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Brisbane News Live: Software issues delay smart bus ticketing; Football Qld’s Bowen Hills stadium vision
The latest news in and around Brisbane.
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Football Queensland releases Bowen Hills stadium vision
- by Cameron Atfield
Perspective
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
Ranking cities risks papering over their cracks (even if it’s Brisbane’s turn to brag)
City rankings can be good for bragging rights, but it’s not always helpful to look at your neighbours to assess how you’re going at home.
Cameron Atfield
Journalist
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
City Life
Perspective
City life
Ranking cities risks papering over their cracks (even if it’s Brisbane’s turn to brag)
- by Cameron Atfield
Crime & Courts
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Queensland Police
North Queensland bus crash leaves three dead, two fighting for life
Three women have died and two young men are fighting for their lives after a bus crash on the Bruce Highway.
- by AAP and Cameron Atfield
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
Politics
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Exclusive
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