Brisbane
- Brisbane scraps Beam e-scooter contract as company accused of misleading councilswww.abc.net.au Brisbane scraps Beam e-scooter contract as company accused of misleading councils
Brisbane council will refer the Singapore firm to Australia's corporate watchdog and potentially police, alleging the company owes $330,000 in unpaid fees and exceeded safety caps by nearly a third in the 12 months to July.
- Meanjin
Image description: A long exposure of the Brisbane River of an evening, just before Riverfire. The photo is taken from near the base of the Kangaroo Point side of the Captain Cook bridge, showing the curve of the river, with Brisbane City on the left bank, and the Kangaroo Point cliffs visible on the right bank.
- Arkantos, Awaken! GPS writing in Brisbane
Arkantos, Awaken! GPS writing in Brisbane
A GPS-writing run I did this morning to celebrate the release of Age of Mythology: Retold this week.
- Riverfire fireworks 2024
Riverfire fireworks 2024
All 4 photos also available at https://pixelfed.au/i/web/post/735459637098227019
- Riverfire 2024
Riverfire 2024
All 3 photos also on Pixelfed at: https://pixelfed.au/i/web/post/735411523248664802
- Residents evacuating after 'explosive' truck crash, hazardous spill on Bruce Highwaywww.abc.net.au Explosion felt kilometres away as truck carrying 42 tonnes of ammonium nitrate crashes on Bruce Highway
Residents are allowed to return after evacuating from near a head-on crash and explosion on the Bruce Highway in central Queensland, the third major truck crash on the central Queensland highway this week.
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) - Brisbane Airport, Australia - August 2024
Image description: A kookaburra sitting on a street light, with a clear blue sky behind. A jet fills most of the frame in the sky behind the bird
- Toombul is almost gone. This is all that's left
Image description: The main entrance of Toombul, looking through to a gutted interior. The area to the right of the main entrance, that used to be the bulk of the shopping center is now just open terrain, with several pieces of construction machinery gathering rubble and scrap
- Merle Thornton, who fought for the right for women to drink at public bars in Queensland, dies aged 93www.abc.net.au Merle Thornton, who fought for the right for women to drink at public bars in Queensland, dies aged 93
In 1965 Merle Thornton AM and a friend chained themselves to a bar at the Regatta Hotel in Brisbane in protest of a ban on women drinking in public bars. It became regarded as a pivotal moment in women's liberation in Australia.
- I'm done
Transcription: the sign at Park Road station which formerly read "Park Road" but now reads "Boggo Rd / Park Rd".
- Cheap CBD parking?
Hey all,
I'm looking for a cheap place to park in the CBD for 3 hours or so during a weekday.
Last time I was sting $45 for just over 2 hours so I'm hoping there is some cheaper alternatives around.
- False Alarm: QR aren't woke
Followup on my previous post. Door behaved normally on an N*R for me the other day, maybe just something wrong with the one I was on. We no longer need to boycott QR
- ‘Gravely irresponsible’: Council throws new roadblock at popular Sunday marketswww.brisbanetimes.com.au ‘Gravely irresponsible’: Council throws new roadblock at popular Sunday markets
Organisers of an oversubscribed new market have promised traffic management, but council has rescinded approval of the plan at the 11th hour.
- QR have gone woke
Idk they've made it such that when you press the button to open the door the door will not open unless you press the button again when the train is stopped. At least on the N*Rs. Probably a safety feature or something but I don't like it so it's woke.
- Gold Coast woman charged with murder of 10-year-old girlwww.abc.net.au Gold Coast woman charged with murder of 10-year-old girl
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- Six paramedics thought they were going to a car crash. Instead, they were met with gunfirewww.abc.net.au Six paramedics thought they were going to a car crash. Instead, they were met with gunfire
Six first responders to the fatal 2017 shooting of police officer Brett Forte have been commended for their bravery on that fateful day.
- ‘They were at war’: Wieambilla ambush was an act of terrorism fuelled by religious ideology, inquest hearswww.theguardian.com ‘They were at war’: Wieambilla ambush was an act of terrorism fuelled by religious ideology, inquest hears
The Train family believed they were ‘fighting alongside Jesus’ by shooting police, extremism expert testifies
