By Marnie Wood Brisbane is a great place to live, work and relax. It’s no wonder our city is growing, with more people than ever wanting to call Brisbane…
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By Natalie Rayment Sorry, Brisbane is closed for future development, please try Ipswich, Logan or Caboolture. That seems to be the message emanating from the closet NIMBY’s in our…
By Natalie Rayment Visit any bar this weekend and the debate will no doubt rage over who should open for Australia in the next test match, who will finish…
By Natalie Rayment What would you be willing to trade-off to live in the city you want? Would you sacrifice affordability for more greenspace or better transport options…
Plan Your Brisbane Intergenerational Forum with Marnie Wood A lack of understanding of current planning systems is leading to growing frustrations in our local communities. This was evident during the…
By Natalie Rayment Lazing by the river on a Sunday afternoon in a grassy park. The sun dances on the water. Yet another glorious Spring day in Brisbane. Other people…
By Natalie Rayment “We’re on a mission from God!” Elwood Blues proclaims in the 1980 classic film, “The Blues Brothers”. Their holy mission is to save the orphanage from being…

Cutting Back on Our Car Parking Addiction
By Natalie Rayment While cutting back on avolattes may help some people get into the housing market faster, real affordability gains can actually be made by cutting back on another…
By YIMBY Qld While Brisbane performed poorly in last year’s livability benchmarks, the “globally minded metropolis” is back on the list. Brisbane has ranked 23 on the highly regarded Monocle…
By Natalie Rayment You know acronyms have taken over the English language when the FBI releases a guide to its agents of the thousands of new acronyms and shortenings the…
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By Natalie Rayment It’s the century of the city, a decade of densification in an urban millennium. In the space of a New York Minute, cities are growing up fast. …
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By Natalie Rayment A “tragic street lamp”, “ungainly skeleton” and “a hole-riddled suppository”. This is how protesters once described the proposed Eiffel Tower in the 1880s. There was even a…
By Natalie Rayment You’ve lived in this suburb for most of your adult life. Your kids grew up here and your friends are close by. But, the house has become…
By Jack Briant This post is the first in our “What I Learned from…” travel series based on the experiences of built environment professionals and city enthusiasts as they discover…