Media Releases

WHILE Ipswich City Council welcomes continued investment in the city including retirement villages, Ipswich is home to a wide range of age groups.

OVER 40 works by local senior visual arts students will feature in the Creative Generation - Excellence Awards in Visual Art and Design, Moreton Regional Exhibition at the Ipswich Art Gallery throughout August.

IPSWICH people have responded so well to an appeal last month for warm clothing and blankets that nine charities have been able to benefit from goods received.

AS the mercury drops and winter continues to bite, Ipswich residents are being called on to help out those in need.

Ipswich City Council's Youth and Seniors Committee Chairperson Councillor Sheila Ireland said the Ipswich Youth Advisory Council (IYAC) were collecting household items from the community to help those less fortunate.

I would like to thank my fellow Councillors and staff for their tremendous effort and contribution to Budget 2008-2009.  Your experience and knowledge has made a difference, not only for our city, but for the families who live here.

Now it is with a great deal of pride I deliver our budget.

IPSWICH City Council will further embrace technology to showcase the city and its attractions with Budget funding to market Ipswich online.

Mayor Paul Pisasale said council intended to lead the way in public communication with provision of online information in a strategy to enable residents to access new ways to communicate with council.

A NUMBER of special activities for Ipswich's seniors were given the green light in today's Ipswich City Council Budget.

Youth and Seniors Committee Chairperson Councillor Sheila Ireland said council had allocated $2500 in the 2008-2009 Budget for Disability Action Week celebrations in Ipswich with $4500 allocated for the Ipswich Health Ageing and Disability Expo.

A NEW document will act as a guide for Ipswich City Council's youth related activities during the next two years.

THE talents of three Ipswich youths were today supported by Ipswich City Council through a special grants program.

Youth and Seniors Committee Chairperson Councillor Sheila Ireland said council would be providing Adam Porter, Bonnie Hislop and Christopher Steinmuller with Young Performing Artists bursaries of $250 each.

SCHOOL students across Ipswich are being asked to exercise their artistic talents in support of Local Government Week to be held from June 4 - 11.

Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale said primary school students from years 1 to 7 were being offered a colouring in competition with the theme of this year's Local Government Week of 'active bodies, healthy communities'.