Council

  • Council-funded pub extension approved

    Council-funded pub extension approved

    CONTROVERSIAL plans for a $5 million extension to the heritage-listed Commonwealth Hotel with modern bistro lounges and 24-hour gaming areas have been approved by Council.…

  • Ipswich CBD speed limits reviewed

    Ipswich CBD speed limits reviewed

    THE speed limit in central Ipswich could be lowered with council reviewing safety for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers. Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding said Ipswich City…

  • Council items go under the hammer for $63,000

    Council items go under the hammer for $63,000

    AN auction of items seized from Ipswich City Council offices by the Crime and Corruption Commission has raised more than $63,000, higher than the estimated…

  • Pisasale family offended by Mayor’s attacks

    Pisasale family offended by Mayor’s attacks

    THE Pisasale family has joined community opposition to renaming Pisasale Drive at Yamanto. Readers phoned the Tribune office in December after Mayor Teresa Harding put…

  • Attitudes change from Chairman Harding to Mayor Harding

    Attitudes change from Chairman Harding to Mayor Harding

    CAMERON Park was always envisioned as providing sports grounds for the eastern suburbs when the Bundanba Shire Council purchased the land in 1913. The council…

  • Home owners fall in debt as rates rise

    Home owners fall in debt as rates rise

    HOME owners and businesses struggling to pay their rates have racked up $980,000 in arrears since the outbreak of COVID-19. Ipswich City Council records show…

  • Councillors vote to refuse childcare plans

    Councillors vote to refuse childcare plans

    COUNCILLORS have acted on community outrage over a controversial childcare centre proposal in rural Karalee and voted against the advice of their own planning officers…

  • Cinema operator selected for CBD

    Cinema operator selected for CBD

    A PREFERRED cinema operator has been selected as anchor tenant for the Nicholas Street Precinct. Ipswich City Council was forced to restart negotiations on the…

  • Memorabilia goes to auction

    Memorabilia goes to auction

    MEMORABILIA worth an estimated $54,000 seized from Ipswich City Council by the Crime and Corruption Commission has made its way to a public auction. Bidding…

  • Temporary planning law addresses incinerator plans

    Temporary planning law addresses incinerator plans

    NEW planning provisions to address the emerging Energy from Waste sector have been brought in as part of an extension of a Temporary Local Planning…

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