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Ipswich adopts updated transport strategy
IPSWICH City Council has endorsed an updated transport plan, the iGO Ipswich Transport Strategy 2025, setting priorities for how the city’s growing population will get…
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Warnings remain as Leda units face panel scrutiny
A CONTROVERSIAL proposal to rezone and develop flood-prone land at North Ipswich will go before Ipswich City Council’s Independent Development Review Panel (IDRP) on September…
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Welcoming the Babies returns to Springfield
THE Welcoming the Babies celebration is returning to Greater Springfield, bringing together local families to welcome the community’s newest residents. The free event, co-hosted by…
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Mardi Gras-Burg celebrates rural pride
MARDI Gras-Burg turned the Rosewood Hotel paddock into a weekend of music, colour, and celebration. Founded by Bryant Strong, the biennial festival draws families and…
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Leaders knock back bid for councillor compo
QUEENSLAND politicians have rejected calls to compensate former Ipswich councillors dismissed over a major corruption scandal. The Ipswich City Council was dumped in 2018 after…
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Locals kept in dark after Jackal’s $125k penalty
IPSWICH City Council has confirmed that New Chum fibro-cement recycler Jackal Renewables was fined $125,000 in June, prompting clean-dumps campaigners to question why the council…
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Ipswich care home boy suicide highlights crisis
THE suicide of a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy at a residential care home in Ipswich has once again thrown Queensland’s child protection system into the spotlight.…
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‘Quasi-prisons’: demand for reform after boy’s suicide
KATHERINE Hayes, a senior advocate with Youth Advocacy Centre (YAC), has described the death of a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy at an Ipswich residential care home…
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Childcare centre set for busy Augustine Heights road
PLANS have been submitted for a new childcare and swim school complex at a busy road corridor at Augustine Heights. The application, filed with Ipswich…
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Woogaroo Forest singled out as critical echidna habitat
LOCALS are invited to help discover the lives of one of Australia’s most elusive creatures – the short-beaked echidna – at a citizen science workshop…
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