West End

West End to get Aldi supermarket

Marissa Calligeros The inner-Brisbane suburb of West End will gain a sizeable second supermarket in the form of no-frills discounter Aldi.

New ending in tale of West End's 12 storeys

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Daniel Hurst The Newman government has cleared the way for 12-storey buildings in part of West End opposite Toowong by ticking off on changes to the local plan.

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End of an era: West End brothers call it a day

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Amy Remeikis In an age where sibling love has been commercialised by the Kardashian clan, the Argyris brothers embody another time.

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Brisbane Live At Work: Friday April 19

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Brisbane Live At Work: Friday April 19

Wasted Lives: the lucrative, illicit trade

Three men allegedly used a wooden altar to smuggle heroin into Brisbane.

Marissa Calligeros On a sunny Tuesday morning last November, a cargo ship from Vietnam arrived in Brisbane.

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Brisbane Live at Work: Tuesday, January 29

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As flood waters swell throughout Brisbane, the city relives the horrors of 2011.

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$50m towers planned for South Brisbane

Two 12-storey buildings, known as Arena apartments, are set to be built at West End.

Marissa Calligeros South Brisbane could soon have a $50 million twin-tower apartment development by joint Australian and Japanese trust fund Galileo.

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Flood class action could sink under costs

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Bridie Jabour A class action hoped to claim more than half a billion dollars compensation for thousands of Queensland flood victims could yet fail to get off the ground.

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Brisbane Live At Work: Monday, January 21, 2013

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Brisbane Live At Work: Monday, January 21, 2013

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Road closure updates

Phil Lutton Road closure update

Brisbane Live: Monday, January 28

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All the latest news on the wild weather hitting southeast Queensland, and more.

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Brisbane Live at Work: Friday, January 11, 2013

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Brisbane Live at Work: Friday, January 11, 2013

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Japanese the most taught language in schools

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Katherine Feeney Konichiwa Queensland - the state's most taught language other than English is Japanese by a very long shot, new data from the Education Department reveals, though French and German remain popular...

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Brisbane's vision for the future

Brisbane's CBD is set to rise higher in the next 20 years.

Katherine Feeney Think fewer cars in the city, towering skyscrapers and thick residential development along key suburban transport corridors and you have an idea of how Brisbane is going to develop over the next 20...

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Get in early for Brisbane fun run entry discount

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Discounted registration closes on Friday for next year’s City2South, a community running event and charity fundraiser set to be Brisbane's version of the world-famous City2Surf.

Newman takes cabinet underground

Campbell newman speaks at a press conference at West End State School on the day of the local council elections and the By-election for the seat of South Brisbane. 28th of April 2012. Photo: Harrison Saragossi

The Queensland premier is holding a secret cabinet meeting in Brisbane as another poll shows he’s on the nose with voters.

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Vision for a pedestrian oasis in Brisbane's CBD

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Bridie Jabour The Queen Street Mall could be extended across the river, CBD kerbside lanes closed to make footpaths bigger and a footbridge built from the city to Kangaroo Point if Brisbane City Council takes up...

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Teen rower severely injured in CityCat collision

CityCat

Bridie Jabour and Marissa Calligeros A 15-year-old is in hospital with severe head injuries after colliding with a CityCat while rowing on the Brisbane River early this morning.

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Victoria Bridge our 'weakest link', say transport experts

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Tony Moore Four more public transport figures have backed calls for cars - and in some cases buses - to be banned Brisbane's Victoria Bridge.

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Billions in LNG royalties to fund education plan

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Daniel Hurst Half of all royalties garnered from Queensland's liquefied natural gas industry will be ploughed into a landmark new education trust fund, Premier Anna Bligh says.

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