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TIME IN A BOTTLE

Long-time Brisbane residents will recognise this bottle that was dug up during renovation work on a building in Leichardt Street, Spring Hill in 2007. It's...

GOING FOR A GOLDEN OLYMPIC LEGACY

The 2032 Olympic & Paralympic Games can deliver a gold-medal winning outcome in the crucial space of housing and other key areas if the...

40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BRISBANE COMMONWEALTH GAMES

As Brisbane prepares to host the 2032 Olympic Games – we reflect on how the Queensland capital hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games, 40 years...

TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME ON A VINTAGE COUNCIL BUS

Here is your opportunity to ride on a vintage Brisbane City Council bus around the Brisbane CBD! On the weekend of July 9 and 10,...

BRISBANE THEN: REFRIGERATION IN THE RIVER CITY

What do fridges and Brisbane have in common? Throwback to 1850. This was when the concept that became the basis for refrigeration technology was first...

BRISBANE THEN: WHEN THE OLYMPICS BID BEGAN

Brisbane 2032 is officially official. It's happening. Secured by the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on a trip to Tokyo. But the river city's journey toward...

BRISBANE THEN: RIVER OF RUM

Sugar-cane-champagne. Brown, sweet and strong. The drink synonymous with the sunshine state. With ease-of-access to the best sugar in the world, building rum distilleries was...

BRISBANE THEN: BANYO

BANYO is a Murri word meaning small hill or ridge. The northside Brisbane suburb took the name from its railway station in about 1897, according...

BRISBANE THEN: BALD HILLS

Bald Hills is Brisbane’s northern outpost. It is Turrbal country, traditionally known as 'Wyampa' according to a 1933 Courier-Mail report, until Scottish settlers with surnames...

BRISBANE THEN: JINDALEE

Deep in Brisbane’s southwest is Jindalee, a name that would have meant nothing to the area’s Yuggera first inhabitants. Jindalee – ‘bare hills’ – is...

BRISBANE THEN: LYTTON

He coined the now common phrases ‘the pen is mightier than the sword’, ‘the great unwashed’ and ‘the almighty dollar’ among novels, plays and...
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DOUBTS RAISED ON WHETHER NEW BUSWAY CAN BE EXTENDED WITHIN 10 YEARS

Fresh doubts have been raised on Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner's commitment to deliver public transport to the suburbs after projects reliant on state government...

CALLS FOR CLEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLAN DURING BRIDGE CLOSURE

The unprecedented, continuous three-week closure of the Story Bridge over the festive period must include a public transport plan, says the Labor Opposition in...

THE LORD MAYOR’S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO BRISBANE

Did you ever get one of those Christmas gifts you never really wanted, and turned out to be a lemon too? Well Adrian Schrinner...

STORY BRIDGE ANNOUNCEMENT LEAVES MORE QUESTIONS THAN IT ANSWERS: BRISBANE LABOR OPPOSITION

The Brisbane Labor Opposition is calling the closure of the Story Bridge announced yesterday by Brisbane’s LNP Council a ‘plan to fail’. On Sunday, Council...