Opinion
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BALLOONING costs of the Nicholas Street Precinct redevelopment has divided Ipswich City Council with $53 million allocated to the project in this year’s Budget. Rates…
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Continue dumps scrutiny
COUNCIL’S lengthy battle against three waste companies – Lantrak, Austin BMI and Cleanaway – is all but over following the Planning Environment Court’s decision last…
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EDITORIAL: State Government creating hurdles
COMMENT QUEENSLAND Rail created a major handicap for the Ipswich Turf Club on Saturday, closing three train lines for track maintenance. The Gold Coast line,…
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With nine months to the Ipswich City Council elections we have two Mayoral candidates. The race has started. Meanwhile the Ipswich Cup proves to be the…
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Important First Nations site
DURING the past couple of months I have dropped into the bottom camp at Deebing Creek several times, and after work began and the bulldozers and…
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Alternative music venue Goleby’s Basement closes as Ipswich City Council spends $48.8 million on the Venue Building to entice anchor tenant Hoyts to Nicholas Street.…
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EDITORIAL: Premier needs to step in
COMMENT WHAT has happened to the commitment given by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to look into the issues at Deebing Creek? Seven days after she uttered…
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LETTERS: Koala strategy a ‘sham’
YOUR article on Eugene Street [Ipswich Tribune, May 24, P9] typifies the Council’s real position on koala conservation. “The council’s steps to ensure the future…
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EDITORIAL: Small venue a big loss
COMMENT “THE crowds loved it, the musicians loved it, and Council loved it.” The words of music and arts promoter Christian Sargeant say it all.…
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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…










