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Queensland is preparing to buy up to 630 new diesel buses, replacing the former zero-emission procurement policy and prompting questions about long-term costs, pollution and whether electric suppliers should’ve been allowed to compete.
In this Greater Brisbane update, we also cover the Riverfire ferry strike, new e-bike and e-scooter rules, the push for 50-cent Airtrain fares and three Brisbane 2032 controversies, including the decision to withhold rejected stadium designs.
We unpack falling Brisbane home values, conflicting Social Housing Register figures and four developments proposed within a small part of South Brisbane and West End. Later, we examine two very different youth-justice bills, concerns about Queensland’s new child-protection watchdog, children living outside approved care placements and allegations that community organisations fear losing funding if they criticise government policy.
We finish with the Logan West Upgrade, the Gardner Road extension, a new memorial garden in the Redlands and Akers Road Park in Lawnton.
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What should Brisbane feel like after dark—and what needs to change before the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games?
Adam sits down with John “J.C.” Collins, Queensland’s first Nightlife Economy Commissioner, whose experience includes touring the world with Powderfinger and operating Brisbane venues including The Triffid and Fortitude Music Hall.
They discuss why the nighttime economy extends well beyond bars and clubs, what J.C. heard while consulting across Queensland, the pressures threatening grassroots music venues, outdated regulation and liquor licensing, late-night trading and public transport, safety and connectivity between precincts, and the opportunity to develop a distinctly Brisbane nightlife experience before 2032.
This conversation was recorded in the green room at The Triffid. As it is a working live music venue, you will occasionally hear some background noise.
This is the public version of the podcast. YouTube channel members can watch the extended conversation, which includes more on the practical regulatory obstacles facing venues, the different nighttime economies J.C. encountered across Queensland, and his fuller assessment of how further reform could be progressed.
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