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26/08/2026

Questions on Notice from this week's Council meeting have revealed stagnant or worsening congestion on three major Council roads.

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25/08/2026

A Significant Contracting Plan for over $10 million tabled for today's Council meeting show expressions of interest will open this Friday for a commercial operator to operate the entire Brisbane City Hall Precinct and for a "physical reconfiguration" of the Northeastern section of the Square including the restaurant, cafe and the deck above.

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06/08/2026

In the June budget, Brisbane's LNP Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner claimed the lowest rates rise in Southeast Queensland. However, unit owners are reporting receiving bills showing increases of a whopping 14 per cent.

What the Lord Mayor failed to clarify was that the 3.97% figure was the average for owner-occupiers of free-standing houses only.

Including units, apartments, and townhouses, the city-wide average rate rise for owner occupiers is actually 5.63% - higher than rate rises for Logan, Moreton Bay and Ipswich.

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29/07/2026

Soon after Adrian Schrinner had unveiled a new countdown clock in Queen Street Mall, Brisbane’s Council Opposition had slammed the Lord Mayor’s Olympic Legacy Document.

Speaking to a packed lunch of the city’s political and business elite on Thursday, Adrian Schrinner had re-announced several ideas the Council have put forward to make the city ready to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, formalised in a new document titled “Beyond the Games – Brisbane’s Legacy Plan”.

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24/07/2026

There's more happening right across Brisbane than you thought you knew this weekend with something for every age and budget.

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22/07/2026

Brisbane's residents and ratepayers are being urged to voice their concerne on new local law changes that will curtall transparency and accountability in Brisbane City Council.

Brisbane Labor Opposition Leader
Jared Cassidy says that the furious public response to the news online needs to be directed straight to Council during the public consultation period on these changes to local laws.

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16/07/2026

Brisbane City Council is accepting public submissions for the draft Alderley Suburban
Renewal Precinct Plan.

The boundaries run from the intersection of South Pine Road and the railway line, down to Ainsley and Moran Street, capturing the Alderley Town Centre.

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10/07/2026

The Services Union is calling on Brisbane City Council (BCC) to pass on a fair wage increase to its workforce to ease the financial pressures on Council workers, their families and local communities.

The union claims cost-of-living increases are making it harder for workers to make ends meet whilst budget cuts and constant change are creating an increasingly uncertain and fractured working environment.

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02/07/2026

With everything going on in the world, did you catch the Brisbane City Council Budget? Here's 5️⃣ big things that you need to know about. Follow us for more Brisbane news and updates, link in bio 🔗🌐

01/07/2026

Brisbane's LNP Council has passed unprecedented changes to local laws to shield itself from Opposition scrutiny.

Multiple changes, made in a late-night "Special Meeting" post-Budget, mean that Council's Opposition leader will no longer be able to call files or information on any Council program, project or service outside of his own ward.

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