Brisbane City Council says just because a church hall has not been maintained by its owners, they cannot "barrel in with bulldozers and knock it over".
Maree Baumann spends her nights huddling in the back of her car with her tiny dog, but according to a City of Moreton Bay local law change she is not a homeless camper.
While residents want a say in housing projects in their communities, urban planners say a negativity bias is resulting in affordable housing projects being blocked.
A group of "guerilla gardeners" have barricaded themselves in a community garden in response to the Queensland government's attempt to close the site due to contamination concerns.
City of Moreton Bay Acting Mayor Jodie Shipway says a public health review identified human waste, toilet paper, used syringes, and vermin at the site.
A group of residents in the Brisbane suburb of Wakerley is trying to prevent a local church from building 44 units for low-income people on its own land.
Urban planners say inner city Brisbane desperately needs more apartments, but local home owners are fighting against a proposal to protect their neighbourhood's "charm".
Maria Gourley has spent nearly two years in a legal dispute with her body corporate because she painted the roof of her Brisbane townhouse the wrong colour.