Rankin’s on the Mall owner Ross Petersen isn’t going down without a fight in his bid to save his landmark news agency with council redevelopment looming.

On March 29 Brisbane City Council officially notified the Queen Street Mall news agency, which has been operating for 35 years, they would be evicted.

Online and paper petitions calling on the council to allow the news agency to stay on Queen Street have so far received more than 5000 signatures.