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State allocates $500,000 for bridge removal
THE demolition of the Bell Street overbridge will cost an estimated $500,000. The State Government, which owns the structure, allocated the funding to the estimated…
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Cameras target trail bike nuisance
TEMPORARY cameras will be installed in Tony Merrell Park, Leichhardt, to address ongoing community concerns about anti-social activity in the park. Complaints from residents about…
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Single mum’s housing struggle PTSD
A SINGLE mum and her chronically ill daughter say their desperate struggle to live near family and escape their cramped living conditions has been ignored…
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Premier defends MiHi buyback fiasco
THE Shadow Housing Minister raised the MiHi Grove payout fight during parliamentary question time, last week. Tim Mander said the Queensland Government must pay the…
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Year marks arrests milestone
POLICE charged 689 people with 862 offences across the Ipswich district in the past 12 months. The arrests were made as part of Operation Whiskey…
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‘Life should mean life’
THE daughter of slain family woman Vyleen White says young offenders who take lives should receive adult sentences. Cindy Micallef, whose mother was fatally stabbed…
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Surge in battery fires
FIREYS in the South East region last year attended around 40 fires sparked by disposable lithium-ion batteries and that number is expected to escalate, experts…
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Row over bulk-billing figures
BLAIR MP Shayne Neumann has rubbished LNP claims of a “staggering decline” in GP medical clinics offering bulk billing in the electorate. Senator Paul Scarr…
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Heavy fuel loads build bushfire hazard
RURAL fireys want homeowners to tackle the heavy fuel loads that have swollen after the humid weather and heavy rains over previous months. Queensland Fire…
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State regulator accused of apathy
ENVIRONMENT Department chiefs say its officers have been at composter Wood Mulching Industries’ (WMI) Swanbank site to check compliance with its latest obligations. WMI must…
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