About 40 people were asked to get off a peak-hour service into the city, with one saying it appeared the boat was taking on water.

Construction is nearly finished on a riverfront complex with more than 200 new homes, on one of Brisbane’s last remaining spaces by the city’s river.

Queensland Health said routine mosquito surveillance programs had detected the presence of the virus in Hemmant, an eastern riverside suburb of Brisbane. The department is concerned the risk of ...