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Attention all Planners, Engineers, Designers, Builders and Plumbers

• BroadbandRollOut• Mayor’sMessage• MessagefromtheChair• StrategicPlanningNews• DevelopmentNews• HeritageAdviserService• IpswichCBD

RedevelopmentUpdate• FastTrackingOperational

WorksApplications• PlumbingNews• FloodUpdate• BuildingNews• StaffProfile-Natalie

Plumbe• StaffProfile-Ravi

Raveenthiran• StaffNews-Population

Explosion• NamingofTennisCourt• LongTermCommunity

Plan• HeritageSnippets• AwardforIpswichTown

Crier• SouthSeaIslander

Project• ALookIntoOurPast• MainContacts

Ipswich has continued to lead the way in technology through foundation membership of the Broadband Today Alliance.

Mayor Paul Pisasale said Ipswich was at the coalface of the technological revolution with the development of the Polaris Centre at Springfield and was already earmarked as one of the

first contenders for the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN).

“The Broadband Today Alliance represents a collaboration of more than 40 Councils across Queensland, New South Wales and beyond”.

Councillor Pisasale said the Broadband Today Alliance is working collaboratively to facilitate the roll out of the NBN and other networks such as 3G, 4G WiMax and WiFi.

“The goal of the Broadband Today Alliance is to assist businesses and residents to access high speed broadband through all forms of available technology.

“Such an alliance allows Ipswich to lead the way in response to technical, regulatory and policy issues associated with the roll out of high speed fibre optics and associated connections.”

Councillor Pisasale said the Alliance would provide an electronic environment designed to assist business and the general community to make informed decisions around broadband connectivity and applications. It is also anticipated that the Alliance will lead to increased productivity and efficiencies in all sectors, something Ipswich is rapidly making a name for in the global arena.

“The Springfield development was recognised recently as an example

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of Councils working with the Development Industry in anticipating the needs of a growing population by providing a future based on information technology. Ipswich was presented the Founders Award from the Intelligent Community Forum for its work at Springfield. The ICF is an international think tank that studies the best practices of the world’s intelligent communities,” Councillor Paul Tully, Chair of the Planning and Development Committee said.

Further information about Broadband Today Alliance can be found at www.broadbandtoday.com.au

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Ipswich continues to lead the way in technological excellence

Polaris Data Centre

PlanningandDevelopmentUpdate

IpswichCityCouncil Edition9~October2011

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It has been another busy period in Planning and Development at Ipswich City Council since our last Newsletter.

The 04/09 Planning Scheme Operational Amendments Package has come into effect and another Amendments Package 01/11 is currently on public exhibition until 8 November 2011 (refer to Page 3 for further information).

The Operational Amendments provide important opportunities for continuous improvement to the Ipswich Planning Scheme, thereby, delivering both community and development industry outcomes.

Pages 4 and 5 provide an important reminder about the benefits in using Council’s popular, free Heritage Adviser Service and Pages 12 - 16 provide lots of interesting historical information about our City’s past.

A new Council initiative delivering a pilot program to fast track ‘decision ready’ Operational Works Applications is profiled on Pages 6 and 7.

I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate our four new ‘mums to be’ in the Planning and Development Department. There really must be something in the water.

Councillor Paul TullyChairperson - Planning andDevelopment Committee

Another major milestone has been reached with Council’s recent approval of its Long Term Community Plan - I2031 (refer to Page 10).

The Plan provides an important framework to inform on Council’s corporate and operational planning for the next 20 years and beyond.

I would like to offer a special thanks to everyone who provided input to the draft plan through the focus group workshops and during the public exhibition period.

The plan making process, and the Plan itself, received a number of accolades from a broad cross section of community and business groups.

Despite the recent ‘gloom and doom’ around the continuing Global Financial Crisis, it is pleasing to see the amount and array of development activity described on Page 4 of this Newsletter.

Council is also doing its part with its ‘flag ship’ redevelopment of the Ipswich CBD in conjunction with Leightons (refer to Page 5).

Mayor Paul PisasaleCity of Ipswich

Bishop and Woodward building corner Limestone and East Streets, Ipswich c1920sSource: Picture Ipswich

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Brisbane Street, Ipswich c1950Source: Picture Ipswich

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The Strategic Planning Branch has recently finalised the Ipswich Planning Scheme Amendment Package No 4 of 2009 - Operational Amendments. Following sign off by the State Government on the final State Interest Review, Council adopted the amendments to take effect from 15 August 2011.

The amendments introduce a number of changes to the Ipswich Planning Scheme including:-

• removing the requirement to make a Material Change of Use application for a Dual Occupancy when undertaking the development of an Auxiliary Unit;

• amending the zoning of specific land within Raceview and Flinders View from Residential Low Density Zone to Business Incubator Zone;

• changes to the Bushfire Risk Areas Overlay Map (OV1) through inclusion of a Transitional Bushfire Risk Area;

• changes to the Mining Influence Areas Overlay Map (OV3);

• changes to the Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Areas Overlay Map (OV7E);

• amendments to the Springfield Structure Plan including the expansion of the Springfield Town Centre Designation, identification of the Ipswich to Springfield Public Transport Corridor, Precinct Plan requirements and Home Business definition;

• changing the Warrill Creek Water Treatment Plant to a wastewater treatment plant;

• amendments to other parts of the Planning Scheme (including

StrategicPlanningNewsmapping) to:• reflect the Bellbird Park

Planning Study;• update Part 12 Division 5

- Reconfiguring a Lot Code to reflect current practices and standards for residential streets;

• amend Division 10 - Character Code solutions for building in underneath an existing dwelling;

• reducing the permitted amount of vegetation clearing and amending the assessment categories for Plant Nursery (Wholesale), Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Clearing of Vegetation not associated with a MCU within Part 15 - Ripley Valley Master Planned Area Structure Plan;

• updating Policy 3 - General Works to reflect current DTMR standards;

• updating references to refer to current Acts and technical documents, and rectify minor typographical anomalies; and

• amending the Schedules to remove characer place listing consistent with development approvals and minor listing corrections and to include two new designated sportsground listings.

Planning Scheme Amendment Package No 1 of 2011 (incorporating proposed operational planning scheme and planning scheme policy amendments) is currently on public display until 8 November 2011.

The amendment package incorporates proposed amendments relating to:-

• Character Provisions, to remove the ‘dual test’ for cultural heritage significance in Planning Scheme Policy 4;

• Primary Drainage Function, to identify that land below the

1 in 20 ARI/Q20 is considered to represent a primary drainage function rather than land below the 1 in 10 ARI/Q10 in

Planning Scheme Policy 3 and the Reconfiguring a Lot Code;

• Dual Occupancy Uses, to include additional assessment criteria for dual occupancy uses and lots in the Reconfiguring a Lot Code and Residential Code;

• Small Lots, amendment to Residential Code and specific Zone codes relating to Single Residential uses on lots less than 450m² in area;

• Car Wash, to distinguish between ‘non-mechanical’ and ‘mechanical’ car wash in

Schedule 1 and the Parking Code;

• Defence Facilities Constraints, amendment to Table 11.4.3 to indicate Single Residential use within existing and committed residential areas as mapped on OV7C is Self Assessable where complying with relevant scheme provisions;

• Service Stations, to provide for continuous all weather protection;

• Parking Code, to reflect amended State Government cycle provisions; and

• Other operational amendments (eg overlay map OV2, zoning maps, Schedules 1, 2 and 10 and various note boxes).

The amendments are available for inspection and purchase at the Ipswich City Council Administration Building, 45 Roderick Street, Ipswich until 8 November 2011 and online at www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/planningnotices

Further InformationFor further information in relation to the amendment package, please contact the Strategic Planning Branch on 3810 6251.


Commercial / Industrial

Residential

Community Uses

• Dual Occupancy at Fiery Street, Brassall (DA 1170/11)

• Central Walk Estate (Stages 4A, 15 and 16): 42 lots at Grande Avenue, Springfield Lakes

(DA 1424/11)• Dual Occupancy at Haig Street,

Brassall (DA 1451/11)• Dual Occupancy at Boscawan

Crescent, Bellbird Park (DA 1778/11)

A number of significant applications have been processed since the last Newsletter.

Further information regarding these applications can be accessed via Council’s web site and following the links to PD Online. When prompted, insert the application reference number which appears below (eg DA 1234/10).

• 3 lots at Cedar Road, Redbank Plains (DA 741/11)

• Extension to Educational Establishment at Springfield Greenbank Arterial, Springfield (DA 1751/11)

• Outdoor Sporting Facility at South Station Road, Raceview

(DA 2466/10)• Fitness Centre / Health Club at

William Street, Goodna (DA 8301/10)

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• Office at Burnett Street, Sadliers Crossing (DA 1111/11)

• Extension to Restaurant at Brisbane Road, East Ipswich

(DA 2098/11)• Medical Centre and

Neighbourhood Shopping Centre (Woolworths) at Tournament Drive, Brookwater (DA 3436/11)

• 2 industrial lots at Leonard Street, Yamanto (DA 7967/10)

• Shopping Centre at Brisbane Road, Redbank (DA 8149/10)

• Bulky Goods Sales, Garden Centre and Shop (Bunnings) at Clay Street, West Ipswich

(DA 8295/10)• Home Industry at Cummins Road,

Thagoona (DA 1332/11)• Extension to General Industries at

Cobalt Street, Carole Park (DA 3016/11 and DA 8114/09)• Extension to General Industry at

Antimony Street, Carole Park (DA 831/10)• 2 industrial lots at Saunders

Street, Raceview (DA 8806/10)

• 2 lots at Hill Street, North Ipswich (DA 2507/11)

• Dual Occupancy at Moss Road, Camira (DA 2586/11)

• 80 lots at Arnold Street, Wulkuraka (DA 2629/10)

• 2 lots at Tongue Street, East Ipswich (DA 2785/11)

• 4 lots at Matthew Street, Rosewood (DA 2838/11)

• 3 lots at Lorikeet Lane, Bellbird Park (DA 2948/11)

• Dual Occupancy at Taylor Street, Bundamba (DA 3090/11)

• Dual Occupancy at Darzee Street, Brassall (DA 3612/11)

• 2 lots at Cairns Road, Camira (DA 3691/11)• 2 lots at Tiger Street, Sadliers

Crossing (DA 5590/10)• 2 lots at Queen Street, Goodna

(DA 6717/10)• 137 lot at Grampian Drive,

Deebing Heights (DA 7787/08)• 114 lots at Collingwood Drive,

Collingwood Park (DA 7919/09)• 47 lots at Santa Monica Drive,

Augustine Heights (DA 7980/10)• Multiple Residential Development

at South Station Road, Booval (DA 8039/09)• 32 lots at Keidges Road,

Augustine Heights (DA 8198/09)• 3 lots at Keidges Road, Augustine

Heights (DA 8210/09)• 2 lots at Walsh Street, Newtown

(DA 8272/10)• 3 lots at Railway Street,

Rosewood (DA 8535/10)

To assist owners of historic Ipswich properties, Council has appointed a Heritage Adviser who is available for limited free consultation by appointment.

Council employs a part time Heritage Adviser who has the skills that complement those of the Council’s Strategic Planning Branch. The Heritage Adviser is an experiened conservation architect who provides

Free Service

• Boilermaking and Engineering at Mica Street, Carole Park

(DA 8868/10)

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free conservation and architectural advice to owners of historic buildings. Since its inception in October 1992, the Heritage Adviser Service has consistently been rated as a worthwhile iniative by the ratepayer clients. More than 1,000 clients have used the service in this time.

The Heritage Adviser normally undertakes visits at the place in question thus maximising convenience to residents and

developers. The Heritage Adviser offers a flagship approach to Ipswich heritage awareness promotion. It is a service that provides technical advice and is also a highly effective public relations exercise.

People interested in availing themselves of this free service should contact Council on 3810 6256.

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HeritageAdviserService Continued

Frequently Asked QuestionsI have just purchased an old house and want to restore it. How should I go about it?

Do some physical investigation to establish what original parts of the building remain and what parts are alterations or additions.

Preferably, live in the house for a year to find out how you wish to use the various rooms before changing anything. Then, with the assistance of the Heritage Adviser, prepare an achievable schedule of work which doesn’t diminish or spoil the heritage value of your property.

What colours do I have to paint my house?

Whilst Council does not prescribe colours that you must use, it is preferable to do one of the following:-

• With a knife, scrape back the paint on the building to find out what colours were originally used

and then repaint in an authentic matching colour scheme.

• With the assistance of the Heritage Adviser, develop a colour scheme based on historic colour principles, using heritage colours that are sympathetic to the style and period of the house. Manufacturers colour cards are often helpful in this regard.

Avoid painting old previously unpainted brickwork as you can’t reverse the paint later without damaging the brick surface.

Do I have to use timber stumps when I restump my house?

If the original stumps were timber and are visible from the outside, it is preferable to use round timber stumps for the outer perimeter of the house. All other stumps (ie under the house or where not seen from the outside) can be structural steel or concrete.

Where vertical timber battening screens the outside perimeter stumps, they also can be replaced with concrete. Owners are not discouraged from using treated timber stumps if they wish to be totally authentic in the restoration of their house.

It is recommended that owners obtain advice from a reputable house stumper.

IpswichCBDRedevelopmentUpdateLeighton Properties and Ipswich City Properties are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) for an investor for the CBD regional shopping centre development as a component of the $1 billion Ipswich City Heart Precinct.

The EOI follows the lodgement of the development application for the first commercial tower in June 2011 and closes on 22 September 2011.

Four separate sites within the Ipswch CBD have been amalgamated to deliver a development that is one of the largest urban renewal projects in Australia.

Leighton Properties has confirmed that the shopping centre has attracted interest from potential major tenants accounting for more than half of the project’s 63,000m² site.

It is anticipated that the retail spend in the Ipswich area will increase from $2.4 billion in 2011 to $4.5 billion in 2021.

Mayor Paul Pisasale said the shopping centre precinct and the redevelopment of the CBD will give Ipswich a world class city heart.

“People used to ask when was Ipswich going to see a store like Myers established. There was nowhere to put them. If we build projects like this they will come because of the growth and the loyalty of Ipswich residents,” said Councillor Pisasale.

Work on the 10 storey tower, which will be the future home of 1,200 State public service jobs, is expected to begin after sections of the Ipswich City Square building are demolished before December 2011.

Along with the shopping centre, the CBD development will include three office tower developments, residential units, an entertainment precinct and riverfront public space incorporating a library and parking facilities.

“The level of interest in this development signals the growing confidence developers have in moving to Ipswich. We look forward to seeing many great businesses establishing in the Ipswich area,” said Councillor Paul Tully, Chair of the Planning and Development Committee.

Source: www.leightonproperties.com.au


FastTrackingOperationalWorksApplications

The aim of this new process is to improve operational works assessment timeframes whilst maintaining appropiate construction standards through quality risk assessment and management. Other benefits of the process include:-

• Improved efficiencies and effectiveness for Council development assessment resources;

• Reduced approval timeframes;

• Ability for developer to commence construction earlier;

• Increased certainty for developer concerning project tender, contract management and construction programs;

• Reduced holding costs for the developer and improved housing affordability; and

• Ability to support other construction and building revival stimulus strategies.

This is a similar process which can be found under the Development Assessment Certification in the Urban Land Development Authority Act 2007 with the exception that operational works are not self assessable and Council will remain the Assessment Manager.

The process will also challenge the consultant industry to improve performance and accept greater responsibility for design outcomes as a direct result of client oriented demand for participation in these

The Accrediation System will classify consultants commensurate with their individual discipline that forms the basis for their respective registration as an RPEQ. Upon Council’s determination and notification to an applicant, the engineering consultant may begin assessment of Decision Ready Applications.

types of applications. Holding and maintaining a Council AC authorisation will become a coveted accreditation within the development industry, particularly for professional engineers and engineering consultant organisations.

Essentially, ACs will be given the opportunity to assess their own or other applications prior to submission whilst ensuring satisfactory certification and construction of operational works in accordance with the relevant Planning Scheme provisions, engineering technical publications and codes. The AC will be governed by entry prerequisites and performance monitored by a Council Engineering Panel (CEP).

This new process has been introduced as a trial for 12 months and open to only those consultants invited to participate. If this trial is successful, the process will be expanded to the broader consulting community.

The implementation of this fast track process does not allow for variation to the statutory process, merely the efficiency with which the process is implemented.

Subject to the AC adhering to Council’s procedures, low risk applications are intended to be processed within 2 business days using electronic submission via Smart eDA.

The Process

Accredited ConsultantsThe initial program will be limited to particular consultants by invitation only. Consultants wishing to accept this invitation and undertake prequalification certification must firstly qualify through a formal submission to Council. Notwithstanding, the Accreditation System applies to individuals working as an RPEQ and wishing to utilise the Decision Ready Application Process. The Accrediation System encompasses varied disciplines including civil, hydraulics, environmental, geotechnical, electrical and transport and traffic.

Any engineering subconsultant that the principal ACs wish to engage must also be a Council approved AC.

Council is currently trialling a process to assist in fast tracking Operational Works Applications.

The process entitled Decision Ready Applications will use Accredited Consultants (ACs) to fast track well made, low risk Operational Works Applications.

Types of ApplicationsDecision Ready Operational Works Applications are limited to those applications that either:-

• Involve internal and minor external municipal works associated with a Material Change of Use and possess a Council approved Stormwater Management Plan; or

• Reconfiguration of a Lot development (eg subsequent stages) that possess pre-existing Council approved Master Plans concerning all relevant services and networks. Notably, services and networks include water and sewer services (trunk and reticulation), road hierarchy and pedestrian pathway network, landscaping (both streetscape and rehabilitation / revegetation) and stormwater management. Minor deviations from approved Master Plans may be permitted in the context of detailed designs.

The proposed Prequalification Program will accredit competent and experienced consultants to participate in the process in the context of a risk framework, supported by an online register, to assess proposals against the Planning Scheme.

The AC will be required to:-

• Use online lodgement, assessment and reporting tools;

Requirements for Prequalification

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• Be responsible for assessing a proposal and lodging an application with recommended development conditions; and

• Be accountable for the integrity of design submission and proposed construction.

Consultants wishing to make application for prequalification status shall firstly demonstrate satisfication of the following mandatory requirements / conditions:-

• Invitation to become an AC by the PanelInitally, AC will be by invitation only. The Panel will invite only those consultants who have a proven track record of high standards, work ethics and capabilities when completing operational works within the Ipswich Local Government Area.

• Application Form and ChecklistRelevant section of the Application Form is completed.

• Quality AssuranceAC (or employer organisation) shall hold current Third Party Certification to the relevant Australian Standard (AS / NZS ISO 9001-200) from JAS-ANZ accredited organisations.

• Registered Professional EngineerACs to comply with the statutory requirements of the Professional Engineers Act 2002. Individual ACs shall be qualified to the categories and levels commensurate with the experience and knowledge

and as detailed in registration as an RPEQ. It would be an advantage for the consultant to also be a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control however this is not a mandatory requirement.

• Australian Business Number, Australian Company Number or Australian Registered Business NumberAC (or employer) must have an Australian Business Number or Australian Company Number or Australian Registered Business Number.

• InsurancesACs (or employer) will have suitable insurances of Professional Indemnity (for an amount of not less than $1 million for any one claim and $2 million in the aggregate) and Public Liability (for an amount not less than $10 million for any one claim with unlimited aggregate). Where applicable, Workers Compensation Insurances will also be required.

• Signed Prequalification AgreementThe AC shall complete the Prequalification Agreement and the consultant agrees to accept mandatory criteria and conditions associated with being an AC.

• Performance Reporting JournalACs will provide performance reports and critique their work throughout the duration and completion of the works. The

The AC will remain on the listing of preferred consultants subject to engineering capabilities and work performance being maintained to a high standard.

To ensure high standards are consistent, a mandatory prequalification is that the applicant shall submit auditing and quality assurance reports at completion of project, coinciding with on-maintenance documentation.

The AC is required to maintain a working journal and critique approved designs, including those of other engaged consultants, during the construction stage identifying any issues which arose and the solutions which were implemented.

In circumstances where the Panel is required to enforce compliance or issue penalties for non compliance by an AC, the Panel will instigate any of the following:-

• Report the negligence to the relevant professional board such as the Board of Professional Engineers;

• Further applications will receive a higher level of scrutiny; or

• Review, downgrade, amend or disqualify the individual from lodging any other certification works and removal from the Accredited Consultants listing.

Auditing and Penalties

Further information can be obtained by contacting Council’s Engineering and Environment Branch on 3810 6888.

Further Information

performance journal must be presented on Council demand. Failure to do so may result in Council rescinding qualification.

• Risk MatrixACs will provide a risk matrix when submitting the Operational Works Application to identify that the application is of low risk to Council and may be processed as a Decision Ready Application.


PlumbingNews

Certification and AuthorisationCertification and authorisation is required for plumbing and drainage materials and products that may be used or installed in plumbing and drainage installations in accordance with the Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 and the Plumbing Code of Australia.

Part 4 Section 30(1) of the Standard Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003 states that a person must not install or use a plumbing or drainage item if the item is not a certified item.

Part A2 of the Plumbing Code of Australia sets out the suitability of materials and products that may be used.

Materials and products that have certification and authorisation are marked with a WaterMark or StandardsMark and are included on the WaterMark Product Database.

Provided the product carries the WaterMark, it will be accepted throughout Australia subject to installation in accordance with the Code.

The certification requirements for plumbing products are related to the risk to the plumbing and drainage system and can be allocated to two levels being:-

• An Audit Program for higher risk products (WaterMark Level 1); and

• A Type Test Program for lower risk products (WaterMark Level 2).

StandardsMark certification relates to a large number of water / plumbing products pertaining to water infrastructure supplies such as pipes, pipe fittings, water heaters, taps, toilet suites, rainwater diversion devices, polyethylene rainwater tanks etc.

For further information regarding this matter, please contact Council’s Plumbing Team on 3810 6130.

FloodUpdate

On 1 August 2011, the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry handed down its Interim Report which includes recommendations on matters associated with flood preparedness.

Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry

Temporary Local Planning Instrument (TLPI)Council has adopted TLPI 01/2011 - Flood Regulations which suspends and replaces the flooding regulations contained in the Ipswich Planning Scheme.

Further information regarding the TLPI can be obtained by visiting Council’s web site www.ipswich.qld.gov.au

The next phase of the Inquiry has commenced and Council will continue to assist the Commissioner with its Inquiry.

Further information in relation to the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry (including obtaining copies of the Interim Report) is available via www.floodcommission.qld.gov.au

Flood MappingTo assist residents in calculating the level of flood risk to their property, Council has launched a service which gives the community access to 1974 and 2011 flood extent mapping.

This information can be accessed anytime via Council’s web sitewww.ipswich.qld.gov.au

An example of some of the flood information which is available online

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StaffProfile-NataliePlumbe

Ravi Raveenthiran was born in Sri Lanka and emigrated to Australia in 1991.

In 1998, Ravi joined Council’s Engineering Services Department and moved to the Planning and Development Department in January 2008.

Ravi is a Principal Development Engineer in the Engineering and

Environment Branch and heads up one of the Engineering Planning Teams.

Ravi is married and has two children (aged 20 and 19 years) who are both studying at University.

In his free time, Ravi enjoys gardening, travelling and listening to western and classical music.

StaffNews-PopulationExplosionThere has been a population explosion in the Planning and Development Department.

Recently, Tim Foote, Brett Davey, Benjamin Williams, Richard de Vries, David Vass-Bowen, Marty Wallis, Katie Gray and Jessica Forrester welcomed little bundles of joy into their lives.

We now have a number of ladies who are pregnant including Natalie Plumbe, Rebecca Pinches, Artemis Phipps and Louise Lillingstone.

We wish everyone all the best during this exciting time of their lives.

StaffProfile-RaviRaveenthiran

Natalie Plumbe (nee Handyside) has operated in the role of Team Co-ordinator (Development) for over 6 years and has been employed in a senior development assessment role with Council for nearly 10 years.Natalie’s team looks after development assessment in the Central area.

In 2004, Natalie took a break from Council to travel and work in the United Kingdom.

Prior to working with Council, Natalie worked for the Department of Local Government and Planning in a strategic planning role.

Natalie is married and is currently looking forward to the arrival of her first child which is due in early 2012.

Natalie’s interests, outside of planning include restoration of antiques, bush walking and spending time with family and friends.

Natalie PlumbeTeam Co-ordinator (Central)Photographer: Tamara Brown

Ravi RaveenthiranPrincipal Development EngineerPhotographer: Tamara Brown

BuildingNews

In light of Queensland’s natural disasters this year, a six month extension to the requirement for pool owners to register their pool on Queensland’s Pool Safety Register has been granted. Pool owners now have until 4 November 2011 to register their pool.

Owners of non share pools have until 30 November 2015 to comply with the new pool safety standard

or earlier if they sell or lease their property before then. For share pools associated with long term accommodation (eg body corporate pools in a unit complex), a Pool Safety Certificate must be obtained by 30 November 2012.

Currently, properties sold with a non shared swimming pool or share pools for short term accommodation (eg hotel) must obtain a current Pool Safety Certificate if one is not already

in place within 90 days of a sale or lease taking place.

From 8 July 2011, all rental agreements for properties which have a non share swimming pool must have a Pool Safety Certificate.

Further information including Fact Sheets and Guidelines can be obtained by phoning 1800 340 634 or visiting:www.dlgp.qld.gov.au/pool-safety

At this stage, there is no evidence to support the rumour that there may be something in the water....

Swimming Pool Update


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NamingofTennisCourt

Street and place naming and street numbering are responsibilities administered by Council’s Planning and Development Department.

Ipswich City Council has named a tennis court in the Ipswich suburb of Springfield Lakes after the 2011 Girls’ Wimbeldon Champion, Ashleigh Barty.

Mayor Paul Pisasale said the naming of the court was to commemorate the wonderful achievements of Ashleigh in winning the junior girls’ title at Wimbledon in July 2011 and a host of other events in her lead up to her Wimbledon victory.

“Ashleigh, who hails from Springfield, used to practice a lot on the Spring Lakes Court we are naming in her honour and I hope this will be an inspiration to many more Ipswich tennis players to set their sights on the national and international arena.”

“Ashleigh is the perfect example of how someone starts in a sport at the local level and with dedication and

effort can make it on the national and world stage.”

Parks, Sport and Recreation Committee Chairperson and Division 1 Councillor David Morrison said Ashleigh who was just 15 years old, now had a junior world ranking number 4.

“It wasn’t so long ago that Ashleigh was whacking a ball around down here and more recently at the revamped George Alder Tennis Centre in Leichhardt where she put in a lot of practice for the French Open which is played on clay.”

“Ashleigh’s year in 2011 has been spectacular to say the least with her

competition in top tournaments from the Australian Junior Federation Cup which she won, to Malaysia where she won the Sarawak Chief Minister’s Cup singles and doubles events for Under 18s.”

“Ashleigh who is a past Ipswich City Council sporting bursary recipient then competed in the Belgian International where she won the junior singles, and doubles, the AEGON Junior International in London where she won the singles and Wimbledon where she was the girls singles champion.”

“The sky is the limit for this talented tennis player, the girl from Springfield, Ashleigh Barty.”

Planning and Development Committee Chair, Councillor Paul Tully said the naming of the tennis courts after Ashleigh Barty was a perfect opportunity for Council to honour one of the City’s greatest young achievers and that the City would continue to follow Ashleigh’s tennis career.

In accordance with the Local Government Act 2009, Council is required to prepare a Long Term Community Plan (LTCP).

A LTCP is a document that outlines the local government’s goals, strategies and policies for implementing the local government’s vision for the future of the local government area. In short, the LTCP is the ‘road map’ to guide the City into the future.

In July, Council held several community consultation workshops where members of the community and other government and non government agencies assisted with feedback on the various goals, strategies and actions identified in the draft LTCP.

In August, the document was placed on public display, incorporating feedback received at the workshops. On 20 September 2011, Council formally adopted the Plan, incorporating additional feedback received during the public display period.

“The Plan has considered local and regional issues which may affect the City of Ipswich now or in the future including issues such as growth management, infrastructure planning, economic development, environmental management, community well being, transport and governance”, Deputy Mayor, Councillor Victor Attwood said.

“The Plan provides a framework to inform Council’s corporate, operational, asset management, financial planning and annual reporting on the state of the City as we undergo enormous growth which will see the City’s population more than double in the next 20 years.”

“We believe we have a very good Plan to go forward to 2031 with confidence that Ipswich will play a vital role in the population expansion of South East Queensland.”

A copy of the Plan is available to view on Council’s website www.ipswich.qld.gov.auor by accessing via the following:-

LongTermCommunityPlan

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HeritageSnippets

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Updated Ipswich City Centre Heritage TrailCouncil has recently updated the Heritage Trail Brochure for the City Centre of Ipswich.

This guide provides highlights of the various sites within Ipswich Central which can be seen when walking or driving around the area.

The guide provides just a sample of the wonderful heritage sites located throughout Ipswich.

Copies of the updated trail brochure can be obtained by visiting Council’s offices, the Ipswich Visitors Information Centre or downloaded from Council’s web sitewww.ipswich.qld.gov.au

The Settlers Inn located in Brisbane Street, Ipswich, has an unusual central carriageway which leads to a set down area in the rear yard. These carriageways were very typical for English coaching houses but are very rarely found in Australia.

Reminders of our Travelling PastThere are many reminders around Ipswich of the different methods of transportation used in previous years including the era of horseback or travel by horse and carriage.

One key site is the existence of hitching rings opposite St Mary’s Church in Ipswich. Parishers who rode to church on horseback tethered their horses onto the hitching rings.

Another reminder is the horse trough located at the intersection of Tantivy Road and Moores Pocket Road, Tivoli. The horse trough was established to bring a welcome reprieve to horses during their journey.

Hitching Rings near St Mary’s Church c1970Source: Picture Ipswich

Ipswich’s Town Crier of 22 years, Mark Overell, has won the 2011 Australian National Town Criers’ Championship held in Maryborough in July.

Mayor Paul Pisasale said he was proud the Ipswich spruiker could take out the highest title of his calling in Australia.

“Mark has been a tremendous asset to the City of Ipswich since he first won the distinction of being crowned the City’s official Town Crier at the first birthday celebrations of the Ipswich City Mall in 1989.”

“Mark helped organise the first Australian National Town Criers’ Championship which was held in Ipswich in 1989 and has represented Ipswich at the National Championships ever since.”

“He has also competed at a World Town Criers’ Championship in Canada and made successful bids for Ipswich to hold the Australian National Competition in this City on four occasions being 1989, 1990, 2000 and 2010.”

Ipswich’s Town Crier, Mark OverellSource: www.qt.com.au

“Last year, the April competition provided a wonderful spectacle for Ipswich and was held as part of our Ipswich 150 Celebrations attracting not just national competitors but criers from as far afield as England and New Zealand.”

Cr Pisasale said Mark was a regular leader of the Ipswich Festival Parade and has been a vital part of many of the city’s celebrations.

“After taking out a series of other competion categories at most annual Town Crier Championships, this is the first time he has won the coveted Champion of Champion title. Congratulations to Mark on a great effort and doing Ipswich proud.”

Councillor Tully also passed on his congratulations to Mark in winning this prestigious Award.

Before the advent of newspapers, Town Criers were often used to tell the news or to convey messages to the public. Today, the role of a Town Crier is to open, welcome or provide proclamations at civic events.


SouthSeaIslanderProject

Council is participating in the Australian South Sea Islander 150 Project (ASSI 150).

In 2013, it will be 150 years since the first South Sea Islanders were brought into Queensland to work as indentured labourers on plantations that were part of the opening up of the new colony.

The Project is a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the first arrival of South Sea Islanders transported to Queensland. Various events and activities will take place throughout August 2013.

Robert Towns had a cotton plantation at Townsvale (now Veresdale) near Beaudesert. This was the destination of the first Islanders brought into Queensland. One version of events is that they arrived at Redbank and walked 45km to Townsvale stopping to break the journey at Jimboomba station.

Other local plantation owners soon followed suit with the importation of South Sea Islander labour. After the failure of cotton growing on the Logan River, South Sea Island labour was used extensively to develop the sugar, pastoral and beche-de-mer industries in Queensland. Up to 60,000 South Sea Islanders were brought to this country up until the early 20th century. The introduction and implementation of Federal government laws and policies specifically the White Australia Policy, meant that most of these people were shipped back to Melanesia. A few thousand Islanders managed to stay in Australia. Some moved to Northern NSW but most remained in Queensland especially Central and Northern Queensland. Nowadays, their descendants are scattered across Queensland and NSW and have made significant contributions to this country.

The aim of the project is to help tell the story to the wider community and to acknowledge and commemorate the contribution that Australian South Sea Islanders have made.

This collaborative project involving local governments of South East

Queensland and Northern NSW, the Queensland Music Festival, the Queensland Museum, heritage groups, individual artists and the Australian South Sea Islander community has already commenced.

The public is invited to participate in this project. For further information, contact Lesley Bryant by either email [email protected] or phone 0408 777 197.(Source: ASSI 150 Project Newsletter, Issue No 1 dated June 2011)

Tarra was a South Sea Islander from the Loyalty Islands who worked for Mr and Mrs Foote of Quarry Street, Ipswich.

Tarra was a prominent member of the Salvation Army in Ipswich for 25 years, most of it as the Standard Bearer. Tarra was a friendly, well liked man who loved children and would often hand out jelly beans to them.

Tarra Gindi Tasserone

Tarra Gindi Tasserone and a photo of his final resting place

When land was being cleared for a new house in Brisbane for Mr and Mrs W D Grimes (Mrs Grimes was a Cribb), they asked Tarra what they should call the house to which he suggested ‘Tarra Gindi’.

Mrs Foote was the grandmother to both Dorothy Payne and Estelle Kahler. Dorothy lived with her grandmother for some time. Tarra would drive them as well as neighbouring children to Ipswich Central School in a horse drawn vehicle. The horse was named Charlie.

Dorothy and Estelle had a pet parrot which got loose one day. Tarra climbed a tree to recover the parrot,

fell and later passed away in the Ipswich Hospital. Tarra died on 13 January 1913 and is buried in the Congregational Section of the Ipswich General Cemetery.

The following is an extract of the article that appeared in the Queensland Times Newspaper on 14 January 1913.

“A familiar figure in the city, largely because of his long and faithful association with the local corps of the Salvation Army, will be seen no more in his accustomed place in the ranks, or at the door of the barracks of that organisation. We refer to the kanaka Taragindi. For some time past he had been an inmate of the Ipswich General Hospital, where, about 9 am yesterday he breathed his last. Several months ago he had the misfortune to fall from a tree, with the result that he sustained a severe injury to one of his hips. Since then other complications set in, the result, doubtless, of advancing years.

Although his exact age is not known, it is believed that he was considerably over 60 years old. He is one of the very few Pacific Islanders who came to this district in the early days and who have survived in Queensland till 1913. He was for many years in his earlier days engaged in different parts of the Ipswich district, but, practically for the last quarter of a century or more he has been employed by Mrs Alfred Foote of Quarry Street.

‘Tara’, as he was familiarly called, was never able to express himself in English with that facility which some of his fellow-Islanders’ could. Nevertheless, by his quaint sayings and his peculiar gestures he generally managed to make himself understood...Practically from the inception of the Salvation Army in Ipswich he had been a member of the organisation, and in the course of his years of service filled many positions. He was drummer, door-keeper, and, for a very long time, standard-bearer. Night after night he was to be seen bearing the flag at the head of the army as the soldiers marched along the streets of the city en route to the barracks.”

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Ipswich was established in 1827 as a convict out station to quarry limestone. The convict era ended in 1839 and free settlers began to arrive in 1842. Ipswich became a busy port on the Bremer River and grew in importance because of its coal mines and railways.

In the 1850s, Ipswich aspired to become the capital of Queensland. Although it lost this honour to Brisbane, it was a prosperous and confident city and this is reflected in its buildings which include imposing public offices, several of the oldest churches in Queensland, numerous fine mansions and a large number of historic houses and cottages. The Ipswich Local Government Area now has more than 7,000 protected character places.

The City also cares for its natural environment and it includes many urban parks, environmental parks and open spaces.

The following lists just some of the highlights in Ipswich’s rich history.

• Ipswich was founded in 1827 and its main export was Limestone.

• In 1842, Ipswich was originally known as Limestone.

• Queensland’s oldest surviving church building is the Uniting Church located at the corner of Limestone and Ellenborough Streets, Ipswich.

• Queensland’s oldest secondary school is the Ipswich Grammar School which was built in 1863.

• The Mary Tregair CWA Hostel in Limestone Street, Ipswich, was originally built for Hugh Campbell in 1842.

• The Ipswich Technical College located on the corner of Limestone and Ellenborough Streets, Ipswich, was designed by George Brookwell Gill.

• St Pauls Anglican Church located on the corner of Brisbane and Nicholas Streets, Ipswich, was built in 1858.

• Ginn Cottage located on the corner of Ginn Street and Meredith Lane was built for

W Ginn in 1857.

• Gooloowan (located on the corner of Quarry and Outridge Streets, Ipswich) was built for Benjamin Cribb in 1864.

• Balmoral (located on the corner of Waghorn Street and Woodend Road, Ipswich) was originally built for Frederick Coleby.

• The Ipswich Community Art Gallery Building located on the corner of d’Arcy Doyle Place and Limestone Street, Ipswich, was built in 1911 as the St Pauls Mens Recreation Hall.

• St Stephens Presbyterian Church celebrated its 125th anniversary in April 1991.

• The building located at the corner of Brisbane and Nicholas Streets, Ipswich, was built in 1879. Its original tenant was the Bank of Australasia.

• Claremont (located at 5 Blackall Street, East Ipswich) was built of sandstone in 1858 for merchant John Paton. The site was later purchased by George Thorn in 1863.

• Garowie (located on Whitehill Road, East Ipswich) is an example of a late Victorian mansion. The building was originally built for James Clarke Cribb.

• Fairyknoll is located on the corner of Robertson and Chermside Roads, East Ipswich, and was built in 1897 for Thomas Hancock Jnr.

• The original One Mile Hotel was built in 1880.

• Ipswich’s first Mayor was John Murphy.

• The longest serving Mayor of Ipswich was J T Finimore.

• The first Ipswich Cup was run in 1850.

• The partnership of Cribb & Foote was established in 1854.

• The Brisbane / Ipswich rail link was completed in 1875.

• The first paddle steamer to sail to Ipswich was S S Experiment.

• George Thorn Jnr was Premier of Queensland and was also the son of an Ipswich pioneer.

• There were several breweries in the Ipswich area including Booval Brewery and Johnson’s Brewery on King Edward Parade, Ipswich.

ALookIntoOurPast

Highlights in Ipswich’s History

Ipswich TAFE Building

Garowie c1910Source: Picture Ipswich


ALookIntoOurPastContinued

1842 Queens Park was the first park to be developed in Queensland.

1843 The first recorded coal mine in Queensland was started by John Williams, on the riverbank at Redbank.

1859 Queensland’s first horse race meeting was held in Ipswich.

1860 Queensland’s first Defence Force was established in Ipswich. These first Army Corps were the Ipswich Troop of the Queensland Mounted Rifles, and the First, or Ipswich, Company of the Queensland Rifle Brigade.

1860 The Ipswich Baptist congregation met for the first time after Queensland became a separate Colony, so the city could claim Queensland’s first Baptist Church.

1861 Ipswich received the first known electric telegraph transmission from Brisbane on 13 April 1861.

1861 The first mining strike in Queensland occurred at Campbell and Towns coal mine at Redbank.

1863 Ipswich Grammar School established as Queensland’s first Grammar School.

1864 The first railway workshops were established at North Ipswich.

1865 The first railway in Queensland was built from Ipswich to the Darling Downs, but contracts were let in several sections. The first of these was from Ipswich to Bigges Camp (Grandchester) in 1865.

1865 The first section of railway was officially opened on

31 July 1865.1878 Ipswich gained the first

pumped water supply in Queensland when a waterworks was completed at Kholo and officially opened early the following year.

1878 Queensland’s first totalisator was operated on an Ipswich race meeting.

1883 The United Welsh Church at Blackstone, Ipswich was first founded at Newtown on 19 July 1883. It is the only Welsh Church in Queensland.

1889 Barbats at The Terrace, North Ipswich were responsible for the first locally made locomotive for the Queensland railways.

1892 The first cotton mill in Australia was built in Ipswich.

1892 Shillito and Son became the first private firm in Queensland commissioned to manufacture railway wagons.

1894 The first towels made in Australia were two honey-comb unbleached bath towels manufactured at the Queensland Cotton Company’s factory at East Ipswich.

Ipswich Firsts 1897 A new railway bridge was erected over the Bremer River for railway purposes (this was the first bridge of this type to be constructed in Australia by the Railway Department).

1900s Well known Hudson Eumenthol Jubes was developed in Ipswich by chemist and druggist

Mr C Hudson in his Brisbane Street premises around 1900.

1902 Eleanor Greenham became the first Queensland-born woman to be registered as a medical practitioner. She was the daughter of a successful Ipswich businessman and she was the first student to enrol at Ipswich Girls Grammar School when it opened in 1892.

1902 Ipswich Railway Workshops became the first major industrial site in Queensland to use electricity.

1905 The first electric coal cutters in Queensland were used at the Box Flat mine.

1915 The first Queensland Mines Rescue Station was opened in the Ipswich area.

1918 North Ipswich Railway Workshops produced the first ‘Pig Iron’ from Queensland ore in April 1918.

1920s The very first TV transmission in the 1920’s era, sending a picture the size of a postage stamp, was sent by Joe Crombie of Ipswich to Tom Biddle of North Ipswich.

1923 The Mathers Shoe empire was started in Ipswich by Sir Robert Mathers’ father.

1926 The old Queensland Times building in Brisbane and Ellenborough Streets, when renovations were made on

1 October 1926, was the first building on which electrical welding was used in structural steelwork in Queensland.Queens Park (date unknown)

Locomotive at Ipswich Railyards, 1958Source: Piture Ipswich

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1928 The first horse float in Queensland was owned by an Ipswich citizen.

1936 The first and only Walter Burley Griffin designed building in Queensland was constructed in Queens Park (Incinerator).

1938 The first Apex Club in Queensland was formed in Ipswich in June 1938 and has functioned continuously since, even during the period of World War II.

1957 The Blue Nursing Service was founded in Ipswich by Rev Jacob, who was the first director in 1957.

1958 Ipswich photographic firm F A Whitehead and Sons, founded in 1883 is the oldest of its type in Queensland. In 1958 they introduced direct colour into the State and professional photographers from all over Australia came to be lectured on aspects of the new products.

1959 Meals on Wheels was first formed in Ipswich.

1959 Hugh Cornish, son of Reverend and Mrs Cornish of St Paul’s Church transmitted the first TV news in Queensland on Channel 9 Brisbane on 16 August 1959.

1961 Radio 4IP Ipswich was the first remote controlled broadcasting station in Australia.

4IP Transmitter Room, 1960Source: Piture Ipswich

1971 Australia’s first Aboriginal Senator in Federal Parliament was Ipswich’s Neville Bonner.

1973 The first Primary School Library built in Queensland was opened at Goodna State School by the Hon. Keith Hooper MLA.

1977 The first Genealogy Society in Queensland was formed in Ipswich.

1979 Former Moreton Shire Councillor, Jeanette Horwath, was the first woman recognised as a builder in Queensland.

1982 The first city in Queensland to declare itself ‘Nuclear Free’ was Ipswich in December 1982.

1984 Australia’s first Medicare Office was opened in Ipswich by Mr Bill Hayden, the nation’s first national health scheme instigator.

1995 Ipswich City Council was the first local authority in Australia to provide access to the Internet. Global Info Links was established.

2006 First City outside the USA to be part of the Liveable Communities Partnership which promotes quality of life, economic development and social equity.

2007 Ripley Valley was the first area in Queensland to be declared a Master Planned Area under the Integrated Planning Act 2007 (IPA).

2010 First male headmaster appointed at Ipswich Girls Grammar School.

2010 Jamie Oliver broadcasts live to d’Arcy Doyle Place in the Ipswich CBD. The celebrity chef bought his Ministry of Food Australia to the big screen in his first ever virtual cooking class. Ipswich was selected as Australia’s first site for the Ministry of Food project.

Fairyknoll, 1969Source: Piture Ipswich

Other firsts for Ipswich include:-• East Ipswich State

School had the first solar heated swimming pool in Queensland.

• The first female supermarket manager in Australia, employed by G J Coles was Wendy Sheedon at Coles Supermarket Ipswich.

• Leichhardt State School was the first school to start the Safety House Scheme in Queensland.

• The first shopping centre in Queensland to be built over a central railway station was in Ipswich.

• Blair State School appointed Queensland’s first Lollipop Guardian for children on school crossings.

• Lifeline at Ipswich opened what is believed to be Australia’s first Alcohol and Drug Counselling Telephone Service.

• Ipswich was the first city in Australia to name a street after Prime Minister Bob Hawke. It is Hawke Avenue, in the Ipswich suburb of Collingwood Park.

• The first Premier of Queensland was an Ipswich identity, George Thorn.


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This information (including details of processing of development applications, zoning and development constraint information) is available 24/7 by accessing PD Online on Council’s web site www.ipswich.qld.gov.au.

Brynhyfryd Castle (pronounced BRIN-HUV-RID)

Features of the home included its own electric lighting plant, water tanks pumped from the Coffin Holes at the foot of the hill, a hydraulically powered lift (after 1901) and somewhere between 30 and 49 rooms.

The property had outbuildings including a caretakers cottage, man’s cottage, a two storey coach house and stables, workshop, laundry, a barn and fowlhouses.

After the death of Lewis Thomas in 1913, Brynhyfryd became the home of Mary, her husband Thomas Bridson Cribb and their children. On 17 January 1930, Mary Cribb (nee Thomas) died at the age of 93. The trustees of Brynhyfryd advertised the sale of the property by auction in February 1930. The interior of the castle was cleared of its contents and many people inspected the mansion. It was difficult to sell such a large property during the Great Depression and unfortunately the property

Did you know that Ipswich once had its own castle?

The three storey building was set on a terraced hill overlooking the village of Blackstone. The mansion grounds contained fifteen acres of garden including a large vegetable garden.

Brynhyfryd (meaning Pleasant Hill) was designed by well known Ipswich architect, George Brockwell Gill and was built by Peter Brown. Construction of the home for Lewis Thomas, his wife Ann and only daughter Mary, commenced in 1886.

Brynhyfryd CastleSource: Picture Ipswich

remained vacant for many years, falling into disrepair.


Lewis Thomas

Nerida Parry wrote in the Brynhyfryd Story that:It was assumed the rich coal beneath was more valuable than the building itself. The wealth of coal triumphed over magnificence as mining operations moved towards the coal seams beneath the property. What was once a job and pride of achievement in planning, hauling and erecting became an economic satisfaction in demolition. Though built for prosperity it soon stood as a ruin. Bit by bit the castle was blown up until the crumbling shell was levelled to the ground. Coal, a major factor responsible for its erection, was also a major factor responsible for its destruction.

In 1960 contractors demolished the remaining walls of the mansion and in 1973 developers cleared the area. Little remains of this once imposing building which was home to the ‘Coal King’, Mr Lewis Thomas.

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Council has developed the Population Modeller to monitor ongoing population and housing growth across the local government area. The modeller is based on a somewhat quirky, but highly reliable growth measure - new connections to Council’s residential waste collection service (the wheelie bin indicators). The modeller has estimated consistent, strong population growth over the past 5 years (see Table 1 and Figure 1 below).

The Ipswich Development Boom Continues

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Mayor’s Message

Message from the Chair

Development News

Strategic Planning Branch News

Goodna Town Centre Master Plan

Ripley Valley Structure Plan

Vegetation Retention

Springfield Growth Management

Swanbank New Chum Enterprise Park Master Plan

Awards for Excellence

Departmental Changes

Employment Opportunities

As at 30 June 2008, the City had a resident population of 155,630 with 5,205 additional residents over the previous 12 months. This represents an average annual growth rate of around 3.5%.

New figures recently released by the Queensland Government (PIFU) indicate that, whilst overall growth in SEQ over the next 25 years to 2031 may decrease from 2.4% to 1.7% per annum, the actual growth forecasts

for Ipswich are predicted to increase strongly to between 4.1% (low series) 4.6% (mid series) to 5.4% (high series). Based on these projections Ipswich is set to become the fastest growing local government area in SEQ and, with a projected population of 434,788 persons at 2031 (medium series), will become the 5th largest local government population in SEQ (outgrowing Logan City and Townsville City).

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