By API Contributor | 8-10-2024 | Sponsored Content

The Olympics are coming to Brisbane and it could spell fun and games for property investors as a surge in migration and infrastructure spending creates a unique investment opportunity.

This monumental event isn’t just exciting news for sports enthusiasts and Queensland’s tourism industry; it also holds significant implications for Brisbane’s ever-evolving property market. As the second-best performing capital city in Australia in terms of property price growth, Brisbane is already on a promising trajectory.

By Colin Clark, on August 21, 2024 at 6:30 PM

SYDNEY — In a major breakthrough for Australia’s efforts to build and maintain complex precision-guided munitions and missiles on its shores, the government here plans to invest up to $850 million in partnership with Kongsberg Defence Australia to manufacture and service the advanced Naval Strike Missile and Joint Strike Missile.

The Australian investment was announced by Pat Conroy, minister for defense procurement, in Canberra today. A factory will be built close to where Australia maintains its F-35 fleet, at the Newcastle Airport in New South Wales, with about 100 people employed.

Infrastructure, Leon Della Bosca, Tue 01 Oct 24

One of the Queensland rail network’s biggest projects has moved forward with two significant contracts awarded for the Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project.

Bielby Hull Joint Venture and the Martinus Degnan Joint Venture have each been awarded contracts as part of the $5.75-billion initiative, which is jointly funded by the Federal and Queensland governments.

PLANNING, CLARE BURNETT, WED 24 JUL 24

Another 30,000 homes are hoped to be added to the South-East Queensland pipeline thanks to a new Priority Development Area (PDA).

Waraba will be Queensland’s 36th PDA, meaning development applications for the area will now be run through the Queensland Government agency Economic Development Queensland.

ABC Sunshine Coast / By Owen Jacques, Alex Easton, and Sarah Howells, Posted Mon 13 May 2024 at 10:15amMonday 13 May 2024 at 10:15am, updated Mon 13 May 2024 at 12:43pm

In short: A Brisbane to Sunshine Coast rail line will soon begin early works to be built ahead of the 2032 Brisbane Games, after new Federal funding announced.

What's next: Construction on this first stage to Caloundra is set to begin in 2026, with further rail connections to follow after the Olympics.