Ipswich City Council has voted to make improving the region’s bus network – particularly the critical link between Ipswich and Springfield – a “regionally significant” advocacy priority. Council’s Growth, Infrastructure and Waste Committee unanimously adopted the recommendation at its September 15 meeting, and is now urging the Queensland Government to consider funding the bus network […]

Champions of sport and business converged upon the Ipswich 2032 Legacy Summit last month, in pursuit of economic ‘gold’ both before and after the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games. On October 14, various dignitaries attended the long-planned conference in central Ipswich – including Olympian Natalie Cook, Paralympian Taymon Kenton-Smith, Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding, former Brisbane […]

Being a mother can effectively be a full time job on its own, let alone running your own business too. Yet Browns Plains award-winning entrepreneur Rie Bredow has managed to do both – on top of living with an invisible disability. Inspirationally, the 34-year-old mum has turned her hurdles into hoops and now is the […]

A local realtor is helping to calm anxious young ones with the publication of an original bedtime story about moving to a new home. Beau Miller, the owner of real estate business Beautique Realty, in Augustine Heights, published a children’s story book earlier this year titled “Little Red is Moving House”, while also launching the […]

Springfield’s youngest school proudly turned red in October for “Light It Red”, a dyslexia awareness campaign marking Dyslexia Awareness Month. Students and teachers at Mastery Schools Australia Springfield Central – a special learning abilities school which first opened this year – all wore red for the occasion, and even held a red-coloured paper aeroplane flying […]

Consultation is now open on the planning of the new Greater Springfield Fire and Rescue Station. Jordan MP Charis Mullen said planning for the new station located in Augustine Heights was well advanced. “The population of Greater Springfield continues to grow, and we want to ensure that we have all of the necessary services to […]

After a couple of years’ hiatus, ‘Welcoming the Babies’ is back for 2022! The popular community event returns this Sunday, November 20 – from 9am to 12pm – at the Springfield Central State School community hall. All parents and families with newborns 18 months of age or younger are invited, and registration is open online […]

Friday, November 11 was Remembrance Day, and from 10:45am, residents were welcomed at a special service held at the Springfield Central ADF Memorial to reflect on the sacrifices of Australian soldiers during and since the First World War. The ceremony culminated in a traditional minute’s silence at 11:11am. Mr Doug Egan – a former service […]

The 2022 cohort of The Springfield Anglican College Year 12 students bid farewell to their school at a very emotional valedictory ceremony last month. Sixty-three students were waved off by the whole College community at a special Valedictory Assembly on Friday, October 14. The graduating class and their parents rounded out their farewell to the […]