Ipswich Tribune

  • Amberley blackspot neglect ‘outrageous’, says mayor

    Amberley blackspot neglect ‘outrageous’, says mayor

    THE Mayor says it is disgraceful essential works to a notorious traffic blackspot remain in limbo a quarter century after talks began. “The Amberley Interchange…

  • Bottleneck-busting budget funding

    Bottleneck-busting budget funding

    CONGESTION hotspots were the winners during last week’s Federal Budget. Key infrastructure projects that received funding locally included $1.5 million as part of a Cunningham…

  • Budget fails Ipswich battlers

    Budget fails Ipswich battlers

    IPSWICH families are seeing an increasing share of their weekly budget eaten up by skyrocketing rents, fuel and grocery bills. Queensland Council of Social Service…

  • Share a cuppa with Lucille after heartbreak

    Share a cuppa with Lucille after heartbreak

    BONNEY sits and waits at the front door for her master who never returns. The four-year-old Shih Tzu-Maltese cross expects Warren Kennedy to come home…

  • Unborn baby killed, mother seriously injured

    Unborn baby killed, mother seriously injured

    An UNBORN baby has died after a crash which resulted in six people being taken to hospital. The two-car collision occurred in Purga about 5.45pm…

  • Howard to fight Neumann for Blair

    Howard to fight Neumann for Blair

    THE Prime Minister has interceded in a looming preselection challenge against backbencher Blair MP Shayne Neumann. State Member for Ipswich Jennifer Howard is using Labor’s gender…

  • ‘Placement poverty’ payments fail pub test

    ‘Placement poverty’ payments fail pub test

    STUDENT groups have dubbed a Federal Government payment aimed at tackling “placement poverty” as too little, too late. It was announced last week that a…

  • Watch Woogaroo koala Tanya in treetop home

    Watch Woogaroo koala Tanya in treetop home

    NATURE lovers were overjoyed at the weekend when they spotted a koala in the tree canopy at Woogaroo Forest. This one – Tanya – (named…

  • Career in health has heart warming beginning

    Career in health has heart warming beginning

    SPRINGFIELD’S Georgia Fuller was diagnosed with a heart condition at seven-years-old, the now 18-year-old is working as a nurse and using her experiences to help…

  • United front stands against forest bulldozing

    United front stands against forest bulldozing

    THE peak body for Queensland conservation joined grassroots community groups and Ipswich locals on Sunday to spearhead the launch of the Save Woogaroo Forest campaign.…

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