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Honours for community volunteers
COMMUNITY advocate Amanda Draheim was named the 2024 Ipswich Citizen of the Year in a ceremony at 1 Nicholas Street last week. Mrs Draheim is…
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Tributes for Dallas Hayden
DALLAS Hayden, the wife of former Labor Party Leader and Governor-General Bill Hayden, has passed away just over two months after attending the funeral of…
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Madden to run for Council
RETIRING Member for Ipswich West Jim Madden has resigned from State Parliament to run as Division 4 Councillor at the Ipswich City Council election. His…
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Labor gets involved in council
LABOR State Secretary Kate Flanders addressed party members at a special meeting of the ALP Ipswich branch on Sunday on “how to engage with local…
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Sting uncovers $129m drugs haul
CLOSE to $130 million in drugs was last week discovered by police in a massive swoop that included Ipswich. Dozens of people across the south…
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High density unit plan for ‘flood island’
A DEVELOPER wants to build units on a notorious stretch of land mapped in the flood zone fronting the Bremer River. Developer Red Triple Eight…
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$10.9m Ripley ambo station opens
THE new purpose-built $10.9 million Ripley Ambulance Station opened last week. The station will enable paramedics to act quicker to the ever-growing community with rapid…
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Beach volleyball for vigoro site
QUICKSAND Rebound Volleyball wants to build outdoor volleyball courts at the Ipswich Vigoro site. The proposal at 39 Jacaranda Street seeks to rezone the land…
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Seeing double with tween twosomes
TEACHERS saw double as nine sets of twins started Year 7 at St Peter Claver College Riverview yesterday. “The influx of twins is a first…
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Sick bat with fatal lyssavirus found
RESIDENTS have been warned not to touch bats or flying foxes after an animal with a deadly bat virus was found in an Ipswich park.…
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