State Politics

Greens see silver lining in election woes

IPSWICH Lockyer Greens branch spokeswoman Danielle Mutton says “positive swings” in their primary vote and the falling away of One Nation were reasons to hold their heads high.

Rob Mellett

30 Oct 2024

State Politics

How the state election played out in Ipswich

THE LNP will form majority government, with the party likely to win 49 seats, with 39 for Labor, three KAP, one Green and one Independent.

Rob Mellett

30 Oct 2024

State Politics

Howard pays respect to Culpeper campaign

LOCAL Member for Ipswich Jennifer Howard says she is “humbled” to be returned to her seat after “interesting experiences on the booths”.

Rob Mellett

30 Oct 2024

State Politics

Bourne snatches win from jaws of by-election defeat

FORMER Premier and Cabinet staffer, Wendy Bourne, has regained Ipswich West for Labor despite a 10.5 percent swing to the LNP compared to the 2020 election.

Wendy Creighton

30 Oct 2024

State Politics

LNP caught off guard as youth crime rate plummets

A LOCAL sports identity says the LNP policy to crack down on at-risk youth is totally misguided.

Rob Mellett

23 Oct 2024

State Politics

Political pundit predicts local election results

WITH only three days until we head to the polls for the State Election, Labor must prove to regional voters that it deserves a fourth term, while the LNP is determined to convince voters the state needs a fresh start. Emeritus Professor John Cole...

Rob Mellett

23 Oct 2024

Development

‘Development critical … for affordable housing’

THE lifeless bodies of a mother and baby koala were found on Redbank Plains Road still clinging to each other as locals spoke out about the crisis facing Ipswich native animals.

Rob Mellett

09 Oct 2024

State Politics

Labor finds cash for tennis courts, athletics track

LABOR has committed $5 million for a synthetic athletics track at the University of Southern Queensland Ipswich campus.

Rob Mellett

16 Oct 2024

State Politics

Greens suspicious if health probe will ever happen

“I WOULD do cartwheels if I could.”

Rob Mellett

16 Oct 2024

State Politics

Parties clamour to promise second river crossing

STATE Labor has promised $146 million for a second city bridge crossing.

Rob Mellett

16 Oct 2024

State Politics

Toft in $800k Showgrounds lights election pledge

THE LNP says it will give $800,000 to Rosewood Showgrounds for long-awaited lights if it wins the vote in Ipswich West.

Rob Mellett

09 Oct 2024

State Politics

Ipswich bus route shakeup brings new services

A RAFT of new bus routes will begin to roll out across Ipswich over the next couple of years.

Rob Mellett

09 Oct 2024

Ipswich

Your state election candidates for October 26

LABOR will make a bid for a fourth term in government as the Liberal National Party looks to wrest back power for the first time since Annastacia Palaszczuk ousted Campbell Newman in 2015.

Rob Mellett

09 Oct 2024

State Politics

NuGrow gets four years to fix stink

THE crackdown on the stink from Swanbank composter NuGrow has been dubbed “a joke”, and the facility would have been better shut down.

Rob Mellett

25 Sep 2024

State Politics

Free traineeships offer lifeline future tradies

A NEW fund is helping young local tradies build their careers.

Rob Mellett

25 Sep 2024

State Politics

LNP candidates announced for Ipswich, Bundamba

BUSINESS owner Damien Culpeper has been selected by the LNP to run in the seat of Ipswich at next month’s state election.

Rob Mellett

18 Sep 2024

State Politics

Critic: toll tunnel idea just more politicking

A LEADING public transport campaigner says the State Government’s bid to consider a toll tunnel to bypass Centenary Highway jams will further entrench the Southeast in “even more terminal transport failure”.

Rob Mellett

11 Sep 2024

Council

Breeding facility ‘massive failure’ for dog welfare

AN anti-greyhound racing group says the new racetrack at Purga will be a bad look for the city in the lead-up to the 2032 Games.

Rob Mellett

21 Aug 2024

State Politics

Greens plan for 100,000 affordable homes

THE Greens want to establish a public property developer to build 100,000 homes before 2030.

Rob Mellett

07 Aug 2024