The Latest Breaking News from Brisbane City Council

For almost a century, zoning has been the key tool used by urban planners to influence how our cities grow and change. Our newly published research looked at whether zoning is effective at guiding new urban growth patterns.

The Queensland government's debt collector is chasing down millions of dollars in unpaid parking fines, with one individual or company owing more than $35,000.

Any future residential developments on several industrial sites in South Brisbane would have to give back parklands to the council under a new proposal for the area.

A 20-hectare parcel of Brisbane land known as Bulimba Barracks, which has been slated for development, becomes ground zero in heated national debate over housing

TransLink cancelled 1,300 services across south-east Queensland over three weeks between March and April due mainly to driver shortage. It's part of a global trend.

The change to apartment height limits comes as part of the council's Brisbane Sustainable Growth Strategy, adding a supposed 10,000 dwellings to the housing market.

The proposal is for an apartment building with 37 luxury units to be built on the Shafston House grounds, right next to the 172-year-old state heritage-listed building.

Two fires and more than a decade of dry taps at the hotel raised strong debate in Brisbane, and it's became a catalyst for the state to review 30-year-old heritage protection laws.

A Brisbane City Council ethics committee set up under state legislation in 2020 has only sat three times, with political divisions creating problems, according to councillors.

Brisbane City Council has voted to give its CEO more powers to remove comments made in chambers and prevent council officers from being named in public meetings.

Brisbane City Council meeting standards have been called into question after one councillor repeatedly turned his back on others in the chambers.