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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.
Key points:
- City Hall’s auditorium did not have a new floor installed in 2013 during a major restoration
- Labor councillors are questioning the timing of a $565,000 spend
- The auditorium floor was pulled up in December and replaced
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…
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