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COUNCIL officers tore down the prominent and eye-catching signs from the property of a serial litigant on Monday morning which were displayed to more than 20,000 passing cars a day.
Booval resident Russell Gordon Haig Mathews appealed a court order for him to pay a $30,000 fine this month in a dispute with Ipswich City Council over his political protest signs in the front yard of his Brisbane Road house.
Over the years his signs have targeted several high-profile politicians, police and legal figures with allegations of a âCatholic mafiaâ conspiracy against him. Ipswich City Council officers removed signs from the Booval property of Russell Gordon Haig Mathews on Monday. Photo: Andrew Korner
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IPSWICH looks set to host the opening round of the Australian Supercross Championship, which will require about 6000 tonnes of dirt to be trucked onto the home ground of the Ipswich Jets.
Ipswich City Council has held negotiations with the promoter of the Australian Supercross Championship for about two years to bring the series to the North Ipswich Reserve.
The opening round is set for October 16 and the championship will then head to Adelaide, Perth, Wollongong and Melbourne. Richie Evans, Jay Wilson, Dan Reardon, Dylan Long and Lorenzo Camporese at round three of the 2018 Australian Supercross Championship. Picture: Peter Ristevski
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Subscriber only IPSWICH City Council has adopted a new corporate plan which will guide the strategic direction of the organisation and its 1400 staff over the next five years. From July 1, iFuture will replace the existing Advance Ipswich community plan and the 2017-2022 corporate plan to serve as the council s guiding light. It includes a wider plan for the next 20 years as Ipswich s population of 233,000 is expected to more than double to 558,000 by 2041. Acting CEO Sonia Cooper. The council engaged just over 2000 people to help form the plan and this included the city s nine councillors and 478 council staff. The plan is split into four themes with broad goals the council wants to achieve by 2026.