Colourful Greens councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan set to stand down. After seven years Brisbane’s first Greens councillor says he will take a break for several months before deciding what to do next; politics, music or civil disobedience. #greens #mayor brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

Calls for affordable housing targets to be extended to private sector. Queensland explores housing supply concept used more broadly in other states as rental and affordable housing issue deepens. #housing #rent #palaszczuk #inclusion #queensland brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

Thelma Plum’s song of the year is in the front seat of our minds. Here are some of Queensland’s best songs and videos from 2022, plus a well-deserved recognition to drummer Lindy Morrison, for her ongoing career in music. #queenslandmusicawards #songs brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

Across the CBD in 77 seconds: Brisbane fast-tracks underground network. Brisbane’s Cross River Rail will cost more than $5.4 billion but it will mean a 77 second trip from Roma Street to Albert Street and 2 minutes to the Gabba. #markbailey #premier #rail brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

New York, Melbourne’s Fed Square inspire Brisbane arena model for cutting train noise #crossriverrail #markbaileyMP #melbourne #federationsquare brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

RACQ identifies missing link in Brisbane’s road network. Planners cancelled a western bypass road in 2008. Fifteen years the RACQ says it’s now badly needed. A northbound tunnel is needed from the end of the Centenary Motorway. #racq #markbailey #premier brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

RACQ identifies missing link in Brisbane’s road network. The RACQ calls out planners who have neglected the city’s need for a western bypass link; announced in 2007 and scrapped in 2008 brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

$1.2 billion complex planned for Gabba in major pre-Olympic investment. brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

School axed for Gabba upgrade wants new building in prime spot. The government investigated building a school over the Cross River Rail site at the Gabba for East Brisbane State School, but the timing was awkward. The school’s P and C wants a new look. brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

Meet Roxy, the homeless ‘nonna’ of Brisbane’s fastest-growing community. Homeless people are dying on Brisbane streets, while an emergency accommodation centre at Pinkenba sits largely unused because of poor planning. Why? #micah #leeanneenoch #premier brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

COVID rules crushed flu but Queensland will have its first real season in years in 2021 brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

The billion-dollar Brisbane bridge with no one yet to fund it . Preliminary options for bridges beside Indooroopilly’s heritage-listed Walter Taylor Bridge have been released. #lordmayor #adrianschrinner #markbailey #queenslandrail #seqcitydeal brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queen…

MP, advocates call for ‘Tennyson line’ to reopen instead of new bridge. The Tennyson freight rail line through Corinda, Sherwood, Graceville, Tennyson to Yeerongpilly should be returned as a passenger line instead of spending $1 billion on car bridges. brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

Lord mayor joins chorus of calls for Tennyson rail line to be reopened. #planning #railbackontrack #queenslandrail #brisbane brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

UQ bus ban puts ‘giant handbrake’ on city’s public transport, experts say. There are new calls to the University of Queensland to remove the ban on buses travelling through through the campus to improve Brisbane’s public transport. #buses #markbaileyMP brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

UQ’s cross-campus bus ban at odds with its master plan. The University of Queensland will not answer criticism it is “a gigantic handbrake” to Brisbane’s public transport efficiency by refusing to allow buses to travel through the campus. #markbaileyMP brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

Defence eyes Californian art centre idea for city’s Victoria Barracks. Brisbane’s century-old Victoria Barracks on Petrie Terrace should become an arts centre like the Brisbane Powerhouse, according to secret Defence documents. #stevenmiles #tourism #arts brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

New walkway to link Story Bridge to city heart #brisbane #storybridge #2032Games #lordmayor brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

Second Brisbane school could be shunted to accommodate Gabba upgrade. #education #gabba #gracegraceMP #olympics brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…

Suncorp Stadium designer reflects on 20 years. brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queen…