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City lights up with colour and culture
All Photos: LYLE RADFORD THE Spark Festival launch transformed the city centre with dazzling projections, live music, and the unveiling of the 2025 festival program…
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Roosters battle hard at home ground game
Photos from Rosewood v Swifts rugby league…
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Train engine storage sorted thanks to grant
THEY were chugging along, then a grant came their way and chugs became whoops of joy. The Grandchester Model Live Steam Association is a beneficiary…
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Slipper factory education sparks multiple reunions
IT’S A cohort that loves a catch up. Past students from the Rosewood Secondary Department meet every year, many decades after the school bell’s final…
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Footpath safety check
A FLEET of quad-style vehicles will be used to run a ‘safety check’ on footpaths across the Ipswich City region in the next five weeks.…
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Celebrate sports local legends
NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2025 Ipswich Sports Awards, with locals urged to put forward standout athletes, coaches, volunteers and clubs making a difference…
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Show’s grant means more shelter during events
THE 123rd round of Gambling Community Benefit Fund grants has resulted in a windfall for the Marburg Show Society. Officially known as the Marburg and…
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Ipswich region leads property boom
IPSWICH has emerged as Australia’s fastest-growing property market, with house prices soaring by 116 percent since 2019 – outpacing Melbourne, Brisbane, and Queensland’s booming coastal…
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Ramblings – 18th July 2025
Growing better never bitter AS I write this Ramblings, my dear mum is passing away in a hospice in the United Kingdom. When thinking about…
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Federal rezoning blamed for clinic shutdown
THE doors of Willowbank Medical Practice have closed – and with them, for many residents in the area, the last reliable link to timely, local…
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Rosewood soccer girls have winning nicknames
IN a young team with so much personality, it didn’t take long for the players to come up with a range of nicknames. That was…
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Awards recognise remarkable Australians
DO YOU know of an exceptional Scenic Rim resident whose service to the community through their work or volunteering is worthy of national recognition? If…












