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Geoff Egan is a digital news reporter covering northern Brisbane. He has covered crime, courts, politics and was the lead data journalist on the award-winning Ultimate Schools Hub program.

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Ipswich

Scenic Rim council candidate Julian Creighton says residents west of Boonah feel neglected by the current council. . Picture: File

Lord rides into Boonah battle

BOONAH’S local lord is trying to put his title to good use.

Ipswich

Walloon Saloon manager Dannilee Killin stands on the pub's verandah with discarded police tape. The hotel was broken into four times in the last week. On Saturday night hotel residents disturbed the thieves who threw a glass bottle injuring a man. . Picture: Claudia Baxter

High noon for Walloon Saloon

AFTER being robbed four times last week the folk at Walloon Saloon had had enough.

Ipswich

Ann Bichel, Ian Rickuss MP, Bert Flanagan, and Geoff Turnbull are all Forrest Hill residents, who are discussing the Queensland Flood Commission Report. . Picture: Contributed

‘Did the flood teach them nothing?’

QUEENSLAND Rail’s decision not to flood-proof the rail lines in the Lockyer Valley following last year’s flood has left a local MP scratching his head.

Ipswich

Keith Evans from Camira bids on a property during the Ray White Mega Auction at the Springfield Lakes Hotel on Saturday (240312). . Picture: Claudia Baxter

Homes sold in mass Ipswich auction

THE Western Living Property Auctions have proven to be a significant success with Saturday’s event achieving a near 50% clearance rate.

Ipswich

LNP defeats Nolan and Wendt

RACHEL Nolan has lost the previously safe Labor seat of Ipswich while her party colleague Wayne Wendt has also been defeated in Ipswich West

Ipswich

Te Maumahara Kapa Haka perform at the Harmony Day event held at Darcy Doyle Place on Wednesday. . Picture: Rob Williams

Proud to be different

THE multicultural heritage of Ipswich was on show on Wednesday as the city celebrated Harmony Day.

Ipswich

Rachel Dance is hoping for success at the Marburg Show Ball this weekend. . Picture: Sarah Harvey

Marburg prepares for social highlight

GET your tuxedo out of the closet because the Marburg Show Ball is this weekend.

Ipswich

Flood inquiry clears quarry

THE quarry near Grantham had only minimal effect on the height or velocity of last year’s flood, the Flood Commission’s Final Report has found.

Ipswich

Punters tip Can-Do to win

DESPITE the parties’ campaigning and promises, the money is on only one seat changing hands in the wider Ipswich area.

Ipswich

Journalist Amanda Gearing interviews flash flood survivor Frank King in Grantham. His story appears in her book The Torrent: Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley January 2011, which was part of her masters research at QUT. . Picture: Tony Phillips

Book helps victims deal with loss

FLOOD victims can be helped in their recovery by telling their stories, new research has found.

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