We can reduce the rent in Brisbane, but not by banning Airbnb (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
Archive/non-paywall link.
Ray White Brisbane's 'No. 1' real estate agent mocks renters as 'nobodies' and boasts she pays 'twice their wages in tax': 'They are envious of me' (web.archive.org)
‘They are a disgrace and irrelevant,’ she wrote....
Brisbane or Sydney?
Which city in Australia is the world's biggest Indo Hong Kong refugee camp?
The Myer Centre has a new name [Uptown] – but does it have a vision to match? (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
Archive/non-paywall link.
Dingos on K'gari
Obviously a lot of media about the dingos lately....
Explosion Murrumba Downs
It is being reported on social media that a large explosion was heard and felt in surrounding suburbs such as Strathpine, Griffin, Kallangur and Dakabin....
Thoughts on street art? (graff, murals, posters etc - and would you guys like to see bits of it posted here every now and again?)
Personally, I think it’s a really cool craft - there’s a lot of technique and know-how just to control a can properly, let alone to pull off a composed piece or calligraphy. Some people do learn their basics on the fly for sure but I think it’s a gift to the public when writers are given space to perfect their art....
OPINION: BRISBANE – THE CITY THAT’S ALSO A FOREST.
"But if (as these overpaid Olympics planners and marketing ‘experts’ are insisting) Brisbane ‘needs’ to develop a straightforward, easily-summarised narrative about what makes us special and different from a thousand other cities around the world, we should start by recognising that we are already Australia’s greenest...
Airbnb hosts revert to long-term rentals as rising costs of living hits bookings (www.abc.net.au)
Article is technically about the Gold Coast, but hopefully this will also apply to Brisbane....
Holy shit the LNP is now peddling conspiracy theories about ECQ and how the election was run
I haven’t been posting Council threads since the election because to be honest it’s been so exhausting after the disastrous result of the election. But the last couple of weeks I’ve popped it on for a few minutes here and there, including right now....
Ditching car parks for bike lanes could help struggling high street shops (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
Archive/non-paywall.
Daniel's landlord had CCTV cameras installed in his house. A legal grey area allowed it (www.sbs.com.au)
Olympics Stadium and Gabba Rebuild - Have Your Say!
The Quirk review is in and it has recommendations!...
This memorial was removed six times. Then it came back on a trailer (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
Archive/non-paywall link
Jonathan Sriranganathan announces Greens plan to add dedicated bus lanes on key Brissie roads like Coronation Drive (www.youtube.com)
Daily Discussion Thread - Wed Jan 24 2024
:) yiss
Daily Discussion Thread - Mon Jan 15 2024
Did I get to make one?
Brian the Bush Turkey explores UQ (aussie.zone)
https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/9c5969b7-2106-4961-9991-498afaf761bc.png...
BikeSpot app maps Brisbane’s most unsafe roads for cyclists [text in body] (www.couriermail.com.au)
The 10 most dangerous Brisbane roads for cyclists have been mapped on a new app, with an inner-city road notorious for a lack of safe bicycle lanes taking out top spot....
Brisbane City Council Meeting - 7 November 2023 (www.youtube.com)
Saddle sore? Dutch cycling professor sees what’s wrong with Brisbane streets (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
Archive/non-paywall link.
Gympie Road transformation could turn Chermside into Brisbane’s second CBD (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
Archive/non-paywalled link.
Brisbane motorists given almost 170,000 parking fines totalling $30 million in past financial year (www.abc.net.au)
City standards committee chair, Councillor Kim Marx, said parking meters helped with parking space turn over, which benefited local businesses....
How the housing crisis will reshape SEQ’s new and old suburbs (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
Archive/non-paywall link.
Jonathan Sriranganathan is back as the Greens’ candidate for Brisbane mayor (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
My attempts to link to an archive have instead backed up some unrelated article from 2007. Open this link in Incognito/InPrivate mode to bypass the paywall.
