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  • Council workers win pay rise after protests

    Council workers win pay rise after protests

    CLOSE to 100 council workers were ready to march on the Nicholas Street Administration building for the second time this month as a last minute…

  • Council backs bid to save tower

    Council backs bid to save tower

    MOVES to save the iconic Eastern Heights water tower have won the backing of the entire Ipswich City Council. The support is a far cry…

  • Alliance looks to City Deal for recovery facility

    Alliance looks to City Deal for recovery facility

    IPSWICH, Logan and Redland councils hope their jointly-planned $30 million recycling facility will be under construction next year following the SEQ City Deal announced last…

  • Tully defends council on media policy

    Tully defends council on media policy

    ANALYSIS LABOR-aligned councillor Paul Tully has defended the major shift in the council’s new media policy to include promotional communications and remove statements about transparency…

  • Mayor refuses to apologise for false accusation

    Mayor refuses to apologise for false accusation

    TENSIONS between the Mayor and Deputy Mayor were aired in public last week as Ipswich City Councillors were called on to intervene on misleading comments…

  • Chemello’s Ipswich media policy overturned

    Chemello’s Ipswich media policy overturned

    COUNCILLORS have unanimously voted in favour of replacing the media policy introduced by interim administrator Greg Chemello with a new version placing an emphasis on…

  • Council blocks Springfield City Group traffic plan

    Council blocks Springfield City Group traffic plan

    A REQUEST for an extra set of traffic lights on busy Springfield Greenbank Arterial Rd has been blocked by Ipswich City Council in a defiant…

  • Flood recovery pushes ahead

    Flood recovery pushes ahead

    MORE than 10,000 Ipswich residents have been assisted in the aftermath of the February floods with 5,300 emergency hardship grant applications made and more than…

  • City Deal delivers $10 million in planning studies

    City Deal delivers $10 million in planning studies

    THE long-awaited SEQ City Deal delivered on one major infrastructure project for Ipswich with a $10 million commitment between three levels of government for studies…

  • Anger grows over Ipswich Council’s CBD deals

    Anger grows over Ipswich Council’s CBD deals

    THE country’s second largest cinema group Hoyts is believed to have been lured as the anchor tenant for the Nicholas Street Precinct in a $5…

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