The gun shop behind a billboard branded controversial by advertising experts says it has got every right to be there, but the local community is split over its message.
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Mount Isa traffic controller Christopher Petersen says the “pack of sooks” in southern Queensland complaining about the heat need to harden up a bit.
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Brisbane death deemed suspicious days after body found
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Ripley Community Safety Forum
Thank you to those Ripley community members who ventured out to the Community Safety Forum at City Hope Church last night.
We’d like to thank the guest speakers who provided very informative and relevant information.
Thank you to Amy Hartness, Compliance Officer, Ipswich City Council who provided extremely valuable information on illegal dumping and how to make a report. For more information on illegal dumping you can phone 13QGOV or Ipswich City Council on 07 3810 6666 and request a littering and illegal dumping form. You can also make an online report here.
Thank you also to Station Officer/Safety Assessment Officer, Michael McCoy, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services for his invaluable presentation on smoke alarms and the changes in the Queensland smoke alarm legislation and the requirement for homes to have interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms. For more information on the changes and requirements visit here.
Thank you also to Jonathon Cowley, General Manager, Crime
Queensland electoral commissioner quits after 'serious allegations'
Queensland’s electoral commissioner Walter van der Merwe resigns, after he was stood aside on Monday following “serious allegations” related to “misbehaviour” under the Electoral Act.
Baby breaches Parliament's 19th century rules on 'strangers'
She’s only three months old but Odette is set to make changes in Queensland’s Parliament, after her MP mum brought her into the house, breaking rules against “strangers” in the process.