Category: Latest Articles

Village Voice brings you the latest news so you can stay up to date about the things that matter to locals. Our featured articles give you a snapshot of what you’ll find in our paper and showcase the most talked-about topics of the month.

Arts and Culture

Find your fit and match their freak at Brisbane Festival

The hot pink Brisbane Festival banners are up around our city once more, heralding the arrival of this year’s program – much like the banners,

Clem Jones’ legacy at forefront of Strikers’ minds

The Brisbane Strikers Football Club, based at Bowen Hills’ Perry Park, say that any future development of the grounds should be in line with Clem

Business

Big mac causes big angst in Hendra

A 24-hour McDonald’s backing onto residential properties has been proposed for 330 Nudgee Rd in Hendra, just a block away from a primary school. Pre-lodgement

Arts and Culture

Athenian romance to play out in New Farm Park

None other than “bard core”, Renaissance-style pop music with lutes and flutes, in five-part harmony, will be filling the air in New Farm Park for

Business

“Seamless” development proposal draws concerns

A development proposal directly adjacent to the Breakfast Creek Hotel has raised considerable community concern during its public submission period. DRJ Investment Pty Ltd’s proposal

Arts and Culture

“Black, greasy, fibrous film”: Portside locals on air quality

Residents at Gallery House Apartments in Hamilton are worried about what they could be breathing in, as they deal with a quickly-accumulating, dark residue on

McConnel – “Its charm is its diversity”

I’m a rare MP who has lived in their electorate all my life, growing up in Spring Hill and then New Farm/ Fortitude Valley and

Business

From Council to State as LNP’s McConnel candidate

A Brisbane City Council employee has been endorsed by the LNP for the seat of McConnel ahead of the October State Election. Christien Duffey’s (pictured)

Pooch festival Village Voice Paw-ty in the Park returns

Last year’s successful Newstead dog festival, Village Voice Paw-ty in the Park, will return for its second year to celebrate International Dogs’ Day. The event

Business

Controversial Skyring Terrace proposal approved

Approval has been granted for the construction of five towers on the Skyring Terrace riverfront site previously occupied by Riverside Marine adjacent to the woolstores