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Ipswich miner carries Delta strain and Queensland goes into lockdown
South east Queensland and parts of regional Queensland have been plunged into lockdown after four new Covid cases were announced on Tuesday. The three-day lockdown…
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Where you can get tested in Scenic Rim, Ipswich, Somerset and Lockyer
Queensland’s escalating cases off the back of NSW’s outbreak call for all residents to remain diligent in getting tested. 15,000 people were tested in the…
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Mandatory masks back for south east Queensland
A mask mandate and other restrictions will be put in place in Ipswich, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley, Somerset, Gold Coast, and other parts of south…
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Parks and sports fields projects score $8.6m
More than $8.6 million has been allocated to sports grounds across the city under the Ipswich City Council Budget. Atlantic Drive Sporting Complex at Springfield…
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Council enters final stage of Ipswich CBD revitalisation
The next phase of work in the Nicholas Street Precinct redevelopment received $44 million in this year’s Ipswich City Council Budget. Ipswich Central Redevelopment Committee…
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Ipswich community clubs get $1 million boost
Community organisations get a slither of the Budget pie with not quite $1 million allocated to grants for clubs and organisations. The funds will go…
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Ipswich rates rise more than double inflation
Ipswich’s rates will rise more than twice the inflation rate as the city recovers from the impacts of Covid. The average general rate increase for…
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Ipswich kerbside collection to return
Kerbside collection returns this year after Ipswich City Council suspended the service during the pandemic last year. Ipswich City Council announced a $1 million commitment…
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Queensland paddocks open ‘Pandora’s Box’ of pathogens
Hot and dry summer conditions can cause major stalk rotting disease ‘charcoal rot’ to infect sorghum crops in South East Queensland. The causal agent, Macrophomina, can…
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New funding round for Safer Communities
The latest round of the Safer Communities Grants program has opened. Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz said the Australian Government was providing up to…
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Chief medico chosen as the next Queensland Governor
Queensland’s current Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeannette Young will become the State’s 27th Governor. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the forthcoming appointment on Monday morning saying…
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Government brushes off health reform concerns as ‘Mediscare’
Labor has criticised the Federal Government’s planned reforms to Medicare as the “biggest attack on the scheme in decades”. More than 900 Medicare Benefits Scheme…
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