Busy Brisbane road being redesigned; How (and why) Labor dumped key call of its 2032 venue review

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In our top local stories this morning, Queensland’s Transport and Main Roads Minister has asked his department to come up with designs to show how Gympie Road might cater for local traffic, with better public transport facilities and paths, if long-distance drivers were to use a proposed toll tunnel.

In today’s Perspective column, Matt Dennien writes on how a rare radio appearance by the Queensland premier has shed more light on how (and why) Labor dumped the key call of its own review of venues for the 2032 Olympic Games.

Brisbane’s best-known ramen chef has launched a classy izakaya – casual Japanese restaurants in which diners settle in and socialise over a range of food and drinks.

And Wallabies great David Wilson says now is the time for Queenslander Fraser McReight to make the Australian No.7 jersey his own.