Property

Cops, fire ant squads ride roughshod over rights

GROWING numbers of Southeast Queenslanders are pushing back against National Fire Ant Eradication Program (NFAEP) tactics they say undermine property rights.

Rob Mellett

04 Jun 2025

Property

Boast of green credentials as pest kills off trees

LEADING residential developer Avid recently announced its Brentwood Forest location has now sold all the homes on the 42-hectare site.

Rob Mellett

14 May 2025

Property

PFAS 23,826 times higher than guidelines at DA site

A SWANBANK site earmarked for a new retail park has been identified in government documents as one polluted with record levels of cancer-causing forever chemical PFAS.

Rob Mellett

09 Apr 2025

Property

Hotel cabins eyed for Brassall floods location

PLANS are before council for 44 two-bedroom studio units and 63 carparking spaces on a Brassall pub site prone to flooding.

Rob Mellett

16 Apr 2025

Development

Developer smashes koala trees despite DA refusal

A PETITION has been launched to protect endangered koalas from increasing habitat loss.

Rob Mellett

16 Apr 2025

Ipswich

Bourne shocked at Bremer riverbank erosion

IPSWICH West MP Wendy Bourne last week saw first-hand the collapsing banks of the Bremer River below where a controversial North Ipswich development is planned.

Rob Mellett

16 Apr 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Parkland option remains at WM Hughes St

THE Council says the door remains open to revisit plans to buy back a development site for use as public recreation space.

Rob Mellett

19 Mar 2025

Property

Revised plan seeking more homes, smaller lots

A DEVELOPER has redrawn plans for a Bundamba housing proposal, pushing for 13 percent more homes while increasing housing density and reducing lot sizes.

Rob Mellett

26 Feb 2025

Ipswich

Thagoona planner meets locals over concerns

TOWN planners in charge of controversial plans for three- to five-storey tower blocks at Thagoona met with concerned locals on Monday.

Rob Mellett

26 Feb 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Rally against industrial solar on rural land

THE Lower Mount Walker Community Action Group staged a rally attended by around 90 residents who heard from guest speakers on the possible effects of proposed industrial solar projects on their doorsteps.

Rob Mellett

26 Feb 2025

Property

Sound of gospel could ring out at Blacksoil

AN IPSWICH suburb could be set to hear gospel under new proposals to build a place of worship at Blacksoil.

Rob Mellett

19 Feb 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Facelifted Booval Fair dining soon to open

NEWLY facelifted Booval Fair will open soon, bringing fresh food and dining options.

Rob Mellett

19 Feb 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Rally against BESS this weekend

A COMMUNITY rally will be held on Saturday to raise awareness about the potential effects local industrial solar facilities will have on locals.

Rob Mellett

19 Feb 2025

Business

Call to open Bradfield Bridge 24 hours a day

THERE are growing demands to open to the public for 24-hour access the Bradfield Bridge over the Bremer River.

Rob Mellett

12 Feb 2025

Business

Liveability of the Ipswich region ... who decides?

JOIN Professor Hugh Possingham, Dr Christina Zdenek, Andrew Dinwoodie from BirdLife Australia and Keith McCosh, retired Environmental Officer in a lively debate on why nature needs our help.

Rob Mellett

11 Feb 2025

Business

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