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TREASURER Josh Frydenberg will hand down the federal budget next week and we will learn how much money will flow for infrastructure, upgrades and other programs in Ipswich.
Ahead of the budget, the QT asked all of the cityâs elected representatives what they believed to be the priority projects in their patches.
As the fastest growing city in Queensland, Ipswich desperately needs the infrastructure to keep up the expected population growth with the total number of residents set to more than double to 558,000 in the next 20 years.
Hereâs what they said:
FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BLAIR SHAYNE NEUMANN (LABOR)
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Subscriber only RIPLEY Valley FC head coach Nick Paterson is scouting new players after an injury crisis at the Capital League 1 club. Ripley Valley have 15 players sidelined across their two senior squads already this season with nine of those first-team footballers. I ve only got 17 fit players available for two squads this weekend, Paterson said. It s not ideal. However, Paterson was hopeful of securing some extra back-up preparing for Sunday night s latest CL1 clash against Pine Hills at South Ripley. I ve always said from the get-go there s going to be no runaway favourites in this league, Paterson said.
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Subscriber only DEDICATED firefighters will soon have a state-of-the-art station to call their own to service Ipswich s growing western corridor, with more demand than before for their assistance in times of emergency and disaster. Construction on a new $2 million auxiliary fire and rescue station in Rosewood is expected to be finished in the next four months. Fireys have been sharing a building on the town s main street with personnel from the Queensland Ambulance Service but the building is too small to house both services. A new auxiliary fire station for Rosewood is under construction. The new 500 sqm station is being built on Albert Street to house 14 Queensland Fire and Emergency Services officers with an expected opening date of late August.
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Subscriber only THE Ipswich Knights have three added reasons to advance in the FFA Cup competition by beating Souths at Bundamba on Friday night. The first is getting another good crowd along after the terrific atmosphere during their recent 2-0 Tuesday night victory over Moggill at the same ground. It was a great night the other night. The best crowd I ve seen there in a number of years, said head coach Andy Ogden. He hopes another well-supported home game can help the Knights build momentum. Returning to Eric Evans Reserve for the fifth round clash, Ogden also wants a win to cleanse any scars from last weekend s 6-0 defeat to Brisbane City in the Football Queensland Premier League 1 match.
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Subscriber only AS one Ipswich team was receiving a valuable lesson, another regional side was clicking up a gear after recent disruptions. The latest football games involving the Ipswich Knights and Western Spirit couldn t be more different. Fresh from a 2-0 FFA Cup victory over Moggill, the Knights were outclassed 6-0 by Football Queensland Premier League 1 competition favourites Brisbane City on Saturday night. While the Knights were completely shut-out at Perry Park, Spirit s players were determined to secure their second win of the season after losing 7-2 to Brisbane Knights in their previous game three weeks earlier. Western Spirit put the washout issues behind them to upstage The Gap 5-0 in their Brisbane Premier League encounter at Walton Bridge Reserve.