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Forensic police at the Springfield Lakes home on Saturday.

Dead woman’s husband, brother-in-law accused of her suburban murder

The 23-year-old woman died at a Springfield home on Friday night. Two family members remained in custody on Monday as a magistrate heard the case against them.

  • Savannah Meacham

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The section of wind turbine jammed under the Mount Crosby Road overpass on the Warrego Highway on May 17, 2025.

Police launch probe into wind turbine crash on SEQ highway

The transport minister said the turbine caused major damage when it became wedged under an overpass, but the road will be opened much sooner than feared.

  • Ethan James
Eight-month-old Dexter Wilton died on June 21, 2019 in Ipswich.

Man admits killing baby left unattended while mum took drugs

The defendant was due to face the start of a seven-day trial in Supreme Court in Brisbane, but instead pleaded guilty and ran off from reporters outside.

  • Rex Martinich
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a Coles worker at Yamanto Central shopping centre.

Boy, 13, charged with attempted murder over supermarket stabbing

The boy acted alone when he allegedly stabbed a female Coles worker in an “abhorrent” random attack, police say.

  • Cloe Read
Peter Dutton says one of the core strengths of a Coalition government would be law and order.

‘Rampant’: Dutton slams Labor’s record on crime, vows to get tough

A day after a Coles worker was stabbed in Ipswich, Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has visited that city to promote the LNP’s law and order policies.

  • Felicity Caldwell
The sweeping pandemic powers of Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard are wound back on Monday afternoon.

‘Needs to be resolved’: Health inquiry into Ipswich waste concerns

The Crisafulli government has called on former chief health officer John Gerrard to head an inquiry into the effect of odours from waste facilities.

  • Savannah Meacham
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Garbage pay stink splits south-east council on third day of strikes

Some councillors have joined garbage truck drivers striking over stalled talks with their administration as 60,000 bins go uncollected – some for a second week.

  • Matt Dennien
Unions representing garbage truck drivers and other field workers marched through the Ipswich CBD while on strike over stalled pay deal negotiations with the council on Friday.

Garbage driver deal delivers empty bins and pay rises for Christmas

A major south-east council and its garbage truck drivers inked a pay deal after strikes left tens of thousands of bins uncollected – some for two weeks straight.

  • Matt Dennien
Improved train services were the first priority for Ipswich City Council in their 2024 state and federal budget submissions.

The outer Brisbane growth areas being left behind on public transport

A report on liveability across five Australian capital cities has highlighted gaps between established and growing areas. In Brisbane, one issue stands out.

  • Matt Dennien
Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding at the hanging of Mark Rothko’s 1957 #20, at Ipswich Art Gallery.

Ipswich Art Gallery to showcase $116m Rothko painting from National Collection

The painting is on loan for two years from the National Gallery of Australia as part of a program designed to bring visitors to regional galleries.

  • Nick Dent

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