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Springfield woman receives public service medal for helping keep Queensland courts open
“When people think about court, they think about a trial,” said Springfield resident Julie Steel. But Julie, Executive Director of the Supreme, District and Land…
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Madden backs greyhound facility
STATE MP Jim Madden has weighed in on the Government’s plans for a $39 million greyhound racing centre at Purga, supporting a fresh start for…
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Life in theatre: Ipswich woman receives OAM for contribution to the regions community theatre
Helen thinks it all started with puppets, although she’s not truly sure where her love for theatre came from. “I guess maybe you’re just born…
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Pat Evatt turns her passions into professions, helping the Ipswich community in the process
When thinking about receiving her Order of Australia Medal (OAM), Eastern Heights resident Pat Evatt said she was ‘quite emotional’. “Someone has gone to the…
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Paint manufacturer makes moves to establish operations in Citiswich
AN EPOXY paint manufacturer has plans to set up a manufacturing plant, warehouse and retail showroom in Bundamba. Walker Bremer Park Pty Ltd plans to…
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Council hits ratepayers with extra rural fire levy
CONFUSION has arisen after Ipswich City Council put through a second rural fire levy applied to all ratepayers at the last Budget. Urban residents complained…
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Collingwood Park house fire leaves couple dead
Police are investigating after an Ipswich couple were killed by a fire that destroyed their Collingwood Park home on Sunday morning. Police say the bodies…
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17-year-old Mollie receives OAM for Tokyo games performance
Mollie O’Callaghan isn’t your regular Ipswich high school student. Not only did the swimmer return home from last year’s Olympic Games with two gold and…
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Hospital expansion at Springfield now under consideration with Council
MATER Misericordiae are seeking planning permission from the Ipswich City Council to turn a six-month-old political announcement into a new concrete and steel, 10 storey…
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Developer proposes to subdivide land mapped as ‘affected by underground mining’
IS a one-hectare tract of land in Bundamba suitable for residential subdivision or could it be subject to cave-ins from former underground mining operations? That’s…










