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The good people helping ease homelessness battle
IT IS around 4.30pm and 23C as I drive into Queens Park on what appears to be a perfect winter’s afternoon. The sun casts long…
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Council fire ant complaint sent to ‘wrong Minister’
THE next stage in Ipswich Council’s plan to fight the menace of fire ants was last week unveiled at the Ordinary Meeting of Council. The…
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Payout for Pisasale madam
PAUL Pisasale’s brothel madam has won a $240,000 legal fight against Brisbane barrister Sam Di Carlo. On Monday, District Court Judge Suzanne Sheridan ruled that…
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Parking, dog rego, bins: it’s all up in budget
COUNCIL fees and charges for services will rise by around 4.5 percent from the beginning of July. Figures released prior to tomorrow’s Ipswich City Council…
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Doyle bats off criticism on committees invisibility
DIVISION 3 Councillor Marnie Doyle has defended herself against accusations she has lost her drive to advocate for the community. Ipswich Lockyer branch Greens spokeswoman…
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Councillors in ugly row over leases
TENSIONS boiled over between the Division 3 councillors at a meeting of Ordinary Council last week. Councillors Andrew Antoniolli and Marnie Doyle went head-to-head over discussions…
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Elwyn, 86, helps homeless from mobility scooter
ELWYN’S desire to help those on the streets displays no signs of slowing despite his own advancing years. The doughty 86-year-old says he has clocked…
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Cup numbers drop off a cliff in five years
THE Ipswich Cup team ushered 12,500 revellers through the gates on Saturday, a 40 percent drop on numbers from a pre-lockdown 2019, and south of…
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Springfield vets fight Woogaroo bulldozing
JEANNET Kessels is the founder and director of Greater Springfield Veterinary clinic and is a mother to four children. Last week, Dr Kessels gave a…
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Triple investigation into Wacol psych hospital
MULTIPLE investigations are underway into allegations of serious staff sexual misconduct, bullying, nepotism, patient abuse and claims of a culture of cover-up at a Wacol…
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