Development

Motorists want answers on bridge delays

IPSWICH motorists say they are running out of patience with the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), as speed restrictions and lane controls on the eastbound Bremer River Bridge enter a second year with no end in sight.

Rob Mellett

10 Sep 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Former kennels eyed for waste transfer hub

A DEVELOPMENT application lodged with Ipswich City Council is proposing a significant change of use for a semi-rural property at Karrabin.

Rob Mellett

17 Sep 2025

Business

Residents challenge WMI expansion

IPSWICH residents are speaking out over Wood Mulching Industries’ (WMI) proposed expansion at Swanbank which has been lodged with Ipswich City Council (ICC).

Rob Mellett

17 Sep 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Proposal for Springfield Central sports hub

A NEW multi-stage development led by the Brisbane Lions is being proposed at Springfield Central.

Rob Mellett

17 Sep 2025

Development

Land clearing crisis sounds alarm for wildlife

QUEENSLAND’S latest land clearing figures reveal the scale of destruction is vast.

Rob Mellett

17 Sep 2025

Ipswich Tribune

IDRP: chopper evacuation plan ‘unrealistic, unsafe’

A PROPOSAL to build 472 housing units on WM Hughes Street in North Ipswich continues to raise residents’ fears over flood management and the impact on the area’s character.

Rob Mellett

10 Sep 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Stealth tree-clearing, rezoning under fire at Thagoona IDRP

THAGOONA residents have voiced strong objections to a controversial rezoning application, warning the suburb’s semi-rural character is under threat.

Rob Mellett

10 Sep 2025

Politics

Pupil receives reply from the King over forest plea

AN IPSWICH schoolgirl who wrote to King Charles III pleading for help to save Springfield’s Woogaroo Forest has received a personal reply from Buckingham Palace.

Rob Mellett

10 Sep 2025

Traffic

Mount Crosby Weir Bridge reopens as pedestrian link

THE Mount Crosby Weir Bridge has reopened to the public, transformed into a pedestrian pathway after nearly a century of service as a road crossing.

Rob Mellett

03 Sep 2025

Council

Warnings remain as Leda units face panel scrutiny

A CONTROVERSIAL proposal to rezone and develop flood-prone land at North Ipswich will go before Ipswich City Council’s Independent Development Review Panel (IDRP) on September 8.

Rob Mellett

03 Sep 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Ipswich keeps Olympic flame flickering

THE University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) says it shares Ipswich’s ambition to develop a world-class athletics facility, despite the city missing out on a new tartan track that went to UniSQ Toowoomba.

Rob Mellett

03 Sep 2025

Politics

Calls for Trumpy Bridge safety start paying off

AFTER years of community concern and council lobbying, the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) has confirmed it will begin investigation works at the David Trumpy Bridge in North Ipswich this month.

Rob Mellett

03 Sep 2025

Traffic

Rural roads to receive major upgrades

RESIDENTS of Calvert, Mount Forbes, and Ironbark will soon see more reliable gravel roads, as Ipswich City Council moves to upgrade several unmaintained roads to a maintained standard.

Rob Mellett

03 Sep 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Regulator red flags $350m Swanbank steel mill plan

Future Forgeworks Pty Ltd has lodged plans for the a steel mill at 113-116 Blackheath Road.

Rob Mellett

03 Sep 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Locals kept in dark after Jackal’s $125k penalty

IPSWICH City Council has confirmed that New Chum fibro-cement recycler Jackal Renewables was fined $125,000 in June, prompting clean-dumps campaigners to question why the council has remained silent about the penalty.

Rob Mellett

03 Sep 2025

Health

New veterans’ hub location revealed

VETERANS and their families will soon have access to support closer to home, with a location selected at 260 Brisbane Street, West Ipswich.

Rob Mellett

27 Aug 2025

Development

Monster housing estate bid for farmland

A CLUSTER of 12 properties covering 155 hectares south of the rail line at Thagoona could become the next mega residential estate in the western corridor if the developer can first overcome some hurdles.

Wendy Creighton

27 Aug 2025

Ipswich

Childcare centre set for busy Augustine Heights road

PLANS have been submitted for a new childcare and swim school complex at a busy road corridor at Augustine Heights.

Rob Mellett

27 Aug 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Woogaroo Forest singled out as critical echidna habitat

LOCALS are invited to help discover the lives of one of Australia’s most elusive creatures – the short-beaked echidna – at a citizen science workshop in Ipswich next month.

Rob Mellett

27 Aug 2025