News
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Nature’s sunniest flower draws crowds from all over
FIELDS of more than 1.5 million sunflowers were the reason more than 13,000 people came to Kalbar for this year’s Sunflower Festival. One of them…
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Ipswich Council’s new plans for Stone Quarry Cemetery
IPSWICH City Council is planning to extend and change the historic Stone Quarry Cemetery at Jeebropilly, which was established in 1875. The cemetery, which has…
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Moo-ve over motorists, cattle have right of way
TILL the cows come home … an idiom that means ‘for a very long time’. Perhaps the two cows roaming Tarana Avenue in Walloon figured…
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Ipswich Hospital ramping death review finalised
A REVIEW into the death of Wayne Irving in the Ipswich Hospital Emergency Department in November last year has recommended the introduction of medical and…
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Ramblings – 19th April 2024
“If I just pick one it won’t hurt and no one will notice.” I can almost hear those words being said, or thought, when I…
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New Deputy Mayor and an array of apointments
THE Ipswich City Council’s Deputy Mayor Nicole Jonic spoke of working with all councillors when she was appointed into the role for a four year…
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Changes proposed for Rosewood shopping centre
FIVE years ago, the owners of the Rosewood Village Shopping Centre in John Street won approval to extend the operations on the land at the…
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Expanding Rosewood club kicking ahead
A SPORTING club president’s job is never done – just watch fleet-footed Rosewood United Soccer Club official Tammy Crawford in action. Tammy has been exceptionally…
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Train crew depot proposed for Rosewood
A REMOTE train crew depot and carpark are planned for land owned by the Rosewood Bowls Club in Mill Street, Rosewood. Aurizon Operations Limited are…
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Boundary redraw bid to open up options
A DEVELOPER has plans to change the boundaries of three allotments opposite the Dawn Walloon Estate, with a view to future subdivision. The properties are…
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Missing WWII bomber and crew found
A WORLD War II bomber and four crew members missing for 81 years have been discovered in the waters south of Gasmata in Papua New…
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Grand gestures, dedicated organisers prepare for big day
GRANDCHESTER’S Anzac Day commemorations have been dutifully organised by local couple Robyn and Vince Stokes and their son Chris for nearly 25 years. It’s a…












