Katherine Feeney
Katherine Feeney heads the urban affairs desk for brisbanetimes.com.au. She is also one of Australia’s leading commentators on sex, love, dating and relationships via her popular blog CityKat.
Troubled toll road up for sale
Katherine Feeney Receivers are now taking expressions of interest in the Clem7 tunnel after the financial collapse of the toll road two years ago.
Reveal bus services changes, transport minister told
Tony Moore and Katherine Feeney Pressure is mounting on the Transport Minister Scott Emerson to announce changes to southeast Queensland's busways before the university semester begins.
Brisbane for sale: City an advertiser's paradise
Katherine Feeney Brisbane is viewed as an outdoor advertiser's paradise thanks to local government's willingness to trade urban space with private enterprise in return for public goods, a top industry figure has said.
Restaurateurs fear closure due to parking fees
Katherine Feeney High profile city chefs will today protest changes to on-street parking introduced by council last week on the grounds restaurants will close as a result.
An evolution in child's play
Katherine Feeney Finding a playground that satisfies the school-holidays crowd is no picnic in the park, though kids these days are spoiled for choice compared to their parents who were largely satisfied with little...
Walk to debate Brisbane's best (and worst) built bits
Katherine Feeney The creative teams behind King George Square and a host of other urban landmarks across Brisbane will open up to the public as part of a walking tour of the city next week.
Large hail the feature of storms in southeast
Katherine Feeney and Freya Petersen The worst of the weekend storm activity looks to be over for the Brisbane region after the city's inner-west copped a battering, with hail bigger than golf-balls pelting Kenmore and surrounds.
Secrets out: local law amendments a hot topic
Katherine Feeney The battle between opposition at City Hall and George Street over amendments to the Local Government Act intensified this morning after Minister David Crisafulli took to the airwaves to reject claims...
Get off the grass, councillor
Katherine Feeney Council opposition leader Milton Dick has launched a campaign to regrass King George Square.
Tunnels the 'result of poor planning'
Katherine Feeney As Brisbane's $1.5 billion Legacy Way tunnel project reaches another milestone, top infrastructure minds say governments need to act now to avoid the “last resort” of going underground...
Plan heralds good tidings for Brisbane River
Katherine Feeney The potential of the Brisbane River has not been realised, according to those who use it more than most. Will a new planning model from City Hall change all that?
Vermin found in Brisbane restaurants
Katherine Feeney Nearly 83 per cent of food outlets in Brisbane hold an Eat Safe star rating of three or above but $57,000 worth of fines were issued to 114 venues across the city last financial year for failing to...
Meet the snow birds: Brisbane's hidden population
Katherine Feeney A house seems like a fixed structure, but everyone knows theirs will expand or contract depending on the season; roofs shift in summer, doors warp in damp, and table settings swell come Christmas.
Flood buyback will transform 6ha of properties into parks
Katherine Feeney Brisbane City Council has decided the future for $35 million worth of flood-affected land once shared between 73 private property owners across Brisbane.
Let's get digital: why Brisbane needs to wire up
Katherine Feeney A panel of experts at Brisbane's inaugural digital strategy think tank have raised concerns about the city's digital literacy standards.
What Brisbane's 'Big Brother' has seen
Katherine Feeney Brisbane's 'Big Brother' surveillance network is watching and working, according to figures obtained by brisbanetimes.com.au.
Residents take advantage of car park squeeze
Katherine Feeney Scores of Brisbane residents are making up to $120 a week from leasing their driveways and garages to motorists eager to avoid the city's steep off-street parking fees and sprawling metered on-street...
Sweet street
The between streets of your town
Katherine Feeney It's the lane-change Brisbane's been so desperately seeking.
Team Quirk makes fist of campaign
Katherine Feeney Lord Mayor Graham Quirk's LNP election campaign has claimed the endorsement of Hollywood hardman Chuck Norris in a cheeky billboard that has prompted warnings of a backfire.
Mayoral battle taken to 'shifty' laneways
Katherine Feeney From footpaths and public transport to Brisbane's backstreets, the battle for Lord Mayor continued today with a $2 million announcement from incumbent Graham Quirk set to transform “shifty” laneways...
