Minister privately concedes Queenslandâs heritage laws need tightening
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Queenslandâs environment and heritage protection minister has privately written to a residentsâ group, conceding legislative changes were needed to protect the stateâs character homes.
In a recent letter, Meaghan Scanlon informed Toowong residents she had asked the Queensland Heritage Council to set up a new âheritage advisory panelâ to better inform the council.
Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon (left) at her swearing in by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk after the 2020 election.
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Loss of historic Brisbane home prompts calls for heritage overhaul
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Last month, a group of residents watched as a bulldozer demolished a Toowong house, Linden Lea, which originally belonged to the family that created Webster’s Biscuits and gave Brisbane its Shingle Inn tearooms.
They had put in an application to protect the home, but it was too late for the largely part-time Queensland Heritage Council to consider.
Toowong residents John Scott and Freya Robertson express their concerns as bulldozers remove Linden Lea at Toowong.
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Demolition work done for new âyear-roundâ Ekka station
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Workers have demolished part of a train station in Brisbaneâs inner north in one of the first steps to creating a year-round stop servicing the suburb and multibillion-dollar Cross River Rail project.
Construction has started at the Exhibition station site in Bowen Hills, set to house a new station and tracks, with the fences now cordoning off parts of the Ekkaâs sideshow alley precinct. They were not expected to affect the event when it takes place in August.
Concept images of the new Exhibition station.