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NewsThe Wall Street Journal Has Launched an Architect-Designed Virtual-Reality News App
Get your immersive news fix in swanky virtual digs.
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NewsThis Australian Company Wants to Start Recycling All Your Takeaway Coffee Cups
At the moment, takeaway coffee cups go straight to landfill.
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NewsWest End's $800 Million West Village Precinct Development Is Going Ahead
With rooftop garden cafes, laneway markets, artist spaces and a 'knowledge incubator' planned for the 1920s Peters Ice Cream factory space.
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GuideThe Ten Best Events at Brisbane Powerhouse's Wonderland 2016
Mirror mazes, murder ballads and mighty Game of Thrones parodies.
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NewsInside the Palme d'Or-Winning Film Everyone Should See with I, Daniel Blake's Dave Johns
Meet the 59-year-old stand-up comedian whose very first (and very unfunny) feature film took Cannes.
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NewsMatt and Alex to Say Goodbye to triple j with Free National Rave Tour
A leaving party of epic proportions.
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NewsThe Best Places in Brisbane to Treat Your Mum on Mother's Day (or Any Day)
Try harder than your favourite sticky dive bar — your mum deserves it, whether she's keen on a riverside Japanese feast, a gin brunch or a sky-high Spanish spread.
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NewsSix Grown-Up Easter Treats to Hunt Down Around Brisbane
You're never too old for this Easter hunt, especially when there's chocolate hot cross cruffins, chocolate eggs melting into fondue and banoffee cocktails to track down and devour.
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NewsWhere to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Brisbane
The temperature is rising and the gelato is freezing — cool down with Brisbane's top tier of iced confections this spring and summer.
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GuideOn the Way: Upcoming Brisbane Openings (and Around Queensland) to Put in Your Diary for 2025 and Beyond
The Sunshine State's drinking and dining scene is about to look a whole lot different — these are the newbies we're counting the days for.
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GuideThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Brisbane
Rooftop parties, riverside feasts, laneway celebrations and citywide festivals — now that's how you welcome in the Year of the Snake in Brisbane.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Restaurants of 2024
Throughout 2024, you've been scoping out famous culinary names making the move to Brisbane, luxe steakhouses and woodfired Moroccan-inspired dishes.
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GuideBrisbane's 20 Most-Popular Cafes of 2024
French bakeries, world-renowned croissanteries, beloved Brisbane coffee spots — they've been keeping you fed and caffeinated in 2024.
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GuideAll of the New Brisbane Openings That You Need to Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2024
Discover your next favourite dish or drink at one of these fresh Brisbane haunts.
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GuideThe Best Food and Drink Festivals to Look Forward to in and Around Brisbane in 2024
Add beer, pinot, rosé, whisky, Japanese, vegan, gluten-free and chilli festivals to your culinary plans for the rest of this year.
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GuideThe Best Places in Brisbane to Take the Dad in Your Life This Father's Day (or Any Day)
Whether your father figure loves hearty breakfasts, cold ones by the river, rooftop brews, top-notch steaks or flinging darts, Brisbane isn't short on places to go.
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NewsSomeone Has Invented 'Back to the Future'-Inspired Solar-Powered Clothing
Imagine charging your phone just by slipping it in your pocket.
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NewsNoma's Next Pop-Up Is An Outdoor, Open-Air Restaurant in Mexico
Expect chilli, seafood and mole, all while nestled between the jungle and the Caribbean Sea.
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NewsSouthern-style Chicken Joint Winner Winner Is Now Open In Paddington
Brisbane's love affair with cooked chooks continues.
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NewsThis Lucky Beachfront Bar Just Landed Australia's First Beach Dining License
Bringing together our nation's two strongest assets: a hot beach and cold beers.
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RestaurantThe French Exit
169 Mary Street, Brisbane City
A dimly lit, romantic and inviting space, classic French dishes and a standout wine list go a long way to making you forget you just strolled off the street in Brissy.
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RestaurantCibaria Noosa
Elysium Resort Noosa, 14-16 Hastings St, Noosa Heads
Handmade pasta and coastal Italian flavours take centre stage at this relaxed all-day trattoria and bar on Hastings Street.
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RestaurantBirria Boy Taqueria
617 Stanley Street, Woolloongabba
Don't delay in getting a taste of these tacos, as this pop-up is only sticking around for a few months.
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RestaurantMeltemi Mediterrania
17 Albert Ave, Broachbeach, Gold Coast
This new diner brings the bold and diverse flavours of countries from Spain to Morocco and Sardinia to Lebanon all the way to the Gold Coast.
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RestaurantTABOO
20 Constance Street, Fortitude Valley
The monochrome pale-green, oasis, is set to become an all-day drinking and dining destination.
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RestaurantGrand View Hotel
49 North Street, Cleveland
The Grand View Hotel, overlooking North Stradbroke Island, enters a new era following a major refresh and upgrade.
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RestaurantMarlowe Restaurant
105 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane
This elegant Modern Australian bistro by the crew behind Central and Southside is set across nine rooms of a heritage-listed apartment building on Fish Lane.
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RestaurantBar Monte
17 Longland Street, Newstead
The Gold Coast fave has made the move to Newstead, bringing with it punchy Italian flavours and a wine list curated by one of the world's best sommeliers.
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RestaurantMamasan
3 Oracle Boulevard, Broadbeach
The extensive menu includes the likes of wagyu sandos, crab tortellini, kimchi fried rice and mango spring rolls.
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NewsAmazon Prime Video Is Unofficially Streaming in Australia
Yes, you can watch selected shows, but no one is quite sure why.
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NewsCharles Baker Donuts & Coffee Is Brisbane's New Doughnut Pit Stop
Stop in for cinnamon, Nutella or strawberry jam doughies.
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NewsMoonlight Cinema Reveals Another Awesome Summer Program for 2016-17
And tickets are on sale now.
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NewsFive Must-See Films at the 2016 Japanese Film Festival
A feudal samurai western, an entire documentary on sake and oh, cockroaches on Mars.
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EventSouthwave: Summer Electronic Series
Fri, 2 Jan - Sat, 21 Feb 2026
Rainforest Green, Brisbane
Brisbane is getting a huge new summer experience with Southwave, a free two-month electronic music series bringing Maribou State, Folamour, Rose Gray and more to South Bank.
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EventArmand Van Helden at The Tivoli
Fri, 10 Apr, 2026
The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley
Groove to house music all night long, as one of the genre's pioneering stars makes a long-awaited return to Brisbane.
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EventNick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The 'Wild God' Tour
Tue, 27 Jan, 2026
Victoria Park / Barrambin, Herston
This iconic Australian band is bringing its latest tour Down Under to kick off 2026, playing two-and-a-half-hour shows.
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EventKesha: The Tits Out Tour
Thu, 19 Feb, 2026
Riverstage, Brisbane
Kesha is playing Brisbane in 2026 as part of the biggest headline tour of her career so far.
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EventG Flip: 'Dream Ride' Tour
Fri, 27 Feb, 2026
Riverstage, Brisbane
More than good enough: G Flip is playing Brisbane in February 2026 with The Beaches and Ayesha Madon in support.
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EventLorde: 'Ultrasound' World Tour
Mon, 16 Feb, 2026
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Green light: Lorde is bringing her latest world tour to Brisbane, with the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter playing at the Entertainment Centre.
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EventArchie Moore: kith and kin
Sat, 27 Sep 2025 - Sun, 18 Oct 2026
GOMA, South Brisbane
This artwork won the 2024 Venice Biennale's Golden Lion — and Australians can see it at home in Brisbane.
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EventDavid Byrne: 'Who Is the Sky?' World Tour
Sat, 17 Jan, 2026
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
If you've seen concert films 'Stop Making Sense' and 'American Utopia', then you'll want to catch the iconic Talking Heads frontman live.
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EventBluey's World
Thu, 7 Nov 2024 - Tue, 17 Mar 2026
Northshore Pavilion, Hamilton
This immersive Brisbane experience lets you step inside the Heeler home for real life.
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NewsThe Best Photos of Last Night's Supermoon from Around the World
By those who could actually see it.
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NewsStudio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki Breaks Out of Retirement for One Last Film
And it sounds characteristically adorable.
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Amazon Might Be Opening a Series of Bricks-and-Mortar Supermarkets in Australia
Complete with grocery drive-throughs.
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FeatureOutside Guide: 48 Hours in Byron Bay
We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.
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NewsA Brisbane Bar Is Phasing Out Plastic Straws to Save the Environment
Also on the agenda: a donation-for-a-straw scheme.
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NewsYou Can Now Take A Virtual Tour of Australia Thanks to Qantas' New VR App
The next best thing to actually being there.
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NewsSomeone Has Invented Customisable, LED-Equipped E-Sneakers
They'll also vibrate to give you directions and let you know when you're getting a call.
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NewsYou Can Now Buy Vegan Cookbooks Inspired by Morrissey and Nick Cave
Peas, peas let me get what I want.
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NewsMcDonald's In Italy Is Now Selling Nutella Burgers
Because humanity's love for Nutella truly knows no bounds.
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NewsFortitude Valley's Fallow Boutique Has Opened an Art Pop-Up
Brisbane's rejectors of conventional retail have changed things up again.
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NewsSnapchat Has Released Their Own Snap-Capturing Spectacles
And they're selling them through yellow vending machines.
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NewsJ'Aton Couture Has Released a Dramatic New Line of 'Couture Activewear'
The Princess and the P.T.
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NewsCraft Brew House Is Birkdale's New Coffee Shop and Craft Beer Bar Hybrid
Cafe by day, bar by night.
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NewsQueer-Friendly Camping Music Festival Gaytimes Reveals 2017 Lineup
The camping festival "of your big gay dreams."
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Have a Gander at This Year's Eat Drink Design Award Winners
Melbourne's Dinner by Heston and Higher Ground, and Adelaide's Pink Moon Saloon are among the awarded.
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NewsHow to Follow the US 2016 Election Online in Australia
One co-worker's computer screen must be sacrificed today.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Popping Up in Brisbane for Christmas
Give the gift of gelato this Christmas...to yourself.
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NewsStarring in a Road Movie with Hardly Any Script with American Honey's Riley Keough
Andrea Arnold's new road movie is "like an experience, rather than like a film".
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NewsFirst Table Is Bringing Half-Price Early Bird Dinners to Brisbane
Prepare to up your dining game to new and glorious heights.
