it was do or die.”
Courtney Kruk
City Reporter
Urban Affairs
50-cent fares: Who wins big in plan for cheap public transport tickets
Transport planners say there’s a lot about south-east Queensland’s system that Labor’s “radical” cost-of-living measure will not fix.
- by Tony Moore
This Brisbane CBD lift is so unreliable, it’s been out of service almost half the days in 2024
Frequent outages at the lift – which links to a CityCat terminal and a busy bikeway – are so bad, some people avoid travelling that way.
- by Felicity Caldwell
City Life
Perspective
Night-time economy
Small Brisbane venues are struggling. Is it time for a rescue mission?
- by Courtney Kruk
Crime & Courts
Accused skate park kidnapper walks free on bail
Tauvela Soe, along with two other people, allegedly forced a boy into the back seat of an SUV after a rock was thrown into his windscreen.
- by Bailey Kenzie
Debris ‘flew in air’ from highway crash that killed police officer
A witness has told a court there was “a hell of a lot of debris” after a police officer was struck and killed on the Bruce Highway in Brisbane’s north.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Politics
Perspective
Queensland votes
Politicians trying to win votes before an election? You don’t say
- by Matt Dennien
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
‘Give us 100 days’: LNP doubles down on another Games review
Queensland parliament has passed laws to establish a long-promised independent group to steer progress towards 2032. The LNP still wants to put its own stamp on it.
- by Matt Dennien
‘They’ve listened’: State shift brings Schrinner back to Games group fold
The Brisbane Lord Mayor has walked back his decision of barely five months ago to abandon the 2032 Games leaders’ forum – despite outstanding differences of opinion.
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
Federal budget
Billions of dollars to bolster SEQ, but migration and Olympics loom large
- by Sean Parnell
