Longform Yes Minister - Pr Peter Geyer, Fassifern Lutheran Churches STATISTICS tell us that 43.9 percent of Australians call themselves Christians, and 17.4 percent claim to attend church regularly. Guest Writer 01 Feb 2023
Longform The Beauty of Life - Meet, Greet, and Eat It is ironic then that one of the most frequently encountered snakes in eastern Australia is the Red-bellied Black Snake. It Aub Podlich 26 Apr 2023
Culture Modern women need a housewife: Women’s unpaid labour increased during pandemic The modern woman doesn’t want to be a housewife, they want a housewife. Ivy Mullins 24 Jul 2021
Exclusive Ex-Ipswich HR boss alleges he was sacked after raising concerns about investigations Investigations into staff conduct at Ipswich City Council are under a cloud after the council’s former Head of Human Resources said he was sacked for raising concerns over whether complaints were being dealt with fairly. Rory Callinan 24 Apr 2021
Longform More than a dozen victims of Ipswich paedophile principal come forward A paedophile headmaster who was allowed to stay on at an Ipswich school after molesting a pupil, also took schoolboys out in his car during classes to sexually assault them, according to former students. Rory Callinan 12 Apr 2021
Longform ‘There are people I’m never going to see again’: Beaudesert saleyards’ last day Tom Stariha went to buy calves. With cattle prices soaring, the 26-year-old cattleman from Mt Cotton was outbid. He got a sheep, about 15 roosters and two bird cages as consolations. There are few places in South East Queensland where such transactions could have taken place. Joe Hinchliffe 31 Mar 2021
Exclusive Ipswich paedophile principal may have had more victims Claims a paedophile headmaster only molested one child at an Ipswich private school in the early 1990s have been challenged by the accounts of former students. Rory Callinan 29 Mar 2021
Longform Investigation into Ipswich paedophile principal dropped in 1990s A police investigation into a paedophile headmaster molesting a boy at an Ipswich private school in the mid 1990s was dropped partly because the deputy principal claimed the master was “not that type of person” according to the victim’s father. Rory Callinan 20 Mar 2021
Longform ‘Dom’s on the crawl’: Paedophile principal appointment cover up at Ipswich school His reputation as an abuser was known throughout Northern New South Wales Catholic schools, but that didn’t stop Brother Dominic being appointed to an Ipswich private school. The Guardian & Tribune reveals the coverup around how a paedophile ended up in charge of St Peter Claver College. Rory Callinan 13 Mar 2021
History A scrubber: A wild bull, born in the scrub, aggressive and territorial It was a scrubber. A wild bull, born in the scrub, aggressive and territorial. Lean and muscular, it was thick necked, broad and hefty across the shoulders … legs pumping in a prance peculiar to the animals ranging across the mountains and ridges. Wendy Creighton 09 Mar 2021
Bushfires Fire officials blocked crucial backburn that may have saved Binna Burra Fire chiefs have admitted to cancelling a strategic backburn to extinguish one of the state’s most destructive fires two days before the blaze went on to destroy the historic Binna Burra nature resort, 11 homes and thousands of acres of heritage listed national park in the Gold Coast hinterland Rory Callinan 27 Feb 2021
Scenic Rim On what grounds will council appeal Beaudesert saleyards heritage listing? Scenic Rim councillors have voted 6-1 to challenge the heritage listing of the Beaudesert Pig and Calf Saleyards. The big question is: on what grounds will they mount their appeal? There were lengthy and heated discussions at Tuesday’s council... Joe Hinchliffe 27 Feb 2021
News Will Gen Z be left ‘cut off’ after Facebook news ban? “I’m not paying for news,” said Ipswich teen Kristen Pattemore, but it seems soon she may have to. Last Thursday, Ms Pattemore and people all over Australia woke up to find Facebook had banned the sharing and viewing of news from all Australian accounts. Ivy Mullins 24 Feb 2021
Federal Politics “No one would be able to sleep” Scenic Rim entertainment spot set to suffer under Inland Rail Former manager of Ivory’s Rock Jan McGregor laughs when she admits she’s supposed to be semi-retired. After being involved with the region’s largest entertaining space since 1991, Ms McGregor has spent the last three years solely battling the... Ivy Mullins 18 Feb 2021
Arts Music is life and life is music for Ipswich’s Tamaryn Hope, passion and sentiment. These are the three words Tamaryn Heck uses to describe the feeling she gets when she picks up her instrument, the flugelhorn. Jacqui McLaren 08 Feb 2021
Longform Radford widow’s ‘nightmare’ as thousands of bats descend on home An 82-year-old widow says she feels like a prisoner in her own house after thousands of flying foxes set up camp in the trees encircling her home of 60 years. Janice Parcell said her new neighbours wake her up at 4am every morning, have covered her... Joe Hinchliffe 20 Jan 2021
History When the Oil Boom hit the Fassifern This month marks the 95th anniversary of the granting of the first, large scale ‘permit to prospect’ for oil in the Fassifern. The Adelaide-based Australian Oil Company was awarded the permit to drill for oil across a 4,050 hectare allotment centred on the small town of Roadvale outside Boonah. Wendy Creighton 28 Nov 2020
Culture A fundraising journey involving a teenager, a Queen St barber and the Boonah trees Entering your teenage years can be both an exciting and daunting adventure. A time of self-discovery where music is gospel, latest trends are paramount and love interests begin to blossom. Yet, for thirteen-year-old Lara Nolan, there is only one thing on her mind: shaving her head to raise money for cancer research and donating her hair to be made into a wig. Jacqui McLaren 19 Nov 2020
Outdoors Can recreational anglers help stem the freshwater invasions? Every year in late December when Michal Duzynski was a boy his family would put a live carp in the bathtub. Joe Hinchliffe 17 Nov 2020
