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The Age
5 days ago
- Business
- The Age
Brisbane news live: Marina used to market $1.5b Teneriffe Banks project yet to be approved
Latest posts Pinned post from 7.14am Marina used to market $1.5b Teneriffe Banks project yet to be approved The developer of the $1.5 billion Teneriffe Banks project has yet to apply for permission to build a marina, despite including it in marketing material and selling units off the plan. While Brisbane City Council approved the five building, 213-unit development in July last year, it only has jurisdiction over the land, with the state government responsible for the river. The Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning this week confirmed it had yet to receive an application to build a marina. Kokoda founder Mark Stevens said he was still committed to the idea. 'The Teneriffe Banks renders currently available to the public show an artist's impression of Kokoda Property's vision for a riverfront marina,' Stevens said in a statement. 'Kokoda Property will shortly engage with the relevant state and council authorities to submit a development application for the marina that is separate to the parent land DA that has been previously approved.' 7.11am Weather into the weekend Brrr! Brisbanites wake from a chilly night to a cloudy, cool Friday, with a top of just 21 degrees forecast. Also, the weather bureau says there's a high chance of showers today. Looking to the weekend, showers on Saturday are predicted to be almost certain, at 90 per cent, easing on Sunday. And the daily top temperatures in the low 20s should persist into early next week. Here's the outlook for the weekend and much of next week: 7.05am While you were sleeping Here's what's making news further afield this morning: Tony Abbott is demanding Opposition Leader Sussan Ley persist with Peter Dutton's clean-up of the Liberal Party's biggest state division, a challenge that threatens to inflame factional tensions. The Liberal and Nationals parties have launched a review of their commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, which shapes as a defining moment for the Coalition and the nation's long-running climate wars. The elite anti-war crimes agency probing the involvement of ex-SAS soldiers in executions in Afghanistan conducted surprise raids as part of its ongoing investigations. In the US, a second court has ruled President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs are unlawful, but for now they remain. And Australia is now home to 161 billionaires, up from 150 a year ago, the Financial Review Rich List for 2025, published in full today, reveals. Here are the houses where Australia's billionaires live, and how much they cost. 6.39am The top stories this morning Good morning, and welcome to Brisbane Times' live news coverage for Friday, May 30. Today we can expect a partly cloudy day and a top temperature of 21 degrees. In this morning's local headlines: Another plan for a Victoria Park stadium has come to light, as the Games Independent Infrastructure and Co-ordination Authority continues its work to select a suitable location. Three months on, not even the Brisbane City Council knows when Story Bridge paths will reopen. Ipswich City Council has paved the way to build 10,000 more homes as its population is set to double in the next 20 years. In sport, following a disappointing game 1 for the Maroon men in State of Origin, the women's team have recouped some pride in the third and final match against the Blues. The Brisbane Lions have beaten an undermanned Essendon at the Gabba on Thursday night. Broncos rookie Ben Te Kura – the NRL's tallest man at 205 centimetres – will at last get his chance in the competition in 2025, having been forced to fight his way into the side through the Queensland Cup.
Sydney Morning Herald
5 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane news live: Marina used to market $1.5b Teneriffe Banks project yet to be approved
Latest posts Pinned post from 7.14am Marina used to market $1.5b Teneriffe Banks project yet to be approved The developer of the $1.5 billion Teneriffe Banks project has yet to apply for permission to build a marina, despite including it in marketing material and selling units off the plan. While Brisbane City Council approved the five building, 213-unit development in July last year, it only has jurisdiction over the land, with the state government responsible for the river. The Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning this week confirmed it had yet to receive an application to build a marina. Kokoda founder Mark Stevens said he was still committed to the idea. 'The Teneriffe Banks renders currently available to the public show an artist's impression of Kokoda Property's vision for a riverfront marina,' Stevens said in a statement. 'Kokoda Property will shortly engage with the relevant state and council authorities to submit a development application for the marina that is separate to the parent land DA that has been previously approved.' 7.11am Weather into the weekend Brrr! Brisbanites wake from a chilly night to a cloudy, cool Friday, with a top of just 21 degrees forecast. Also, the weather bureau says there's a high chance of showers today. Looking to the weekend, showers on Saturday are predicted to be almost certain, at 90 per cent, easing on Sunday. And the daily top temperatures in the low 20s should persist into early next week. Here's the outlook for the weekend and much of next week: 7.05am While you were sleeping Here's what's making news further afield this morning: Tony Abbott is demanding Opposition Leader Sussan Ley persist with Peter Dutton's clean-up of the Liberal Party's biggest state division, a challenge that threatens to inflame factional tensions. The Liberal and Nationals parties have launched a review of their commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, which shapes as a defining moment for the Coalition and the nation's long-running climate wars. The elite anti-war crimes agency probing the involvement of ex-SAS soldiers in executions in Afghanistan conducted surprise raids as part of its ongoing investigations. In the US, a second court has ruled President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs are unlawful, but for now they remain. And Australia is now home to 161 billionaires, up from 150 a year ago, the Financial Review Rich List for 2025, published in full today, reveals. Here are the houses where Australia's billionaires live, and how much they cost. 6.39am The top stories this morning Good morning, and welcome to Brisbane Times' live news coverage for Friday, May 30. Today we can expect a partly cloudy day and a top temperature of 21 degrees. In this morning's local headlines: Another plan for a Victoria Park stadium has come to light, as the Games Independent Infrastructure and Co-ordination Authority continues its work to select a suitable location. Three months on, not even the Brisbane City Council knows when Story Bridge paths will reopen. Ipswich City Council has paved the way to build 10,000 more homes as its population is set to double in the next 20 years. In sport, following a disappointing game 1 for the Maroon men in State of Origin, the women's team have recouped some pride in the third and final match against the Blues. The Brisbane Lions have beaten an undermanned Essendon at the Gabba on Thursday night. Broncos rookie Ben Te Kura – the NRL's tallest man at 205 centimetres – will at last get his chance in the competition in 2025, having been forced to fight his way into the side through the Queensland Cup.
The Age
22-05-2025
- Business
- The Age
Brisbane rising on global rankings, but still behind southern capitals
Brisbane has risen four places on a global cities ranking, breaking into the top 25 of the list led by New York, London and Paris. But Brisbane (23rd) still ranks below Melbourne and Sydney, with Oxford Economics finding the older cities' work and economic performance justifies their place in the overall top 10 (6th and 7th respectively). According to the latest Global Cities Index, Brisbane outperforms Melbourne and Sydney on the environment (ranked 54th in that category, compared to 67th and 145th), and is equal with other Australian cities on governance (15th). However, Melbourne ranks better than Brisbane on economics (16th, compared to 41st), and Sydney ranks better than Brisbane on human capital (10th, compared to 46th). While Brisbane has improved its rankings for environment and quality of life since the 2024 index, it is still only ranked 87th on quality of life (146th last year), with Sydney 39th and Melbourne 54th. Loading 'The category in which Brisbane scores the lowest is quality of life, although it is still in the top 100 globally,' the index states. 'The city's high cost of housing dampens its ranking here. Brisbane's growing population has caused demand for housing to increase, while supply has struggled to keep pace. 'However, one aspect in which Brisbane fares better is life expectancy. Brisbanites can rely on the city's state-of-the-art healthcare infrastructure, including the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, which is the largest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere. Also boosting its quality of life score is the city's relatively low crime rate in a global context.'
Sydney Morning Herald
22-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane rising on global rankings, but still behind southern capitals
Brisbane has risen four places on a global cities ranking, breaking into the top 25 of the list led by New York, London and Paris. But Brisbane (23rd) still ranks below Melbourne and Sydney, with Oxford Economics finding the older cities' work and economic performance justifies their place in the overall top 10 (6th and 7th respectively). According to the latest Global Cities Index, Brisbane outperforms Melbourne and Sydney on the environment (ranked 54th in that category, compared to 67th and 145th), and is equal with other Australian cities on governance (15th). However, Melbourne ranks better than Brisbane on economics (16th, compared to 41st), and Sydney ranks better than Brisbane on human capital (10th, compared to 46th). While Brisbane has improved its rankings for environment and quality of life since the 2024 index, it is still only ranked 87th on quality of life (146th last year), with Sydney 39th and Melbourne 54th. Loading 'The category in which Brisbane scores the lowest is quality of life, although it is still in the top 100 globally,' the index states. 'The city's high cost of housing dampens its ranking here. Brisbane's growing population has caused demand for housing to increase, while supply has struggled to keep pace. 'However, one aspect in which Brisbane fares better is life expectancy. Brisbanites can rely on the city's state-of-the-art healthcare infrastructure, including the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, which is the largest hospital in the Southern Hemisphere. Also boosting its quality of life score is the city's relatively low crime rate in a global context.'
The Guardian
24-03-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Brisbane Olympics 2032: Why these Games could turn out nothing like we had planned
The 2032 Olympic Games loom for Brisbane residents with equal parts promise and fear. On one hand, there is the opportunity to write Brisbane's name alongside some of the world's great cities. On the other, a gnawing collective feeling that Queensland might just stuff it all up. As the Queensland government prepares to announce another plan for new stadiums – the third in four years since Brisbane was announced as the 2032 host – the real issue is becoming clearer. No one has bothered asking Brisbanites what sort of Olympic Games they want to host. Or if they want the Olympics at all. Before the 2024 state election campaign, both major parties held focus groups that found broadly similar conclusions. People in Brisbane supported the idea of hosting the Olympics (those outside the capital largely did not), but no one wanted to spend significant public money or construction efforts on games venues, at a time when housing supply had reached a critical point. The International Olympic Committee also seemed to recognise the risk it might be 'on the nose' if a host city pressed ahead with expensive, unpopular construction plans. The state government's solution last year – converting the suburban Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre into a boutique athletics venue – brought forth another, competing anxiety. In Paris, games events were held with the backdrop of some of the world's most recognisable landmarks. In Los Angeles, the Olympic flame would be set alight atop the LA Coliseum. QSAC, built in the 1980s for the Commonwealth Games, was built next to a cemetery. Across the road is a self-storage business and a liquidated furniture outlet. There is very little public transport nearby. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email These contrasting worries – not spending too much money on new venues; not embarrassing ourselves alongside Paris and LA – are unlikely to be resolved by building a bigger, better stadium. They need a deeper reckoning. The moniker of 'Olympic city' does not, by itself, transform a place. The 'Brown Snake' is not the Seine (though it is roughly the same colour). Bowen Hills is not Beverly Hills. One of the things Brisbaneites lover about the city is that it is something other than a global metropolis. Those not born in Brisbane – but who choose to live here – often do so because it is 'not Sydney'. Hosting the Olympics is only going to be successful if it reflects Brisbane; not some half-baked imitation of a larger city with a functioning public transport network and a clear understanding of its identity. The International Olympic Committee has been clear – it wants the Olympics to adapt to the host city; not the host city to alter itself for the Olympics. But what is missing is a clear vision – from political leaders, from both sides of politics, who have tied themselves in knots and put planning years behind schedule – about what a Brisbane games looks like. Does it look like paving the inner-city's largest green space to build a stadium so we are not, as the deputy premier Jarrod Bleijie said when launching the state's latest venues review, 'embarrassed' when compared to LA and Paris? Brisbane's reluctance to craft a games that is unique to the city – not just an imitation of a bigger one – speaks to a lack of political courage, vision and belief that our place is worthy of hosting the games. The premier, David Crisafulli, has placed a great deal of capital in the idea that he's the sort of person who keeps his promise. On Tuesday, he's likely going to break a big one. During the election campaign – knowing there was reluctance about the idea of building a new stadium – the new premier promised he would not. Instead there would be a 100-day venues review. LNP figures have long contemplated the situation. Crisafulli can argue his position was to support the review; the experts have said there is a need for a new stadium; and so he is acting responsibly by following their advice. But at the same time, the premier is also lobbying to ignore another key part of the venues review team's advice – that the state push ahead with plans to construct a $2.5bn inner-city arena. Doing away with the arena would, as Crisafulli has argued internally, free up funding for the construction of a new stadium. It would also allow the state to talk about sporting legacy – building a purpose-built swimming centre, rather than an area with a temporary pool, would be a good outcome for the sport. But all this is politically untenable. It's not possible to fall back on 'taking the advice of experts' when you also ignore their advice when you want to do something else. The 'broken promise' claims will follow Crisafulli until the next election. Few voters, particularly in regional Queensland, will buy the idea of a new stadium even if the government tries to argue it has saved money in other places. Should the IOC – which gave Brisbane 11 years to plan – be nervous about the state of affairs? There is enough time to get things back on track. But there is also little sign that any of the things that have derailed the process so far – provincial politics and the public unease – are going away any time soon. Opponents of the Victoria Park stadium plan say they've briefed barristers and could launch a legal challenge. They have amassed significant high-profile support. Local Indigenous elders say they oppose use of the wetland site, known as Barrambin. There is little doubt the IOC – when it devised its 'new normal' process and awarded the games to a smaller city like Brisbane – had envisaged something other than bulldozing parkland and building concrete over First Nations cultural heritage sites.
