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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

and yep I was one of the people saying boo hoo, the school is tiny and it needs demolition because as you know, it’s already bursting as the seams

Personally I'm not opposed to the school being moved. But it needs to be moved to a sensible location. The problem with the previous government's plan was that they were going to move the school to somewhere literally outside its own catchment. People in Kangaroo Point would have over an hour walk to get to school.

afaik there’s no other good place to put it

My top two proposals (if the Gabba was being ruled out) were Eagle Farm racecourse and the RNA showgrounds. Neither of these were even considered by the committee. In part because the head of the committee is also on the board of Racing Queensland, creating a conflict of interest.

and tbf looks like still plenty of parks/green space

Sure, if that sketch (and you're right to be sceptical, it's a very early mock-up not a serious plan) ends up being accurate, there's still a lot of green space. But it's an enormous degradation compared to the plan BCC put out in 2022. Especially with those enormous, ugly, multistorey carparks taking up a good quarter of the site.