Ipswich News

19/07/2025

🌄 Winter is the perfect time to explore the outdoors in Ipswich! Access eight hiking trails in the White-Rock Spring Mountain Conservation Estate from the Paperbark Flats day use area off School Road.
🖤💛❤️ The estate is home to Nugum/Boogun (White Rock), a sacred site culturally known as a Women’s area and rocky outcrops and caves that are culturally significant. The Traditional Owners have requested no one climbs Nugun/Boogun.
More information on the estate 👉

https://www.discoveripswich.com.au/attraction/white-rock-spring-mountain-conservation-estate/

19/07/2025

WIN an exclusive VIP Meet & Greet with everyone’s favourite fuzzy friends — Elmo and Cookie Monster at the Laidley Spring Festival! Enter here: https://bit.ly/4kGR9jc

19/07/2025

19/07/2025

🐂 ONE WEEK TO GO until BULL-O-RAMA hits Ipswich! 🐂
Saturday, 26 July at the Ipswich Showgrounds is set to be one wild night you don’t want to miss!

🎟️ Tickets are ONLINE ONLY and moving fast 👉 https://ipswichshow.com.au/buy-spectator/bull-o-rama-july

Buckle up for:
🎶 Live country music
🐂 Jaw-dropping bull riding across all levels - mini, junior, novice & open
🍻 Ice-cold drinks from the licensed bar
🍔 Mouthwatering eats from food trucks
🛍️ Unique market stalls
🎉 A massive After Party with Riley Young bringing the heat by the bonfire!

Whether you're a bull riding fan, a country music lover, or just up for a great night out, BULL-O-RAMA is the place to be. Let’s make some noise, Ipswich! 🤠🔥

🕔 Gates open: 5PM
🐂 Bull rides start: 6PM
🎉 After Party goes till 10PM

Proudly brought to you by RDW and Simon Colley Amusements.

19/07/2025

Expanded Jack’s Law Takes Effect Across Queensland

JACK’S Law has officially come into effect across Queensland, with police now granted permanent powers to use hand-held metal detectors in all public spaces to detect and seize weapons.

The expanded legislation, introduced by the State Government, removes previous restrictions that limited police use of these scanners to designated areas such as Safe Night Precincts. Officers can now use the devices anywhere they believe there is a risk of knife crime.

The law is named in honour of 17-year-old Jack Beasley, who was fatally stabbed in Surfers Paradise in 2019.

Police Minister Dan Purdie said the law’s expansion was about providing frontline officers with the tools they need.

Since its initial rollout, Jack’s Law has led to 122,548 people being scanned, 1,190 weapons removed, 3,248 arrests, and 5,932 charges laid. The law, originally introduced as a trial, was made permanent following the passage of new legislation last month.

The expanded and permanent powers under Jack’s Law are now in full effect across Queensland, with the government positioning the legislation as a vital step toward making the state safer for all residents.

18/07/2025

IPSWICH| Police are appealing for information after several shopping centres were broken into at Ipswich.

Around 17 businesses at Springfield Lakes, Redbank Plains and Brassall were allegedly targeted by four offenders in the early hours of Thursday morning.👇👇

https://www.river949.com.au/local-news/thieves-break-in-to-multiple-stores-in-ipswich/

(Photo: River 949)

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