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  • RSL takes next step to develop Veterans Hub

    RSL takes next step to develop Veterans Hub

    RSL Queensland has been awarded a $50,000 grant to develop a business case to establish a Veterans’ and Families’ Hub in Ipswich. The expansion of…

  • Country charm lives on through restoration project

    Country charm lives on through restoration project

    THE country appeal of the Rosewood Hotel lives on through new owners Luke and Lynnette Chalmers. The hotel has undergone a transformation after months of…

  • LETTERS: Developers ‘have the say on planning’

    LETTERS: Developers ‘have the say on planning’

    IF the “Draft New Ipswich Planning Scheme” is any guide then the final plan will be a blue print for uncontrolled development. Here are just…

  • Our cartoon

    Our cartoon

    BALLOONING costs of the Nicholas Street Precinct redevelopment has divided Ipswich City Council with $53 million allocated to the project in this year’s Budget. Rates…

  • Continue dumps scrutiny

    Continue dumps scrutiny

    COUNCIL’S lengthy battle against three waste companies – Lantrak, Austin BMI and Cleanaway – is all but over following the Planning Environment Court’s decision last…

  • City spending divides council

    City spending divides council

    BALLOONING costs of the Nicholas Street Precinct redevelopment has divided Ipswich City Council with $53 million allocated to the project in this year’s Budget. Councillor…

  • Hefty rates hike as inflation soars

    Hefty rates hike as inflation soars

    THE average rates bill will rise more than $100 a year in the steepest of four hefty rate rises since the council was elected. The…

  • What’s in the ICC Budget for your neighbourhood

    What’s in the ICC Budget for your neighbourhood

    Division 1 § $11.7 million for Redbank Plains Road upgrades stage 3; § $1.6 million for construction of clubhouse at Ironbark Park, South Ripley; §…

  • Pahlke sign still not resolved

    Pahlke sign still not resolved

    THE BUREACRATIC bungle that resulted in former councillor David Pahlke’s name being removed from a sign at Cobb and Co Heritage Park continues. Mr Pahlke’s…

  • King’s Honours no joke for corporal

    King’s Honours no joke for corporal

    ONE morning at work, when Corporal Timothy Nevin read an email asking him to accept or reject a Conspicuous Service Medal, he thought he was…

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