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Premier promises to cap petrol price hikes, and take over Brisbane buses
Premier Steven Miles will formally unveil two major transport policies on Tuesday, less than three months out from the state election.
- by Tim Arvier
Crocodile shot dead after NSW man taken during fishing trip
- by Jessica McSweeney, Nick Newling and Riley Walter
Perspective
‘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.
Felicity Caldwell
Journalist
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
Associate editor and special writer
‘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.
Felicity Caldwell
Journalist
Urban Affairs
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
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
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Public Transport
Another Brisbane bus driver to face court over death of pedestrian
- by Sean Parnell
City Life
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City life
‘I was within millimetres of being hit’: The Qld road rule you didn’t know you’d been breaking
- by Felicity Caldwell
Crime & Courts
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
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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
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Queensland votes
Premier promises to cap petrol price hikes, and take over Brisbane buses
- by Tim Arvier
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
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
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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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
With Coates clause, Olympic supremos build influence on Brisbane 2032
- by Chris Barrett
Transport
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Queensland votes
Premier promises to cap petrol price hikes, and take over Brisbane buses
- by Tim Arvier
Perspective
City life
‘I was within millimetres of being hit’: The Qld road rule you didn’t know you’d been breaking
- by Felicity Caldwell
Health
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Queensland Health
‘Quite appalling’: State failed nurse whose daughter died in hospital
- by Sean Parnell