Development
Valley plan, con jobs, and housing cynicism
Mike O’Connor has asked why Brisbane City Council requested community feedback on one of the most significant changes to Fortitude Valley in 15 years over the holiday season.
Category: Politics
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General Articles
Council rakes in parking fines with new cameras
Mike O’Connor muses on a council parking fine crackdown, a flight noise trial at Brisbane Airport, and the overdone concept of Olympic “legacy”.
Arts and Culture
Fight for future of historic 150-year-old park
As the grand old dame Victoria Park / Barrambin marks 150 years since its establishment artists, families and activists gathered to celebrate.
Arts and Culture
Five decades of renegade radio at 4ZZZ
It is impossible to tell the story of how Brisbane music and politics are intertwined without community radio station 4ZZZ, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
Development
The city’s lungs just went private
The government recently revoked Victoria Park’s historic Deeds of Grant in Trust (DoGiT), converting the entire the park to freehold land.
General Articles
Why does Brisbane’s flight path have its own suicide hotline?
Did you know that Airservices Australia operates a dedicated mental health and suicide counselling hotline specifically for residents affected by aircraft noise?
Development
Fortitude Valley’s identity crisis
Fortitude Valley Residents Group says the disconnect between bureaucratic “sustainable growth” and the lived reality of Brunswick Street is reaching a breaking point.
Development
“Time for Plan B”: protesters fight against Victoria Park stadium
Protesters against the planned stadia for Victoria Park are calling for a “Plan B” for the Olympics.
Education
Our voices: Nudgee’s young people plunge into politics
Many young people are frustrated with the government on various issues including youth representation, but the Nudgee Youth Advisory Council is one avenue for local youth to be heard
Arts and Culture
Review: Queensland miracle retold on stage
Belloo Creative’s new production Back to Bilo retells the household story of a Tamil family’s battle to stay in a regional Queensland town.