Ipswich Today

Early speculation about who might run for council in 2028, the people you run into at an industry lunch for retired media folk, a call for local governments to be abolished, what’s the future for Warrill Park Lawn Cemetery, a councillor briefing report that says absolutely nothing, rumours about the Australian Electoral Commission closing its Ipswich office, and Ipswich Musical Theatre Company to present Grease in September. All that and more when Ashleigh Mac and Walter Williams join the show for another yarn over the back fence.Recorded: 16 June 2026.Published: 17 June 2026.Theme music: AudioJungle - Mark_Music and Matt SteinerMcKnight Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/@McKnightTonightCouncillor briefing: https://ipswich.infocouncil.biz/Open/2026/06/CBWS_20260601_MIN_4203_EXTRA_WEB.htmNational Capital Development Commission: https://www.nca.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are/history-nca/1958-1989-national-capital-development-commission#SPARK Ipswich: https://www.ipswichfestivals.com.au/sparkipswich/spark-program/Ipswich City Council: www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/Ipswich City Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKYCouncil meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTVIpswich Planning Scheme: https://bit.ly/3g4Jwb7Shape Your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/Ipswich Festivals: https://www.ipswichfestivals.com.au/Black Swan Art (David Pearce): https://www.blackswanart.com.au/Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/Ipswich Community Gallery: https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/community/ipswich-community-galleryDiscover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/Discover Ipswich what's on: https://whatson.discoveripswich.com.au/Workshops Rail Museum: https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/rail-workshopsIpswich Showgrounds: https://ipswichshow.com.au/upcoming-eventsIpswich Libraries: www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/Picture Ipswich: www.pictureipswich.com.au/Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/River 949: https://www.river949.com.au/Free FM: https://freefm.com.au/West Bremer Radio: https://westbremerradio.com/Radio Springfield City: https://radiospringfieldcity.com.au/Local Ipswich News: https://localipswichnews.com.au/Ipswich Tribune Today: https://ipswichtribunetoday.com.au/The Leads music: https://theleadsmusic.bandcamp.com/Damien J Johnson: https://damienjjohnson.com/Lost Ipswich Facebook: https://bit.ly/3pLLBwNc Stream audio recommended. If auto download enabled some apps require a re-download or refresh RSS content to hear most recent version should there be an episode updateAI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck. Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small one-off or regular donation. Visit https://ipswichtoday.com.au/Advertise on Ipswich Today https://ipswichtoday.com.au/advertising/Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/ 

We’re officially into winter with rain and cooler maximums this week and no immediate sign of frosty mornings. Drier than average conditions are also forecast for southeast Australia and southwest Western Australia, while increasing signs in the Pacific Ocean suggest an El Niño pattern could develop later this year. UniSQ climate scientist Andrew Marshall joins the show to talk about temperature and rainfall forecasts, the possible impact of El Niño, and how conditions compare to recent winters.Published: 11 June 2026.Image: UniSQ Associate Professor Andrew Marshall (supplied)Theme music: AudioJungle - Mark_Music and Matt SteinerUniSQ: https://www.unisq.edu.au/ Ipswich Festivals: https://www.ipswichfestivals.com.au/Ipswich City Council: www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/Ipswich City Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKYCouncil meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTVIpswich Planning Scheme: https://bit.ly/3g4Jwb7Shape Your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/Black Swan Art (David Pearce): https://www.blackswanart.com.au/Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/Ipswich Community Gallery: https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/community/ipswich-community-galleryDiscover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/Discover Ipswich what's on: https://whatson.discoveripswich.com.au/Workshops Rail Museum: https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/rail-workshopsIpswich Showgrounds: https://ipswichshow.com.au/upcoming-eventsIpswich Libraries: www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/Picture Ipswich: www.pictureipswich.com.au/Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/River 949: https://www.river949.com.au/Free FM: https://freefm.com.au/West Bremer Radio: https://westbremerradio.com/Radio Springfield City: https://radiospringfieldcity.com.au/Local Ipswich News: https://localipswichnews.com.au/Ipswich Tribune Today: https://ipswichtribunetoday.com.au/The Leads music: https://theleadsmusic.bandcamp.com/Damien J Johnson: https://damienjjohnson.com/Lost Ipswich Facebook: https://bit.ly/3pLLBwNc Stream audio recommended. If auto download enabled some apps require a re-download or refresh RSS content to hear most recent version should there be an episode updateAI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck. Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small one-off or regular donation. Visit https://ipswichtoday.com.au/Advertise on Ipswich Today https://ipswichtoday.com.au/advertising/Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/ 

The state government launches an inquiry into councillor conduct effectiveness in the wake of a recent Councillor Conduct Tribunal ruling affecting at least one Ipswich councillor, and it’s nine years since the city’s most popular mayor resigned while dressed in hospital PJs.Published: 6 June 2026.Image: Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale pictured in 2007 (file photo)Theme music: AudioJungle - Mark_Music and Matt SteinerAdditional audio: Nine News QueenslandCCT and OIA inquiry details: https://loom.ly/WUWllAICouncillor Conduct Tribunal Ipswich decision: https://www.dlgwv.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2179277/councillor-nicole-jonic-ipswich-city-council-f25-3641.pdfIpswich City Council: www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/Ipswich City Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKYCouncil meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTVIpswich Planning Scheme: https://bit.ly/3g4Jwb7Shape Your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/Ipswich Festivals: https://www.ipswichfestivals.com.au/Black Swan Art (David Pearce): https://www.blackswanart.com.au/Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/Ipswich Community Gallery: https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/community/ipswich-community-galleryDiscover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/Discover Ipswich what's on: https://whatson.discoveripswich.com.au/Workshops Rail Museum: https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/rail-workshopsIpswich Showgrounds: https://ipswichshow.com.au/upcoming-eventsIpswich Libraries: www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/Picture Ipswich: www.pictureipswich.com.au/Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/River 949: https://www.river949.com.au/Free FM: https://freefm.com.au/West Bremer Radio: https://westbremerradio.com/Radio Springfield City: https://radiospringfieldcity.com.au/Local Ipswich News: https://localipswichnews.com.au/Ipswich Tribune Today: https://ipswichtribunetoday.com.au/The Leads music: https://theleadsmusic.bandcamp.com/Damien J Johnson: https://damienjjohnson.com/Lost Ipswich Facebook: https://bit.ly/3pLLBwNc Stream audio recommended. If auto download enabled some apps require a re-download or refresh RSS content to hear most recent version should there be an episode updateAI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck. Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small one-off or regular donation. Visit https://ipswichtoday.com.au/Advertise on Ipswich Today https://ipswichtoday.com.au/advertising/Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/ 

National Reconciliation Week calls on Australians to be All In, Ipswich council offers a reward that leads to guilty conviction of memorial vandals, Councillor Conduct Tribunal makes a decision four years after bridge and road naming saga, School Road upgrade due to start in 2029, a new service helping young people struggling with substance use, and Guy Sebastian heading for Ipswich Civic Centre.Published: 2 June 2026.Image: Damaged Ebbw Vale Memorial Honour Statue (supplied)Theme music: AudioJungle - Mark_Music and Matt SteinerCouncillor Conduct Tribunal decision: https://www.dlgwv.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2179277/councillor-nicole-jonic-ipswich-city-council-f25-3641.pdfIpswich City Council: www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/Ipswich City Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKYCouncil meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTVIpswich Planning Scheme: https://bit.ly/3g4Jwb7Shape Your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/Ipswich Festivals: https://www.ipswichfestivals.com.au/Black Swan Art (David Pearce): https://www.blackswanart.com.au/Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/Ipswich Community Gallery: https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/community/ipswich-community-galleryDiscover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/Discover Ipswich what's on: https://whatson.discoveripswich.com.au/Workshops Rail Museum: https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/rail-workshopsIpswich Showgrounds: https://ipswichshow.com.au/upcoming-eventsIpswich Libraries: www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/Picture Ipswich: www.pictureipswich.com.au/Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/River 949: https://www.river949.com.au/Free FM: https://freefm.com.au/West Bremer Radio: https://westbremerradio.com/Radio Springfield City: https://radiospringfieldcity.com.au/Local Ipswich News: https://localipswichnews.com.au/Ipswich Tribune Today: https://ipswichtribunetoday.com.au/The Leads music: https://theleadsmusic.bandcamp.com/Damien J Johnson: https://damienjjohnson.com/Lost Ipswich Facebook: https://bit.ly/3pLLBwNc Stream audio recommended. If auto download enabled some apps require a re-download or refresh RSS content to hear most recent version should there be an episode updateAI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck. Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small one-off or regular donation. Visit https://ipswichtoday.com.au/Advertise on Ipswich Today https://ipswichtoday.com.au/advertising/Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/ 

Nicholas Street Precinct carpark name change proposal scrapped, reward offered for successful conviction of honour stone vandals, how council will manage rates after large increase in land valuations, the annual Festival of Horsepower, and Ipswich regains the crown as the fastest growing city in Queensland. Mayor Teresa Harding joins the show after the May meeting of Ipswich City Council.Published: 29 May 2026.Image: Ipswich City Council publicity shot to promote 2026-2031 Corporate Plan (supplied) Theme music: AudioJungle - Mark_Music and Matt SteinerIpswich City Council: www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/Ipswich City Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKYCouncil meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTVIpswich Planning Scheme: https://bit.ly/3g4Jwb7Shape Your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/Ipswich Festivals: https://www.ipswichfestivals.com.au/Black Swan Art (David Pearce): https://www.blackswanart.com.au/Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/Ipswich Community Gallery: https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/community/ipswich-community-galleryDiscover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/Discover Ipswich what's on: https://whatson.discoveripswich.com.au/Workshops Rail Museum: https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/rail-workshopsIpswich Showgrounds: https://ipswichshow.com.au/upcoming-eventsIpswich Libraries: www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/Picture Ipswich: www.pictureipswich.com.au/Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/River 949: https://www.river949.com.au/Free FM: https://freefm.com.au/West Bremer Radio: https://westbremerradio.com/Radio Springfield City: https://radiospringfieldcity.com.au/Local Ipswich News: https://localipswichnews.com.au/Ipswich Tribune Today: https://ipswichtribunetoday.com.au/The Leads music: https://theleadsmusic.bandcamp.com/Damien J Johnson: https://damienjjohnson.com/Lost Ipswich Facebook: https://bit.ly/3pLLBwNc Stream audio recommended. If auto download enabled some apps require a re-download or refresh RSS content to hear most recent version should there be an episode updateAI: All episodes of Ipswich Today are recorded with real humans using Adobe Audition. You won't find any AI voices here. Editing and production by Allan Roebuck. Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small one-off or regular donation. Visit https://ipswichtoday.com.au/Advertise on Ipswich Today https://ipswichtoday.com.au/advertising/Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/