City to become a canvas of colour and light for SPARK Ipswich 2025

20 June 2025

SPARK Ipswich returns for its fifth year from 11 to 20 July, with an immersive arts and culture program set to transform the city into a canvas of colour and light.

Strides made in salvinia weed management across Springfield Lakes waterways

19 June 2025

More than 80 tonnes of the invasive weed salvinia have been removed from two key waterways in Springfield Lakes as part of a coordinated approach by Ipswich City Council and developer Stockland.

Council moves to combat billion-dollar infrastructure funding gap

17 June 2025

Ipswich City Council’s 2025-2026 Budget will include a dedicated infrastructure levy to address the significant shortfall in investment from the Australian and Queensland governments, an estimated billion-dollar infrastructure funding gap over the next decade.

Help shape Ipswich’s western suburbs

16 June 2025

Community members are being called on to have their say to help shape the future of the city’s Western Growth Corridor, which includes the suburbs of Rosewood, Walloon and Thagoona.

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.

Ipswich City Council respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners, the Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul people of the Yugara/Yagara Language Group, as custodians of the land and waters we share. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging, as the keepers of the traditions, customs, cultures and stories of proud peoples.