Ipswich
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.
- by Matt Dennien
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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.
- by Matt Dennien
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.
- by Matt Dennien
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.
- by Nick Dent
Homes v habitat: The fight to save a forest amid a population boom
Campaigners want to save south-east Queensland’s Woogaroo forest for koalas; developers want the land for desperately needed housing. Something has to give.
- by Courtney Kruk
$500,000 reward offered over cold case blaze
Twenty-eight people were living in an Ipswich boarding house when it burnt down in a suspected 1990 arson attack.
- by William Davis
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Crime
Murder accused allegedly moved wife’s body near mower
A man accused of murdering his wife moved her body before she was found dead near a ride-on lawnmower, police allege.
- by Rex Martinich
The surprising rejuvenation of Queensland’s oldest provincial city
Exciting new precincts and an effervescent energy have breathed new life into Ipswich’s CBD.
- by Katrina Lobley
Brisbane man accused of sharing child abuse material worked at school
“We are aware of a Queensland Police Service matter involving a staff member,” a spokesperson for the Department of Education said.
- by William Davis
‘A motive to lie for podcast’: Coroner doubts man’s evidence in Sharron Phillips case
The man who accused his father of murdering Sharron Phillips, who vanished in May 1986, had a commercial motive to lie, the state’s coroner has found.
- by Rex Martinich
How the dust has settled on Queensland's council elections
Three weeks on from the statewide vote, new faces are being sworn in and more than one-third of local government roles in the south-east have changed hands.
- by Matt Dennien
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