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‘I was within millimetres of being hit’: The Qld road rule you didn’t know you’d been breaking

It’s one of the most hazardous areas for pedestrians, but many drivers are completely unaware they have to give way.

The Cubbies: the junkyard that became home to children’s dreams

An empty block in Fitzroy became a place of adventure for the children of the tower blocks. Scrounging cast-offs, they built their dreams: cubby houses.

Tony Wright
Tony Wright

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‘Created a movement’: Old-school idea helps avoid car drop-off lines

Meet the kids who wake up early before their parents, get dressed and make themselves breakfast because they’re excited to travel to school. The secret? It’s free and totally joyful.

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Urban Affairs

New bike and pedestrian path to be built into Victoria Park as part of the $120 million funding package announced in August 2024.

Adventure playground, bridge in $120 million package for Victoria Park

Here are the first new projects planned for Brisbane’s Victoria Park as it is transformed from a golf course.

  • by Tony Moore
An artist’s impression of the new copper awning proposed for heritage-listed Toonarbin in Brisbane’s West End.

Copper topper showstopper? The plan for one of Brisbane’s oldest homes

It was home to Captain Henry O’Reilly in the 1860s, then became a convent. Now, Toonarbin is set for a modern makeover featuring a new entrance and balconies.

  • by Sean Parnell

Crime & Courts

Police’s Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the death of man after he was struck by a bus on Friday night.

Man taken to hospital after being shot by police west of Brisbane

Police have shot a man at a home in Toowoomba, in south-east Queensland’s Darling Downs region.

  • by Serena Seyfort
Alan Dare, who lived close to the Train property in Wieambilla, pictured with his wife Kerry.
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Inquest

Emergency operator who took call during shooting saw another alert. Here’s why she didn’t check it immediately

A triple-zero call taker took two minutes to follow advice to tell Kerry Dare to get her husband back home during the Wieambilla shooting.

  • by Cloe Read

Politics

Brisbane 2032 Olympics

The idea of spending $450 million on a new busway at the Gabba is being questioned.

Questions over $450 million Gabba Metro busway project

With the Gabba no longer set to be rebuilt as Brisbane’s Olympic stadium, the suburb may lose one of its promised transport upgrades to somewhere else.

  • by Tony Moore
Aerial view of the proposed Moreton Bay Indoor Sports Centre.

Another Brisbane 2032 venue set to go out for tender

Another 2032 Games venue has made it through the project validation phase, clearing the way for work to begin on the $205m Moreton Bay Indoor Sports Centre.

  • by Cameron Atfield

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