[–] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Super good news and policy. It feels like a splash (rather than a drop) in the bucket for the cost of living though.

Surely a decent housing policy has to be next.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    I mean games, tv, movies all have some sort of rating system so you don’t really have to spend a lot of time reviewing the content for your kids. Seems like a gap that this doesn’t exist for books.

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    The Quirk review is in and it has recommendations!

    The Gabba:

    … the panel estimates an upgrade alone would cost around $2 billion. A full rebuild would cost around $3 billion – more than the $2.7 billion estimated by the Queensland government – plus displacement costs for the AFL and cricket.

    How about a new stadium at Victoria Park:

    The review instead recommends the government build a new stadium at Victoria Park with 50,000 seats for the Games, and more to be added later for the AFL and cricket. And, as Brisbane Times revealed on Sunday, the alternative stadium would come at a cost of around $3.4 billion – $700 million more than the government tipped for the Gabba.

    And how about a new Brisbane Live Arena venue:

    Instead, it recommends building Brisbane Live at a the non-parkland northern corner of Roma Street precinct which currently houses a carpark and workshop depot. This corner was originally set aside by the former Beattie government for a landmark public museum-style building.

    Quotes are from: https://brisbanedevelopment.com/olympic-recalibration-review-recommends-new-victoria-park-olympic-stadium/?amp=1

    https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-news-live-labor-losing-votes-left-and-right-brisbane-s-significant-next-48-hours-20240317-p5fd35.html

     

    Book #6 was released earlier this week, with the final #7 due next year.

    Those who have read, what did you think of it?

    I’m 68% of the way through according to my Kindle, but I’m enjoying it a lot more than the last 2 books already!

    Series description:

    Red Rising is a 2014 dystopian science fiction novel by American author Pierce Brown, and the first book and eponym of a series. The novel, set in the future on Mars, follows lowborn miner Darrow as he infiltrates the ranks of the elite Golds.

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