Development
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Retail giants set for business hub
SCORES of jobs will be created when the nation’s leading power tool and automotive giants make Ebbw Vale their new home in coming months. Industrial…
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DA brings alarm for First Nations
NEWS that a new application for hundreds more homes and a school are proposed for land adjacent to the contested Deebing Creek Mission grounds have…
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Premier’s promise bulldozed by developers
DEVELOPER Moremac has cleared hectares of land on the heritage-listed former Aboriginal Mission site at Deebing Creek, defying protests from local Aboriginal groups. Moremac had…
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Issues with townhouses plan
TWO LOTS will be carved up into 11 lots and become home to nine townhouses, nine other dwellings and a pre-1946 property if developers get…
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DA for hundreds of Ripley homes, school
THE likely locations of Ripley’s next new primary school have been revealed in a recently submitted development application. Developer A.V. Jennings proposes to rezone two…
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Country charm lives on through restoration project
THE country appeal of the Rosewood Hotel lives on through new owners Luke and Lynnette Chalmers. The hotel has undergone a transformation after months of…
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Small blocks plan at Ripley
LAND will be rezoned on two lots at Ripley and more than 200 homes will be built if developers get the go-ahead from Council. A…
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Protester detained after halting clearing
WORK at the controversial Deebing Springs development grinded to a halt temporarily last Tuesday after a protester climbed onto an excavator and refused to budge.…
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Plans submitted for another dump
REMONDIS has lodged an application with Ipswich City Council to build a composting facility on 20.6ha of land at Swanbank, adjacent to the NuGrow site.…
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Review into cinema contract
CALLS for an independent audit into the blown-out budget for the cinema building redevelopment has intensified divisions within the council. Councillor Nicole Jonic will put…










