The proposed new exterior of the Wintergarden building on Queen Street Mall.

Bye bye butterflies:Wintergarden development plans unveiled

A proposal for the redevelopment of the Wintergarden and Intercontinental Hotel reveals Queen Street Mall may soon look very different.

  • Dominique Tassell

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The Centenary Pool at Spring Hill would have been an alternative but will close for an Olympics revamp.

Centenary Pool to be closed and handed over to Games authority within weeks

The heritage-listed pool in Brisbane’s inner-north is set to change hands in less than two months,in preparation for a redevelopment that will host Olympic swimming.

  • Dominique Tassell
The project still plans on going above the zoned 25-storey limit for the area.

Revised Toowong Tower plans not what the community needs,Greens MP says

Developers hoping to build on an old Woolworths site in Toowong have submitted new plans after more than 500 people wrote to the council about the project.

  • Julius Dennis
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner graphic for information on Brisbane City Council Story.

Brisbane’s new council rules dubbed an ‘attack on democracy’

“To suggest that transparency and oversight is an unreasonable burden on a council simply misses the mark,” one advocate said.

  • William Davis
Behind the scenes at Waterfront Brisbane.

Inside the $2.5 billion city-shaping project transforming Brisbane’s skyline

“I don’t think people ... quite appreciate the scale,” the project manager told this masthead during a tour of the construction site.

  • William Davis
Sharai Lancaster in the tree at Kurilpa Commons as a cherry picker basket is lifted to remove her.

Protester removed and charged after 24 hours in tree at community garden

The exhausted woman was finally convinced to come down about 1pm on Tuesday after protesting over the sale of a community garden for housing.

  • William Davis
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Kurilpa Commons members Shane Cucow,Jemika Lancaster and Jess Wallace at the gardens on Monday as police and government workers fenced it off.

Multiple arrests,woman still up tree as government prepares to sell community garden for housing

Two people remained in trees well into the evening as protesters attempted to stop their community garden being shut down and sold off for housing.

  • William Davis
Some Brisbane suburbs are on steroids,but others are losing residents to other parts of the country.

Brisbane’s ‘boomburbs’:The suburbs luring most people from Sydney and Melbourne

Brisbane’s population is growing – but who’s moving here,and where are they choosing to live? Explore our interactive map to see what’s happening in your suburb.

  • Marissa Calligeros
Developer Lendlease was behind the Barangaroo development in inner-Sydney,and will now transform the Visy site in South Brisbane.

Plans for ‘new South Bank’ at Visy site revealed as developer announced

The deputy premier would not confirm how much was paid or if the land would remain in public hands,asking:“Does it matter?”

  • William Davis
Ipswich updated its flood maps in 2025.

The vague flood-mapping rules leaving thousands of homes in limbo

South-east flood modelling based on maths and physics is being derailed by inconsistent council interpretations of state planning policy.

  • Julius Dennis