Active and Healthy – Yes we are!

12 June 2025

Ipswich is making big strides in healthy living, with almost 30,000 residents taking part in Active and Healthy programs in 2024.

Silver Jubilee Sports Facility Clubhouse complete

12 June 2025

The Australian Government continues to partner with local governments, including Ipswich City Council, across Queensland to get high-priority local community infrastructure off the ground – with construction of the Silver Jubilee Sports Facility clubhouse at Spring Mountain, south west of Brisbane, officially complete.

Here we GO – free green bins roll out across Ipswich

12 June 2025

More than 55,000 Ipswich households are in the process of receiving their free garden organics (GO) green bin, joining the more than 30,000 existing household GO bins, as the city moves from a standard two-bin system to a three-bin system.

Ipswich City Council moves to protect significant Marburg Bottle tree

04 June 2025

Ipswich City Council is seeking to protect a significant Bottle tree in Marburg thought to be more than 100 years old to ensure it is preserved for the future.

Plan ahead for smoother visit to Riverview Resource Recovery Centre

04 June 2025

Ipswich residents are being urged to think ahead if planning a trip to Riverview Resource Recovery Centre in the coming months as essential repairs to the centre’s transfer pit are undertaken.

Ipswich economy booms as it bursts through $15 billion barrier

02 June 2025

The Ipswich economy is defying state, national and international trends with more jobs than ever before and a booming financial bottom line.

New advisory committee to focus on multiculturalism

30 May 2025

Ipswich – home to migrants from 163 different countries – will have a new Multicultural Advisory Committee, established after a unanimous vote at the most recent Ordinary Council Meeting.

New Ipswich City Plan paves way for 100,000 homes over 20 years

30 May 2025

Ipswich is set to remain a stronghold of housing affordability with a new plan to unlock construction of 100,000 homes across the next 20 years.

Ipswich gears up for Festival of Horsepower 2025

23 May 2025

Engines will roar, hooves will pound and the cheers of fans will be heard across Ipswich as the Festival of Horsepower kicks into gear for another year.

Italian icon Vapiano to open in the heart of Ipswich

23 May 2025

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore - and there will be plenty of love when Italian icon Vapiano opens its doors in Nicholas Street Precinct in Ipswich Central later this year.