The ongoing disagreement between Brisbane City Council and the state government over who is responsible for Woolloongabba’s derelict Broadway Hotel is compounded by the state’s ineffectual heritage legislation.
The heritage-listed Broadway Hotel caught fire for the third time in 10 years in September, worsening the building's already destroyed state and sparking calls from Deputy Premier Jackie Trad and Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch for the council to take action.
Ms Enoch issued a stop order at the time, preventing any demolition works from taking place following the fire, and wrote to Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk urging him to take further enforcement action to protect the building.