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Brisbane News Live: Queen’s Wharf’s great cost; Lone Pine sanctuary bans koala cuddles
The latest news in and around Brisbane.
Perspective
Casinos
Queen’s Wharf will be a winner but no denying many visitors will lose
- by Cameron Atfield
Perspective
Queen’s Wharf will be a winner but no denying many visitors will lose
At a time so many people are already struggling to keep a roof over their heads, this shiny new palace won’t help.
Cameron Atfield
Journalist
Smaller is not necessarily better when it comes to class sizes
Most Brisbane classrooms aren’t ‘overcrowded’ because they don’t break targets, but what is the perfect class size?
Felicity Caldwell
Journalist
No Origin players in NZ for Broncos desperate to save season
Kevin Walters has revealed he will not field any of his State of Origin players as his side seeks to arrest a three-game losing streak in New Zealand.
Nick Wright
Sport reporter
Urban Affairs
Don’t Go, Card: Software problems put brakes on smart ticketing rollout
Passengers might have to wait until mid-2025 to use a credit card, mobile or smartwatch to pay their fare on any of the 1200 Brisbane City Council buses.
- by Tony Moore
Man dies after being struck by bus in South Brisbane
An investigation is under way into the crash and the Lord Mayor has expressed his condolences to the man’s family on Saturday.
- by Tony Moore
Richard is unhappy his rates are rising. How does your suburb fare?
- by Felicity Caldwell and Tony Moore
City Life
Perspective
Casinos
Queen’s Wharf will be a winner but no denying many visitors will lose
- by Cameron Atfield
Crime & Courts
Women avoiding Mt Coot-tha trails after new sighting of attacker
A fourth incident since May 13 where a man has allegedly harassed women on the walking trails around Mt Coot-tha’s bushlands has triggered an increase in police patrols.
- by Tony Moore
‘More disappointed than angry’: Kefu reacts to home invaders’ sentence
Australian rugby great Toutai Kefu has spoken of his frustrations over crime as Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath reviews the sentences given to his attackers.
- by Sean Parnell
Politics
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Football Queensland releases Bowen Hills stadium vision
Football Queensland has unveiled its vision for a dedicated stadium in Brisbane to be built at the sport’s spiritual home at Perry Park.
- by Cameron Atfield
Olympic sports funding package worth weight in gold – and almost half a billion
Australia’s Olympic sports and athletes have received a record-breaking financial boost less than a month out from the Games getting under way in Paris.
- by Chris Barrett
Transport
Health
Opinion
Olympics
The Olympic Games are about so much more than where we put a stadium
- by Robyn Littlewood
‘It’s quite unusual’: The five infections making Queenslanders so sick
- by Marissa Calligeros