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No plan to copy brutal homeless decrees
IPSWICH Council says it has no plans to duplicate neighbouring Moreton Bay Council’s ban on homeless people sleeping publicly in their vehicles or from keeping…
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Health inquiry raises more questions than answers
IPSWICH community leaders have given a lukewarm response to the declaration by the LNP state government of a public health inquiry into the potential health…
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Senator’s alarm at Gates-funded GM mozzie release
QUEENSLAND Senator Gerard Rennick has raised alarm over a joint venture between the national science agency and a Bill Gates-funded biotechnology company in which genetically…
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Contractor handed job for road upgrades
BIELBY Holdings Pty Ltd has been given the contract for the road upgrades in the Ripley Valley after council approved the $77.4 million job late…
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Teen charged over supermarket stabbing
DETECTIVES have charged a teenager with attempt to murder over a stabbing incident at Yamanto Central on Monday at 5.20pm. A 13-year-old boy allegedly approached…
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Finalists named for Ipswich Australia Day Awards
IPSWICH residents have been recognised with nominations for the 2025 Ipswich Australia Day Awards. Fourteen people and four community organisations have been announced as finalists…
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Landslide vote for dog club’s new constitution
QUEENSLAND Greyhound Racing Club (QGRC) members voted overwhelmingly recently in favour of the club’s new constitution for the greyhound facility The Q. The vote, dubbed…
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No data for ant toxin’s effects on environment
MAKER of pyriproxyfen, agrochemical manufacturer Sumitomo, has no data on the effects of the pesticide on the environment. Branded as Distance and Distance Plus, Sumitomo’s…
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Cattle breeder takes fire ant protest to minister
A LOCKYER Valley acreage landholder will ride his horse to the offices of the Primary Industries Minister in Brisbane to protest what he says are…
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Allegations staff using Ice at psychiatric unit
THE Health Ombudsman has stepped up its investigations into conditions at the state’s top forensic mental health unit at Wacol. The probe’s terms of reference…










