Opinion

Ipswich pollies fail us, time to salvage Olympic pride

OPINION IT’S been an incredibly sad week for Ipswich, being overlooked for any significant Olympic opportunities of a lifetime. Sure, we might get to host the 2032 modern pentathlon at Springfield, a multi-faceted event that will generate more...

David Lems

02 Apr 2025

Opinion

Letter to the Editor - Open letter to councillors

THE reports that Council is considering discontinuing membership of Healthy Land and Water because they want to do their own water monitoring smacks of a cover-up.

Guest Writer

13 Nov 2024

Opinion

Letter to the Editor - National parks: values above economics

MY FEARS about the new Queensland Government became frighteningly real within days of the election when I heard that one of the first instructions from David Crisafulli to new Environment Minister Andrew Powell was to increase ecotourism opportunities in national parks.

Guest Writer

13 Nov 2024

Opinion

Letter to the Editor - The people have had enough

YESTERDAY, I and more than 100 people attended a meeting at Brookwater to share information about the state of play in respect of the nearby huge development proposed by Stockland and approved by Ipswich Council CEO Sonia Cooper.

Guest Writer

08 May 2024

Opinion

Letter to the Editor - Keep up the good work

I WISH to thank you for the excellent reports you present in your newspaper.

Guest Writer

01 May 2024

Opinion

Letter to the Editor - Without it, we’re dead!

I HAVE recently been alerted to the intention of the developer, Stockland, to clear the area of land at 7001 Mur Boulevard, 7006 Panorama Drive and 1 Telopea Way, Springfield as part of Springview Villages 2 and 3 Precinct Plan application.

Guest Writer

01 May 2024

Opinion

Letter to the Editor - Springview “not in my backyard”!

THIS is a reply to those who say people who oppose the proposed Springview development are merely part of the “not in my back yard” selfish crowd.

Guest Writer

01 May 2024

Opinion

EDITORIAL - Decision could have waited

With 200 objections lodged against the Springview Village proposal, Council owed it to the public to at least debate their decision in a public forum, whether it was code assessable or impact assessable.

Brian Bennion

03 Apr 2024

Opinion

LETTER: Council kept residents in the dark

THANK you Ipswich Tribune for giving us some answers on the stalled works at Redbank Plains Road (“Road contractor sacked”, Ipswich Tribune, March 6, P1).

Guest Writer

14 Mar 2024

Community

Yes Minister 6th March 2024 - Rev Rob Weekes, Boonah Harrisville Anglican Church

A FEW months ago, we were praying for rain. Rain that would quench the earth and help our crops to grow and our tanks and dams to be filled. In the last three months those prayers have been answered.

Guest Writer

06 Mar 2024

Opinion

EDITORIAL: By-elections dominate

IN the past fortnight we’ve had the Queensland Cabinet meeting in Ipswich, visits from the Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Jarrod Bleijie and senior shadow minister Deb Frecklington. Anyone would think there is an election coming up.

Brian Bennion

27 Feb 2024

Community

Yes Minister 14th February 2024 - Pr. Peter Geyer, Fassifern Lutheran Churches

EVERY time you get into your car, you’re stepping out in Faith!

Guest Writer

14 Feb 2024

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Proud history in Cabinet

THE Miles Government has set off in the right direction appointing two Ministers from its Labor heartland in Ipswich.

Brian Bennion

20 Dec 2023

Community

Yes Minister 20th December 2023 - James McCulloch, Harvestpoint INC Church Boonah

ON BEHALF of the Fassifern Christian Ministers fellowship I would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas, and a blessed, prosperous, and Happy New Year.

Guest Writer

20 Dec 2023

Community

The Beauty of Life - Shalom

MORNING invites the calls of doves, symbols of Shalom, but peace is an illusion. Gaza burns. Rescuers carry the pieces of babies clawed from the mountains of rubble where their parents lie, to the remains of the hospitals, but there is no one to put them back together again.

Aub Podlich

20 Dec 2023

Community

Yes Minister 13th December, 2023 - Interim Pastor John Blake, Kalbar Baptist Church

THE Christmas season is normally denoted by the giving of gifts. With this year’s Christmas season nearly upon us, let’s take a look at the greatest free gift of all.

Guest Writer

13 Dec 2023

Outdoors

The Beauty of Life - Mister Stobie’s Pole

LIKE Queensland’s Ipswich on the Bremer, South Australia’s Callington has a Bremer River too, about 60 kilometres east of Adelaide, in the hills.

Aub Podlich

13 Dec 2023

Nature

The Beauty of Life - The Harlequin Nymph

A TINY beetle-thingo scurried across her palm. “What’s this?” said she, “it was crawling on the washing!” “Oh, easy,” said he, clueless, but one has to say something, “That’s the Giant Green-Red-and-Blue -Washing-Louse, otherwise known as a Stink Bug. They’re quite common on some people.”

Aub Podlich

06 Dec 2023

Community

Yes Minister 6th December, 2023 - Pr. Peter Geyer, Fassifern Lutheran Churches

MOST people, if they’re going to put up any Christmas decorations, do it any time in the month of November, or maybe even later.

Guest Writer

06 Dec 2023