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Development boss rejects claims of Ipswich neglect

THE head of the region’s peak economic advisory group has pushed back against criticism from Ipswich leaders who say the organisation is “invisible” in the city, calling the claims “misleading and out of step with reality”.

Rob Mellett
23 Jul 2025
Federal Politics

Gaza slaughter: Neumann, Scarr explain their stance

BLAIR MP Shayne Neumann says only a “small number” of constituents have contacted him about the conflict in Gaza – but many of them are calling for the Australian Government to support a ceasefire.

Rob Mellett
16 Jul 2025
Ipswich Tribune

No doctors: Canberra blamed for GP clinic closure

THE doors of Willowbank Medical Practice have closed – and with them, for many locals, the last reliable link to timely, local medical care.

Rob Mellett
16 Jul 2025
Ipswich

Developer delays Woogaroo EPCB submissions process

THE developer behind the controversial Woogaroo Forest development at Springfield has still not submitted key environmental documentation for the site, thus delaying the start of public submissions on the potential impacts on the environmentally sensitive bushland.

Rob Mellett
16 Jul 2025
Ipswich Tribune

‘Betrayed’: NDIS cuts strand most vulnerable

MICHELLE Belcher still remembers the call.

Rob Mellett
09 Jul 2025
Federal Politics

Nominations open for Veteran Employment Awards

VETERANS, their partners, and local employers are encouraged to step forward for the 2025 Prime Minister’s National Veteran Employment Awards.

Rob Mellett
02 Jul 2025
Federal Politics

Public meeting hears RAAF jet noise concerns

AROUND 50 locals last Thursday attended West Moreton Anglican College at Karrabin to hear about a new Defence program to tackle aircraft noise from RAAF Base Amberley.

Rob Mellett
11 Jun 2025
Federal Politics

Neumann furious over tartan track knockback

FEDERAL MP Shayne Neumann says the public should feel “disappointed, frustrated and annoyed” that proposals were apparently ditched for an Olympics-grade sports track at a local university.

Rob Mellett
04 Jun 2025
Federal Politics

LNP’s Mutzelburg stunned at Neumann spray

THE 2025 federal election will be remembered as one of the most remarkable in the nation’s history – a Labor landslide that decimated the Liberal-National Coalition and the Greens.

Rob Mellett
14 May 2025
Federal Politics

‘Local LNP campaign a new low in politics’

THE re-elected Blair MP has spoken out against the tactics of the local LNP election campaign, saying it was a new low for politics.

Rob Mellett
07 May 2025
Federal Politics

Tully casts a bookies’ eye view across election

WITH election day imminent, Sportsbet.com.au gives the odds for the 2025 Federal Election locally, while veteran Councillor Paul Tully gives us an overview of how the vote may turn out this weekend.

Rob Mellett
02 May 2025
Federal Politics

Pulp fiction? Neumann downplays spelling stuff-up

BLAIR MP Shayne Neumann has been forced to pulp and reprint around 100,000 how-to-vote cards after the name of his LNP opponent Carl Mutzelburg was spelled incorrectly.

Rob Mellett
30 Apr 2025
Federal Politics

Election day contenders pitch for your vote

AS May 3 approaches, the main parties come to the table with their plans for Blair for the future.

Rob Mellett
23 Apr 2025
Ipswich Tribune

Groundhog day as ’22 India House pledge recycled

KEEN recycler of ancient election funding vows, Blair MP Shayne Neumann last week rehashed a three-year old pledge to deliver cash for the first Indian community and cultural centre in Queensland.

Rob Mellett
23 Apr 2025
Federal Politics

The 10 candidates in the running on May 3

THE main contenders for the Federal seat of Blair are expected to be ALP sitting Member Shayne Neumann and the LNP’s Carl Mutzelburg.

Rob Mellett
23 Apr 2025
Federal Politics

‘Unfazed’ over donkey vote as LNP tops ballot

BLAIR MP Shayne Neumann has no concerns his LNP rival might seize the donkey vote after Carl Mutzelburg drew first on the ballot last week.

Rob Mellett
16 Apr 2025
Federal Politics

Mutzelburg matches Labor on $200m for interchange

LABOR and the LNP have ramped up their charm offensive to win Blair with a slew of federal election vote sweeteners.

Rob Mellett
16 Apr 2025
Federal Politics

Promises, promises: cash for pools, charity, YMCA

LOCAL voters are being spoilt for choice as election promises heat up for the May Federal election.

Rob Mellett
09 Apr 2025
Politics

Neumann’s federal campaign takes off at Jets

JETS Leagues Club was the launchpad for the start of the election campaign for Federal Member for Blair Shayne Neumann.

Rob Mellett
02 Apr 2025