Ipswich
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
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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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Crime
Grandmother stabbed to death at shopping centre in ‘cowardly’ attack
Police have released images of four persons of interest after confirming the 70-year-old was stabbed during an armed robbery.
- by Courtney Kruk
Woman denied bail over second alleged carjacking in six days
“You are going to take us. I know how to hijack a car,” she allegedly told a driver, while brandishing a flick knife.
- by Rex Martinich
Queensland man dies after waiting for hospital bed in ambulance
A Queensland grandfather has died after allegedly waiting hours in an ambulance for a hospital bed west of Brisbane.
- by Laine Clark
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