Ipswich Today

By Allan RoebuckNews News Commentary

Ipswich Today episodes

June 02, 2022 Hugh's family history reveals intriguing story of grandfather's adoption from unmarried mum
In 1903 a three-year-old boy was given up for adoption from the front yard of a Brisbane Street home because his mother already had two children out of wedlock and another was on the way. In this episode you’ll hear from the 67-year-old grandson of that three-year-old. Hugh O'Brien has uncovered his intriguing family history in Ipswich at the beginning of last century.
Published: 3 June 2022.
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Image: Hugh O'Brien with two of his grandchildren on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail (supplied)
Brisbane Valley Rail Trail: https://www.brisbanevalleyrailtrail.com.au/
Trove: https://trove.nla.gov.au/
National Reconciliation Week: https://nrw.reconciliation.org.au/
Discover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/
Contact Ipswich Today: https://ipswichtoday.com.au/?page_id=148

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Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/
17 min
May 28, 2022 Free flu vax, free ride for fire ants, horsepower festival and lost 1949 wheel reunited with owner
In this snack size episode catch up on getting a free flu vax, fire ants get a free ride from recent floods, Festival of Horsepower is back, Legacy gains from trains, planes and autos, next suburbs for kerbside collection and the amazing tale of a wheel lost from a 1949 Morris MS6 recovered from bushland beside the Cunningham Highway.
Published: 28 May 2022.
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Image: Willowbank Raceway (www.dragphotos.com.au)
Fire Ants: www.fireants.org.au
Flu vax Queensland Health: https://bit.ly/38pNxTs
Flu vax pharmacy bookings: https://bit.ly/3PNJj8X
Willowbank Raceway: https://www.willowbankraceway.com.au/
Queensland Raceway: https://www.qldraceways.com.au/
Ipswich Kart Club: https://www.ipswichkartclub.org.au/
Ipswich Turf Club: https://ipswichturfclub.com.au/
Large item kerbside collection: https://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/live/waste-and-recycling/large-item-kerbside-collection
Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKY
Council meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTV
Shape your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/
Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/
Discover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/
Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/
Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/
Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/

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Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/
7 min
May 24, 2022 Promises, flood misery, Pisasale renaming undecided, stinky waste business and a pet-friendly CBD
Over The Back Fence: Walter Williams and Ashleigh Mac join the show for our regular monthly yarn where we talk everything Ipswich. This month includes Labor promises made to council before the election, the misery of two floods in as many months, renaming Pisasale bridge and road still not finalised, our increasingly dog-friendly CBD, stinky waste business, when was the last time you were in a library and plenty of laughs at Ipswich Civic Centre.
Published: 24 May 2022.
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Major parties pre-election commitments to Ipswich: https://bit.ly/3wKgdyJ
Resilient Homes Fund: https://bit.ly/3PDPJHH
Council calls on state to act over stink: https://bit.ly/3NxxWA6
Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKY
Council meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTV
Shape your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/
Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/
Discover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/
Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/
Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/
Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/

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AI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck.
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Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/
25 min
May 19, 2022 DV support, new library proposed, stink over waste, new pool delayed, Winternationals & CMC Rocks
A call for council to do more to support local DV organisations, deputy mayor champions new library, a real stink over waste odours, renaming Pisasale bridge and road hits a speed bump, still no decision on an ideal pool temperature while a new pool at Leichhardt is delayed. Also in this episode council backs the Winternationals and CMC Rocks at Willowbank Raceway. Mayor Teresa Harding joins the show following the May meeting of Ipswich City Council (recorded 19 May 2022).
Published: 20 May 2022.
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Image: 1 Nicholas Street Ipswich
Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKY
Council meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTV
Shape your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/
Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/
Discover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/
Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/
Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/
Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/

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AI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck.
Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small one-off or regular donation. Visit
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Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/
12 min
May 18, 2022 Nurse Bryant Strong gives hope and support to vulnerable LGBTIQ+ youth & tells his own story
A very personal story of a young man growing up in Ipswich struggling to find his own identity. Bryant Strong is now a registered nurse caring for others but that’s only part of what he does to support the community. The University of Southern Queensland nursing graduate, who is now studying two more degrees - Master of Nursing and a Bachelor of Midwifery – has dedicated his life to improving the mental health of LGBTIQ+ youth.
Published: 18 May 2022.
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Image: Registered nurse, LGBTIQ+ advocate and University of Southern Queensland graduate Bryant Strong (supplied)
USQ: https://www.usq.edu.au/
Our House Our Haven: https://ohoh.org.au/
IDAHOBIT: https://www.idahobit.org.au/
International Nurses Day: https://www.icn.ch/what-we-do/campaigns/international-nurses-day

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AI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck.
Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small one-off or regular donation. Visit
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Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/
16 min
May 16, 2022 Kerbside collection, big plans for Goodna park, people's choice & Reconciliation Week celebrations
Large item kerbside collection continues across Ipswich, big plans for a Goodna riverside park, introducing the People's Choice Award at the annual Ipswich Art Awards, vote for Marburg in Queensland's Top Tourism Town Awards and Reconciliation Week 2022 to be celebrated with culture, community and food.
Published: 16 May 2022.
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Image: Soul Nook at Marburg (supplied)
Large item kerbside collection: https://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/live/waste-and-recycling/large-item-kerbside-collection
Richardson Park Goodna: https://www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/richardsonparkupgrade
Ipswich Art Awards: https://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/explore/whats-on/ipswich-art-awards
Soul Nook Marburg: https://www.thesoulnookcollective.com/
Vote for Marburg: https://www.qtic.com.au/
Reconciliation Week: https://nrw.reconciliation.org.au/
Community open day at Hardings Paddock: https://bit.ly/3LiaoxV
Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKY
Council meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTV
Shape your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/
Current and future council works and projects: maps.ipswich.qld.gov.au/civicprojects
Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/
Discover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/
Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/
Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/
Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/

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AI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck.
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Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/
6 min
May 09, 2022 Centuries-old form of flight over Ipswich still ignites passion in balloon pilot after 30 years
A centuries-old method of flight fills the sky above Ipswich most early mornings when the weather allows. How and when did the city become home to the Floating Images hot air balloon? You’ll hear the story which led to chief pilot Graeme Day gaining his commercial pilot’s licence 30 years ago and why Ipswich was chosen as the preferred location to establish Floating Images hot air balloon flights.
Published: 9 May 2022.
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Image: Chief pilot Graeme Day getting ready for another flight (supplied)
Floating Images website: www.floatingimages.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com.au/floatingimagesballooning
YouTube: www.youtube.com/floatingimages

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AI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck.
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Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/
17 min
May 06, 2022 Media policy under scrutiny, Air Tattoo for Amberley, growth slows & go off-grid at Hardings Paddock
Ipswich City Council under scrutiny for its new media policy with the Queensland Government now wanting a please explain. The Ipswich Amberley Air Tattoo comes to RAAF Base Amberley when Australia’s largest air force base will open its gates to the public for the first time since 2008. Also in this episode Ipswich population growth slows and go off-grid at Hardings Paddock.
Published: 6 May 2022.
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Image: Ipswich CDB reach of Bremer River (supplied)
Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKY
Council meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTV
ICC quarterly report card: https://bit.ly/3MTA6d3
Air Tattoo: https://bit.ly/3FjxN0i
Hardings Paddock Hut: https://bit.ly/3vNteIF
Shape your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/
Current and future council works and projects: maps.ipswich.qld.gov.au/civicprojects
Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/
Discover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/
Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/
Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/
Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/

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AI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck.
Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small one-off or regular donation. Visit
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Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/
7 min
April 28, 2022 Mental health and wellbeing survey reveals community challenges and personal concerns in Ipswich
One third of Ipswich householders are suffering high or very high psychological stress. The report of a recent survey found 22.9 per cent of householders were experiencing high psychological distress and nine per cent were experiencing very high levels of distress, compared to the national average of nine point three per cent and four point two per cent respectively. Hear some of the details contained in a new survey from Community Mental Health Australia. Project manager Tristan Brownson reveals key findings from the survey conducted in Ipswich between September and December 2021 by Community Mental Health Australia's ACDC project.
Published: 29 April 2022.
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Image: ACDC project manager Tristan Brownson (supplied)
Ipswich community report: https://bit.ly/3KpToFs
ACDC project: www.acdc.org.au
Community Mental Health Australia: www.cmha.org.au

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AI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck.
Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small one-off or regular donation. Visit
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Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/
10 min
April 27, 2022 Ipswich Show: Fireworks, sideshows, show bags, arts, crafts, demo derby, rodeo & what's new in 2022
Your sneak peek at the 2022 Ipswich Show with show society president Darren Zanow and events manager Joanne Hadnutt. A last minute call for entries, main arena entertainment highlights, what's new this year and where to get your tickets online.
Published: 27 April 2022.
Music: www.purple-planet.com
Image: Ipswich Show (supplied)
Ipswich Show tickets and information: https://ipswichshow.com.au/
Lodge show entries: https://showday.online/
Discover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/

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AI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck.
Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small one-off or regular donation. Visit
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Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/
10 min

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Local voices, news, commentary and community information for residents and businesses in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Originally launched as Ipswich Election Watch 27 February 2020 the show was…