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Qld Labor seeks distance from CFMEU as probes, protests continue
Queensland Premier Steven Miles will not meet with any CFMEU officials, and Labor will not accept their donations, while the union is under a “cloud”.
- by Sean Parnell
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Brisbane’s first underground train to be tested before Christmas
The first train on Brisbane’s $6.3 billion underground Cross River Rail will be tested before Christmas, as the mega project enters its third stage.
- by Tony Moore
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A Cross River Rail explainer of Brisbane's new train control system
The European Train Control System is being expanded from the Cross River Rail project to other Brisbane rail lines.
New Woolloongabba plan to allow for 75-storey towers
Towers of up to 75 storeys would be allowed in Woolloongabba under a new Queensland government planning scheme put out for public comment on Thursday.
- by Cameron Atfield
Court grants injunction stopping CFMEU blocking workers from Cross River Rail sites
The judge ordered that the union was prohibited from physically blocking Cross River Rail construction sites, or threatening any person entering or leaving a CRR site.
- by Cloe Read
A path or two and a kangaroo: New plan to keep the CBD moving
An isolated traffic island in one of Brisbane’s busiest intersections will be redesigned, and a street closed off, to help people take public transport.
- by Tony Moore
New Roma Street station takes shape
The Roma Street Cross River Rail site is looking more like a functioning train station than a construction site.
- by Cameron Atfield
Arena to bring life to precinct between Suncorp Stadium and CBD
The only proposed inner-Brisbane venue to survive Monday’s Games turnaround is a 17,000-seat entertainment centre that will transform the western CBD.
- by Sean Parnell
Cloud over CBD as landmark tower scrapped, Games plan unclear
The Roma Street precinct, between Suncorp Stadium and City Hall, is now a blank slate. Will it become an Olympic hub or make for Brisbane’s next urban renewal?
- by Sean Parnell
Colourful commute coming for Cross River Rail riders
“I hope it lifts people’s day,” says one of 13 celebrated Indigenous artists whose work will brighten travel around Brisbane.
- by Jocelyn Garcia
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Worker dies after ‘signs of heat stress’, hundreds walk off Cross River Rail site
A construction worker was found dead hours after he left one of Brisbane’s Cross River Rail job sites, a union says, amid concerns over employees operating in humid conditions.
- by Cloe Read