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Harissa egg danish.

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Bakery-led cafe from the Agnes team.

  • Matt Shea

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Evening light in the courtyard at Balfour Kitchen & Bar in Brisbane.

This sublime, boutique Brisbane stay is well worth discovering

There’s a dual personality here, but as much as they contrast, here at Spicers Balfour Brisbane, the two sides complement each other.

  • Jim Darby
A new two-storey building is planned for James Street, between the heritage butcher shop and a building constructed in 1901.

Historical butcher shop could become high-end boutique

James Street’s old corner butcher shop could be transformed into a boutique retail and office hub. See the plans to restore and reactivate the landmark 1901 corner.

  • Cameron Atfield
Pil Lattes members start their Sunday mornings right with a fitness session in the sunshine.

She posted a TikTok. Now hundreds of people turn up for free Pilates

Brisbane Pilates instructor Keisha Love posted a TikTok gauging interest in free classes. Now, hundreds of people get behind the initiative in New Farm Park.

  • Neesha Sinnya
New Farm is one of Brisbane’s priciest suburbs.

The priciest streets in Brisbane’s most expensive suburbs – and the cheapest

Some of Brisbane’s elite suburbs are hiding million-dollar discounts, as property values can vary greatly from one street to the next.

  • Sarah Webb
Brisbane rents have risen again.

How Brisbane’s rental market bucked a nationwide trend

Brisbane rents are at record highs, and in some neighbourhoods, renting a typical house costs $1100 a week.

  • Sarah Webb
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A two-bedroom home at 31 Perrott Street in Paddington that sold at auction on July 26, 2025 after 30 years of being abandoned.

Slice of history: Local family shells out $3m for antique-filled abandoned home

The folklore-laced fixer-upper has remained in the same family for more than a century, but has sat empty since the ’90s.

  • Sarah Webb
The morning after… New Farm’s Officers Mess on Saturday morning.

Storm whips through inner-city, damaging historic venue

A popular Brisbane venue damaged by a freak localised storm on Friday night will likely remain closed for months, its manager says.

  • Cameron Atfield
Brisbane house prices are at a record high.

‘Very disheartening’: Brisbane house prices soar past $1 million

It’s official: Brisbane’s property market has soared into the seven-figure club, but the most expensive suburb costs almost triple.

  • Sarah Webb
8 Glenview Court, Underwood: a seven-bedroom mini mansion that smashed the suburb’s house price record when it sold for $2.4 million at auction in December 2024.

Mini-mansion sale smashes suburb record as buyers break budget

While the buyers had set a hard $1.8 million limit, the agent said the home ticked so many boxes they decided to offload a commercial property to get it.

  • Sarah Webb