Brisbane City Hall’s new auditorium floor costs $565k, timing of work questioned by Labor

The 100-year-old floorboards in the Brisbane City Hall auditorium have been replaced at a cost of $565,000.

The auditorium in the centre of the 1930s-era heritage-listed building at King George Square will reopen early this month.

In 2009, the council launched a $215 million restoration of the building, including the auditorium’s dome.

The restoration was triggered by a three-volume report that found the entire stone building was steadily sinking into its swampy foundations.

But the council did not replace all the…