Brisbane’s housing market has recorded its second consecutive monthly fall—just as Brisbane City Council approves major planning changes allowing some lots as small as 120 square metres.

A separate draft plan could bring towers of up to 30 storeys to Upper Mount Gravatt. But creating development capacity doesn’t guarantee that new homes will actually be built, or that supporting infrastructure will keep pace.

This Greater Brisbane update also examines Ballymore’s next redevelopment and its still-undisclosed cost, the federal reconsideration process affecting the Birkdale whitewater centre, rapid growth in Brisbane Metro patronage, continuing train and ferry disruption, e-scooters dumped in the Brisbane River and improving hospital figures.

There are also updates on the Cowboys’ proposed 100-pokie venue in Logan, unanswered questions about Meadowbrook housing, the Wyllie Park camping trial, The Bluey Movie and two developing stories on youth justice and mental-health care.