City Life
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Dog breeder cleared of animal cruelty
A DOG breeder was cleared of animal cruelty at Ipswich Magistrates Court last week. Lockyer Valley’s Elizabeth Alice Verhagen was convicted in 2023 of animal…
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Heritage Centre celebrates 25 years
THE Ipswich Historical Society will mark its 25-year milestone at the Cooneana Heritage Centre on Saturday, May 10. The day will also see the official…
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More shade at off-leash area
THE Cribb Park dog off-leash area now has more shade after the council met residents’ calls to adjust fencing. Division 4 Councillor Jim Madden said…
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Illegal dumpers unfazed by CCTV at Chuwar
CCTV appears to remain little deterrent for fly tippers hoping to offload their household trash illegally. More trailer loads of rubbish have been recently dumped…
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Locations to honour the fallen on Anzac Day
THOUSANDS of residents will line the streets for the city’s Anzac Day march on Friday. The march will start on the corner of Brisbane and…
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The hard living navvies who built our railways
WITH their picks, shovels and their old sticks of dynamite, the men who built Queensland’s railways tunnelled, drank and brawled their way through the 19th-century…
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Vandals’ ongoing assaults on Newtown street library
VANDALS continue to target at night a Newtown street library. Several times a week, random attackers have been swooping on the humble books lending site…
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Show birthday icing on cake for Val
CELEBRATE 40 years of the Ipswich Gala Doll Fair this Sunday. Doll Fair organiser Val Metcalfe will welcome showgoers at 10.30am with the cutting of…
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$4.5m Ripley sports centre could become Swifts new home
ONE of Ipswich’s oldest sporting clubs could have a new home base in one of the city’s booming suburbs. Swifts Rugby League Club has been…
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Bourne shocked at Bremer riverbank erosion
IPSWICH West MP Wendy Bourne last week saw first-hand the collapsing banks of the Bremer River below where a controversial North Ipswich development is planned.…
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