September 7, 2026 — 6:59pm

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Opinion pieces from local writers exploring their suburb’s cliches and realities and how it has changed in the past 20 years. See all stories .

I’m driving one weekend through my suburb with my son Hamish. We stop at the traffic lights by the train line, and consider the local shops, clocking three massage parlours, a vape shop, a bottle-o, and a closed double-fronted place that sold “mobility” vehicles, but which has since relocated to the rural town of Maryborough.

“Everything you need”, says Hamish drily…

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