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  • Council to tighten access to reports

    Council to tighten access to reports

    ACCESS to draft reports from officers will be tightened after a review found there were issues with the sharing of confidential information at Ipswich City…

  • Community wary of Swifts plans

    Community wary of Swifts plans

    MAJOR concerns with the sale of the former Booval bowls club land to Swifts Leagues Club were raised in community consultation. Feedback from an online…

  • Councillors to vote on bowls club sale

    Councillors to vote on bowls club sale

    IPSWICH City Council is looking at selling the former Booval Bowls Club grounds and clubhouse exclusively to Swifts for the bargain price of $1.37 million.…

  • Support for return to 10 councillors

    Support for return to 10 councillors

    A PUSH from Ipswich Councillors to return to 10 councillors has been backed by Federal Member for Blair Shayne Neumann. In July 2019, following the…

  • Your say on council divisions

    Your say on council divisions

    RESIDENTS have the opportunity to let the Government know if the multi-member councillor divisions have worked in Ipswich. The Local Government Change Commission has launched…

  • Council: lack of warning led to café’s demise

    Council: lack of warning led to café’s demise

    COUNCIL has blamed the authorities for a lack of warning in the February floods which, it says, contributed to the Colleges by the River café…

  • EDITORIAL: Chaos in sweeping the council decks

    EDITORIAL: Chaos in sweeping the council decks

    COMMENT THE decision not to renew the lease on Colleges Crossing cafe is the end result of a comedy of errors from Ipswich City Council.…

  • No orders given to move Colleges cafe

    No orders given to move Colleges cafe

    QUESTIONS remain over why the portable Colleges by the River café was sacrificed to the elements during this year’s floods. The café was destroyed in…

  • Mayor’s accusation of ‘power grab’ rejected

    Mayor’s accusation of ‘power grab’ rejected

    MAYOR Teresa Harding has accused Councillor Nicole Jonic of a power grab as her own powerful Growth, Infrastructure and Waste Committee was reined in after…

  • Harding asks for further audits on sacked council

    Harding asks for further audits on sacked council

    IPSWICH Mayor Teresa Harding has defied the wishes of her entire council and asked the State Government for a “full forensic audit” of the financial…

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