A transgender woman, who has been married to her partner for 28 years, will no longer have to get divorced to change her gender category on her birth certificate, after laws were passed in Queensland.
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Ipswich and West Moreton Child Protection Week awards launched
The Ipswich Region Child Protection Week awards have been established by the Ipswich District Child Protection Week Committee involving the Queensland Police Service, Department of Child Safety Youth and Women, ICYS Ipswich Community Youth Service, and Somerset Regional Council.
Together these awards promote the safety and wellbeing of children.
The awards aim to raise awareness and highlight the importance of child protection in our community, while at the same time recognising the efforts, programs, services and achievements that individuals and organisations have accomplished.
Winners will be announced at the Black Tie Gala Dinner and awards night on Friday, September 7, at the Ipswich Turf Club, Bundamba.
These awards are for individuals, programs and organisations; the categories for nominations include:
Non-Government Organisations – Exceptional contribution in child protection and child safety;
Government Organisations – Exceptional contribution in child protection and child safety at the public sector level;
Community Volunteer– Exceptional contribution made by a volunteer or volunteer group in
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Police have charged a man following a dangerous driving incident across parts of the Ipswich District yesterday afternoon.
It will be alleged that in the early hours of June 11, a number of sheds were broken into at a rural property on Gatton-Laidley Road in Forest Hill.
A 2008 Toyota Landcruiser was also allegedly stolen from the address.
It will be further alleged that around 2pm yesterday, the vehicle was sighted being driven through a number of fences on rural properties in the Rosewood and Thagoona areas.
On one occasion, the man behind the wheel allegedly drove it through a fence at a property on Dellvene Crescent towards a police officer, however he was not physically injured.
The vehicle then allegedly travelled onto the Warrego Highway where it was tracked by Pol Air 1 and observed driving at speeds in excess of 140 kilometres per hour and on the incorrect side of the highway towards
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