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Exercise meets technology: Gym proposed for Ipswich CBD
“Athlete-inspired” workouts could soon be undertaken in Ipswich’s Brisbane St, with a gym seeking a development permit from Ipswich City Council. Applicant Body Fit Training…
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Bid for city’s first national park
TWENTY-FIVE years after establishing the visionary Enviroplan, Ipswich is pushing for White Rock – Spring Mountain Conservation Estate to become the city’s first national park.…
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Drug and alcohol guidelines a bit tipsy
COUNCILLORS who are observed as being drowsy, agitated, anxious, restless, hostile, flu-like, suspicious, paranoid, hyperactive, fidgety, withdrawn, flushed complexion, sweating, unfocussed, having a blank stare…
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Brave political stance pays dividends
A BRAVE political stance from former parks committee chairman Gerard Pender to impose an extra levy on ratepayers 25 years ago to protect bushland reserves…
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Community members called on to help clean up Ipswich CBD street
Less than a month after a petition was created with the aim of ‘fixing’ Bell Street, a working bee has been announced for the CBD…
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Ipswich farewells community-minded family man and friend
THERE are good blokes and then there’s Grant Lowe, a really good bloke everyone loved as a kind-hearted, community-minded family man and mate with a…
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‘The worst I’ve ever seen’: Ipswich housing crisis
With Ipswich’s housing crisis at a ‘boiling point’, the Greens have unveiled a plan they say will end homelessness and housing insecurity in the region. …
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Ipswich City Council taken to planning court over koala habitat threatening development
Woolworths’ development division, Fabcot, has taken Ipswich City Council to court after council refused their development application on koala habitat areas. An application requesting the…
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Man charged over Ipswich copper wire thefts
For more than a month, public and private properties in Ipswich have been targeted for copper wire. After investigating the matter since October, Ipswich detectives…
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Ipswich top of town businesses in limbo as landlord defaults mortgage
Arriving to work on Wednesday morning, multiple local businesses were met with a shocking sight at their Ipswich premises. Café Rafter and Rose, hairdresser Élan…










