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Lower Mt Walker group’s fight to stop industrial BESS

The Lower Mount Walker Community Action Group sum up the year in their own words and say how they feel they have been left in the dark by Libra Energy which is behind the push for industrial solar in the area.

Rob Mellett
18 Dec 2024
Ipswich

Social housing projects firing up

WORK is forecast to start on a social housing project in Booval later this year in conjunction with a community housing provider.

Rob Mellett
29 May 2024
Development

$35m hotel redevelopment

A $35 MILLION redevelopment of the Prince Alfred Hotel is set to put Booval on the map as a major destination.

Brian Bennion
07 Feb 2024
Council

Cinema turns its back on Top of Town

THE city cinema has turned its back on Top of Town businesses with the corner entrance to the centre disappearing in the latest design.

Brian Bennion
13 Dec 2023
Property

Heritage hotel up for auction

THE dilapidated, heritage-listed Commercial Hotel in central Ipswich goes to auction on Friday.

Brian Bennion
06 Dec 2023
Development

Riverside units plan lodged

MULTI-LEVEL apartment blocks are planned to line the Bremer River on flood-prone land below the North Ipswich Railway Workshops.

Brian Bennion
22 Nov 2023
Property

First residents move in to Marburg Land Estate

THE first residents are set to move in to Marburg Land Estate this month with most of the homes in Stage One close to completion.

Staff Writers
08 Nov 2023
Council

Housing growth to double

IPSWICH will have to double the already rapid pace of housing development to deliver 100 new homes a week to meet the State Government’s latest growth plan.

Brian Bennion
18 Oct 2023
Council

High density estate for Thagoona

HIGH density housing is coming to Thagoona with the approval of a 359 lot estate including 300sqm house blocks, townhouses and dual occupancy sites.

Brian Bennion
18 Oct 2023
Council

Roof installed on cinema building

THE steel roof beams of the demolished old city cinemas building have gone up in the past weeks as council forges ahead with its $49 million rebuild project.

Brian Bennion
18 Oct 2023
Development

Population milestone for growing city

THE official population count for Ipswich reached a milestone last week with the city welcoming its 250,000th resident.

Staff Writers
11 Oct 2023
Council

Street Patio heads uptown

THE Council’s Street Patio project has moved to the Top of Town after a successful trial at a Limestone Street cafe.

Brian Bennion
07 Sep 2023
Property

Plan to attract hotels

AN ACTION plan for hotel and short-term accommodation has been put forward by Ipswich City Council.

Brian Bennion
09 Aug 2023
State Politics

Silent vigil for Deebing Creek

EXTINCTION Rebellion stopped traffic in the heart of Ipswich last week, mounting a protest at the top of d’Arcy Doyle Place against the clearing of land at Deebing Creek.

Brian Bennion
12 Jul 2023
Development

Country charm lives on through restoration project

THE country appeal of the Rosewood Hotel lives on through new owners Luke and Lynnette Chalmers.

Elizabeth Kington
05 Jul 2023
Development

Premier’s promise bulldozed by developers

DEVELOPER Moremac has cleared hectares of land on the heritage-listed former Aboriginal Mission site at Deebing Creek, defying protests from local Aboriginal groups.

Brian Bennion
05 Jul 2023
Council

Shop owner driven out by faulty meters

THE owner of a popular kitchenware store says her shop will close for good after repeated calls to fix broken parking meters fell on deaf ears at Council

Rob Mellett
14 Jun 2023
Music

Swansong for city music mecca

IT WAS intended to be an occasion to celebrate; a time to toast the 200th show at renowned alternative music club Goleby’s Basement. But it will now be a party tinged with great sadness for the Top of Town venue where New York cool met the Ipswich.

Rob Mellett
07 Jun 2023
Development

Deebing Creek construction site shut down

CONSTRUCTION work was shut down within a day at AV Jennings’ controversial development site neighbouring the Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission cemetery.

Brian Bennion
10 May 2023