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Subscriber only ARMED with Australian flags, a throng of volunteers dispersed across Ipswich cemeteries early Tuesday morning to remember fallen defence and service personnel. Organisers Donna Cavanagh and Oggy Smith rounded up volunteers to place flags at the headstones of those of the Australian Defence Force, Ambulance Service and Police Service. Drawing more than 60 people, the occasion has tripled since it launched last year, an exciting sign for Donna and Oggy, who first engaged in the ritual when they lived in Sydney. Donna Cavanagh at the Australia Day Flag Planting across Ipswich Cemetery, 2021. Photo: Ebony Graveur The ADF relocated the pair to Ipswich in 2017 and, noticing there was nothing similar in Ipswich, decided to start something from the ground up.
IF THEY save the life of even one person, Yvonne Laegel and her friends will consider their time well spent.
Just before Christmas, a small group of mostly SES members teamed up to relaunch a program in the hope of reducing traffic crashes caused by fatigue.
Beth Suhr is among the founding members of the group and says the idea behind “driver reviver” is simple.
“If we can stop even one person from going to sleep and crashing into a car coming from the opposite direction, I think we’ve done a good thing,” Beth said.
“We are trying to stop people being killed by going to sleep while driving a long distance. We give them tea, coffee and biscuits and the chance to have a break.”
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Subscriber only IT S the foul stench of mud that Glen Pardy remembers first, when you ask him to talk about the 2011 floods. A decade has passed, but that concoction of floodwaters mixed with debris, dirt and rotting food has remained vivid in his memory. For all the horror Glen witnessed during the rescue and then clean-up, he is determined to keep in mind the altruism that followed. He recalls watching another SES member uncover a waterlogged photo album during the clean up. He was pulling apart the pages of the photo album and spreading them out across the balcony, Glen said.
IPSWICH residents are already stocking up on masks following news they are a mandatory part of the newly-imposed lockdowns across Ipswich and greater Brisbane. From 6pm Friday night, anyone leaving the house must wear a mask, as per Chief Health Officer orders. Disposable masks have sold out and are no longer available at Compounding Chemist Ipswich on Churchill St. A chemist spokeswoman told the
Queensland Times the masks had sold out prior to today but the shop still had reusable masks in stock They re not like the disposable ones that sell for $2 a mask. At the moment we only have the material masks and they re between $12 and $15, she said.
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FROM alleged murder to shootings and âbrutalâ home invasions, thereâs no denying that shocking crimes and court cases were some of Warwickâs biggest talking points over the past year.
These are the Rose Cityâs top 10 biggest court cases to take place in 2020.
Lisa Rose Halcrow was arrested in February over the alleged murder of young Connor Horan.
The Warwick woman drove the unconscious two-year-old to the hospital, saying he fell down the stairs while she was babysitting him in August 2018.
CPR was performed on Connor for more than half an hour, but he died from severe head and internal injuries.