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Brisbane City Council Airbnb rate hike draws mixed responses during housing crisis

Brisbane City Council is accused of taking a short-sighted approach to the housing crisis and for failing to draw from modelling after announcing a rate hike for properties rented as short-term accomodation.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022

Brisbane to hike short-term rental rates

Brisbane Mayor Adrian Schrinner threatens to hike rates for short-term rental owners by 50 per cent if they don't return properties to the long-term market.

AAP · Jun 15, 2022

Brisbane to charge Airbnb hosts higher council rates to tackle housing availability

Landlords who rent out their entire property for longer than 60 days a year will pay 50% more in rates from July

The Guardian - AU · Jun 15, 2022

Qld launches $741m flooded home program

Queenslanders whose homes were damaged by recent floods can register for grants to raise, repair, retrofit or have their home voluntarily bought back.

AAP · May 12, 2022

Queensland's wet weather warnings bring fresh anxiety and stress to victims of February floods

Victims of the devastating February floods in south-east Queensland say the latest severe rain event has triggered trauma, as a joint federal and state government flood package becomes available to flooded homeowners.

ABC News · May 12, 2022

Gympie bracing for deluge as flood alerts issued by BOM for several south-east Queensland communities

Several south-east Queensland communities are on flood alert after days of heavy rain, with Gympie bracing for six-hourly falls of up to 160 millimetres early Friday and into the evening.

ABC News · May 11, 2022

Warnings issued late in Brisbane floods

Flood warnings issued during the recent Brisbane floods were held up as authorities argued about the wording, a report into the disaster has revealed.

AAP · May 10, 2022

Brisbane flood review labels event 'worst-case scenario', emergency alert system to be upgraded

The review provided 37 recommendations, which Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the council has accepted and will act on.

ABC News · May 10, 2022

Concern over Qld local govt election caps

Queensland's Liberal National Party is furious about a state government discussion paper on potential caps on spending for local council elections.

AAP · Apr 19, 2022

Men's Shed 'gutted' after $1.5 million federal grant reallocated to Brisbane City Council

Kenmore Men's Shed members say they spent a year on a grant process after the federal government committed $1.5 million to an upgrade, only for the funding to be taken from them.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2022