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Seems quieter during the week compared to before. Maybe people are just staying in more?

Hi everyone.

Cost of living is high. But on some days I just dont have the energy to cook.

Usually I go for:

Chinese takeout $59 family pack - but its not really tasty

KFC family dinner $25 for 8pc chicken, 3 sides and 6 nuggets. Order for pick up via app

Dominos $7 pizzas

Ye Dang, Dixon St. Get the big bowl of noodles. $30 for 4 pax

Just need a decent amount of protein and for meals to be filling.

Does anyone have any recommendations? Am based in southside, but all recos appreciated!

Thank you!

I know of a case where someone allegedly used my friend's address to get into a popular catchment school. My friend felt pressured because that person is her employer and is now anxious about possible consequences.

That person changed his driver's licence address, made her sign the statutory declaration and provide him necessary documents.

A lot of families genuinely move or pay higher rent in those catchment areas, so it feels unfair. How common is this, and do schools usually investigate residency claims?

Just wanted to say that you guys were having the most funniest conversation about cooking food and meals I've overheard in a while.

Things like, "Marry me chickin" and "Whose going to be sitting there like a bear eating salmon?", and bringing it back to "chicken roulette."

You guys need to start a podcast. Thanks for the giggle guys!

Wangerriburrah and Birri Gubba filmmaker and activist Sam Woripa Watson is among 11 Australians reportedly detained after Israeli forces intercepted a humanitarian flotilla in international waters.

According to Black Witness, Israeli forces intercepted the 38-boat Global Sumud Flotilla west of Cyprus on Monday morning Turkey time, about 400 kilometres from Gaza.

The flotilla was carrying international activists and aid intended for Gaza, with 10 boats still reportedly en route.

There has been no confirmation regarding the safety of those detained or where they have been taken.

Mr Watson comes from a Brisbane Blacks legacy in Magandjin, where activists have long stood in solidarity with Palestine and other Indigenous peoples.

Queensland’s minister for the 2032 Olympics has been referred to the federal police over allegations he falsely enrolled to vote at a staffer’s home while not living there.

Tim Mander wrote to state and federal electoral authorities last month after details of his living arrangements after a separation from his wife of 44 years were made public.

While state laws allow MPs to be enrolled to vote in their electorate despite not living there, federal laws do not – and include criminal offences for providing false or misleading information.

In a statement on Thursday, an Australian Electoral Commission spokesperson said the agency had made enquiries about the matter and given Mander a chance to provide supporting evidence.

“While a determination has not been made, the AEC does consider that there is currently an absence of compelling evidence to determine Mr Mander resided at the enrolled address,” the spokesperson said.

“As such, on 19 May the AEC referred this matter to the AFP [Australian Federal Police] for their consideration, and any action they consider appropriate.”

“As the matters in question concern a potential criminal offence under the Criminal Code Act 1995, the appropriate authority to undertake any further investigation into these issues is the Australian Federal Police.”

Mander has previously denied wrongdoing.

Hi there Brisbane,

I am a single woman living in a duplex in Brisbane. There have been issues surrounding my neighbours, who lives next door. Renting.

What happened was that when I first moved into this duplex in late 2025, I noticed that my electricity bill was exorbitantly high ($260.00 for the month). This was through a smart meter. I followed up with my electricity provider as why this may be the case, and they told me to cut down on electricity usage. I did, and I received my bill for the next quarter (after setting my payment sequence to this) for $850.00. I found this to be ludicrous (never in my life, living alone have I had such a bill), so I rang up the provider again and they instructed me to have a look at my physical metering box (which is on the Neighbor's side of the house).

What I discovered was that the meters were switched (NMI mapping error). According to the blue-prints of the property found in the meter box my unit 'unit 2' is written right under the correct smart meter box I'm meant to be on... So, I sent through these photographs to my electricity provider and they switched me to my proper box. With smart metering, I saw that my electricity usage was now congruent with how I live, compared to my neighbors who are an entire family living next door. My electricity bill, now being $90.00 per month.

The issue is that my neighbors aren't the most cooperative people. Just today they've been purposely moving my bin off of my driveway (the only space that's available for pick-up), which had led to my garbage not being collected (I contacted the Council and Police). No, it is not obscuring their side or anything like that... there is clear markings to reveal each side of our duplex, plus I have discussed the matter with the Council and they said I was doing the right thing. I asked the neighbor and seemingly, ignoring me, clicking away on their phone they said "I have CCTV footage, your bin was too heavy, so they didn't collect it. Just leave it there." I asked them if I could see the footage, and defensively and rudely they said "I have the footage." I found it odd that they knew it was heavy, but also, their story doesn't line up. I moved the bin to the front of my driveway yesterday, Wednesday as I always do for pick-up. I work from home... and I heard the bin truck go by, and I went outside to wheel it back in. I saw that it was still full (I had a look at my neighbor's bin to see that theirs was empty) moved in-front of a car parked on the side on purpose (off of my drive way). I contacted the Council and they issued me a bin collection reference and instructed me to put it on the driveway, the Police recommended I put a sign on it. The second time, it was moved to the same spot in the afternoon. I have documented everything, and time-stamped everything.

Now... the electricity matter. I have been trying to sort out this mix-up with my electricity provider. Currently, my Neighbors are trying to switch to a different electricity provider using my proper NMI (as physical reality has shown, with my meter box), and I have been alerted via text that I am switching to another one (I am not). I have to keep ringing up my provider to let them know that it isn't me making this change. I've provided evidence of photographs of the meter box, corresponding floor plans, my lease (to show my physical address) and have been following this up, everyday. I can't discuss this with my neighbors, because judging from their behaviour they wouldn't be much help (they also opened my Amazon package, gave it back to me and said the children opened it [It has my name clearly on the box - after this I put clear instructions to ensure they deliver my packages to me, only]).

The last person that lived here broke the lease, I think I understand why... I have contacted the real estate agent, and they have been in-touch with the owners. The next door neighbor, when she gave me a package of mine (in-which she signed off on) just brought up unprompted that she knows the owners personally (a bit odd and I'm not sure if I can believe anything she says, she seems to be the kind of person to skew reality to her benefit).

Any advice would be appreciated. I was thinking of requesting CCTV for my side of the duplex, but I'm not sure if that would be okay? This is the first time I've ever encountered anything like this. Personally, I just want to live in peace... The last set of units I lived in, the people there were lovely. This though, not pleasant.

hiii id love to hear some fun, unique, alt dates to do w my bf ✨

Edit: In the end, it doesnt really matter as what happened to me meant nothing to anyone in QPS or anywhere else.

Hi all! Looking for some advice and to warn the public of an ongoing issue I've had with Uber from the Brisbane Domestic Airport.

When booking an Uber, you have a price estimate you accept, which is to include any tolls and unavoidable surcharges. If you don't deviate from the route accepted or have any waiting charges the price estimate is what you're supposed to pay at the end of the ride.

For the last 12months or so, I have continually been getting double charged the $4.86 brisbane airport access fee, at the end of the ride. For example, if i accept a ride for $60, picked up from Virgin rideshare at BNE airport, they bill me $64.86 after the ride is complete.

I contact Uber support and get an instant refund of $3.78, then have to battle with them to get the remainder of the surcharge refunded (purely out of spite and principle)

I'm sick of having to do this as it's a complete waste of my time.

Does anyone have any advice of avenue of trying to get this resolved, as I'm positive I'm not the only person this is happening to, and with the amount of rides Uber does from Brisbane airport I'm sure they've pocketed millions from double charging when they shouldn't be.

Cheers

Did anyone else see a meteorite fall in Brisbane on May 21 at 8:18 PM?

The deputy premier has given a private school in Brisbane’s east the green light to cut down koala habitat for sporting ovals after the plan was knocked back by the local council.

Redland City Council denied a similar application from Ormiston College to add an oval and a slew of buildings around the campus in 2021, but the school took new plans directly to the state government in April last year.

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie, who is also the planning minister, approved the plan on Tuesday through a Ministerial Infrastructure Designation. The approval will come into effect once it is officially gazetted, likely on Friday.

During the MID process, the council – which has a koala-shaped logo – sent a letter to Bleijie questioning the school’s ecological report, which said only trees used sparingly by the marsupials would need to be cut down.

However, the report, which was submitted with the school’s plans, said a third of the koala habitat would need to go.

“It should also be noted that clearing will occur in areas of the site where low level [transitory] koala activity was recorded,” it said.

Citizen scientists have logged 23 koala sightings on the block – on the corner of Dundas and Delancey streets – in the past year, and many more within a 1-kilometre radius.

In his decision, Bleijie said the school would need to “retain existing mature vegetation unless it was required to be removed to facilitate the proposed development or it can be demonstrated that the trees pose an unacceptable safety risk”.

Plans submitted by the school show a chunk of core koala habitat will need to be cut down for a group of three junior ovals in the south-east corner of the campus.

The college costs between $13,000 and $18,000 a year, and is known for its sporting prowess, but the plans for the ovals have sparked strong criticism from the surrounding community and environmentalists.

The government received hundreds of submissions from the public about the MID, the majority of which were against the school’s expansion, and protesters gathered outside the school and Parliament House in the months leading up to the decision, asking for Bleijie to deny the application.

Ormiston College and the deputy premier have been contacted for comment.

I have a ~75m² studio on the CBD fringe that I operate my business from, by appointment only.

It has good bones, character, nice natural light etc., but currently still feels like the “cool empty shell with potential” phase of its life.

I’m less interested in a polished generic commercial fitout, and more interested in creating something atmospheric, restrained, and intentionally designed. Somewhere between architectural studio / gallery / client space… rather than “office”.

What I didn’t expect was how absurdly difficult it would be to actually hire someone to help evolve it.

Over the last ~6 months I’ve contacted interior designers, interior architects, shopfitters, builders etc.
Specifically people whose work I genuinely like and who seem aligned with more premium / architectural / creative spaces (not generic corporate office fitouts).

The responses have ranged from:

- no reply at all
- “too small”
- “we only take full-scale projects”
or
- “you already seem to be going in the right direction”

…which is confusing because yes, I have ideas — but that’s because I care about design, not because I’m trying to cosplay as an interior architect.

One interaction recently went:

- sent enquiry
- followed up with a phone call one week later because no response
- resent email because they “couldn’t find it”
was immediately asked “what’s the size?” and “what’s the budget?”
- replied honestly: not enormous, but open to guidance/options/staging
- then ghosted again

Maybe I’m naïve, but asking budget before even seeing the project feels a bit like a doctor asking “how much money do you have?” before looking at the injury.

For context: I’m not expecting a $500k hospitality venue experience on a shoestring budget. I’ve been involved in commercial fitouts/business/design for ~13 years and my previous space was a fairly significant project that ended up receiving international design recognition.

This project is just smaller, more personal, and probably more creatively interesting than financially exciting.

Anyway… if anyone in Brisbane (or broader SEQ) knows designers/studios/shopfitters who actually enjoy thoughtful smaller-scale projects with a more architectural/art-direction vibe, I would genuinely love recommendations or referrals.

I feel like when I walk through the city at the weekend there's so many different things on, events/festivals/markets..etc that I never hear about. Does anyone know if there's a website or some sort of resource to find out what's happening in Brissy??