City Life

  • Training streamlined for new recruits

    Training streamlined for new recruits

    DEFENCE is growing Air Force faster by graduating trainees quicker and more efficiently. Air Force No 1 Recruit Training Unit (1RTU) has tightened training blocks…

  • Spectacle to thrill young and old

    Spectacle to thrill young and old

    SHOW Society Vice-President Paul Casos said the 2023 Ipswich Show would be a celebration like no other to mark the historic occasion. “From the very…

  • A return to the old schoolyard

    A return to the old schoolyard

    THEY say the best days of our lives are spent at school. That certainly appears to have rung true for the four ex-pupils from Bundamba…

  • Wild and mild animals for all

    Wild and mild animals for all

    THE Ipswich Show has an amazing array of animals from the cute and cuddly, to the large (huge) bulls, exotic poultry, and prancing horses. Home…

  • Forum identifies rehab plan flaws

    Forum identifies rehab plan flaws

    EMOTIONS ran high at a Q&A session last week over proposals to build an alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre in suburban Raceview. About 130 residents heard…

  • Indigenous rights feature in Labour Day march

    Indigenous rights feature in Labour Day march

    HUNDREDS of workers marched through the streets of Ipswich on Saturday as the city celebrated Labour Day. LNP-aligned Mayor Teresa Harding was spotted as workers…

  • Telco ‘Spider-Man’ answers his calling

    Telco ‘Spider-Man’ answers his calling

    A FRIENDLY neighbourhood Spider-Man was spotted last week scaling the uppermost heights of a mobile phone tower in Ipswich. Our keen-eyed photographer Lyle Radford eyeballed…

  • The giant of the skies returns

    The giant of the skies returns

    RAAF C-17A Globemaster III aircraft have been joined by USAF Pacific Air Force to conduct low-level flying exercises over Air Base until Friday. Exercise Global…

  • Jail for man who ‘hunted’ girl, 15

    Jail for man who ‘hunted’ girl, 15

    A MAN who “hunted a random teenage girl like an animal” was jailed last week. Benjamin Bourke pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a…

  • Recycling program expands

    Recycling program expands

    THE Containers for Change program will expand to include glass wine and spirit bottles from November 1, this year. Queenslanders will get 10c refund for…

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