Kenji Sato

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Kenji Sato

Brisbane City Council has handed down a high-tax but low-spending budget while accusing the state and federal governments of "cost shifting" onto local councils. The council will hike general rates by 3.87 per cent in 2025/26, despite Brisbane's annual inflation figures falling to 2.7 per cent in March this year. It comes as the council released its "financially responsible" annual plan and budget for the financial year on Wednesday morning.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Kelly Higgins-Devine |Kenji Sato

If you sanction someone or something, is that a good or a bad thing? Or if something is transparent, is it invisible or obvious? One word, two meanings, heading in completely different directions. That's the world of contronyms which can be the bane of people trying to learn the English language. Professor Roly Sussex and Kelly are joined by ABC Radio Brisbane reporter, Kenji Sato, as they try to untangle these double meanings.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Kenji Sato |Ellen Fanning

Free green bins will be rolled out across Brisbane, according to council plans leaked by the Labor opposition. LNP councillor Sarah Hutton refused to confirm or deny the leaks, but acknowledged the existence of an army of green bins that could be seen via satellite photos. Google Maps photos showed hundreds of green bins waiting at Nudgee, Rochedale, and Willawong council depots.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Kenji Sato

The biggest change to Brisbane's bus network in two decades will come into effect on June 30. About three-quarters of Brisbane's bus services will change in some way, with services being cut, added, rerouted, renamed, or split in half. ABC Radio Brisbane has created a handy guide to prepare passengers ahead of June 30. There will be six new bus routes, including the new M1 Metro service.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Kenji Sato

A court has blocked a planned peak hour protest to shut down Brisbane's Story Bridge. Organisers had planned to blockade all six lanes from 8am on Friday, calling for the Brisbane City Council to dedicate one lane to cyclists and pedestrians. In his ruling, the magistrate said the protest would "compromise people's safety". "The balance here is the people who will be disrupted coming into town to work, the other issue is safety," the magistrate said.