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Ipswich Vision chair Jackie Sadek has walked away from the role after only four months.

Ipswich Vision chair Jackie Sadek has walked away from the role after only four months.

Budget stories are always about winners and losers, and Ipswich was mainly the latter after we took a while to look for which major projects were set to receive federal government funding. At the top of our list this year were upgrades to the Cunningham Hwy Yamanto to Ebenezer Creek section, the Springfield-Ipswich rail line, and improvements to North Ipswich Reserve. Blair MP Shayne Neumann has been scathing of the budget, saying Ipswich has been ignored. Picture: Alix Sweeney The upgrade to...

Premium Content Subscriber only IPSWICH business owners might be sleeping a little easier after emerging as one of the biggest winners under the 2021-22 budget. As Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the budget on Tuesday it was revealed that small to medium-sized enterprises would be offered some respite through tax cuts following a year of uncertainty. The corporate tax rate for SME’s is set to dip to 25 per cent from July 1 this year from its previous 30 per cent, delivering about $16 bil...

Premium Content Subscriber only THE Ipswich business community is a resilient one but the all-consuming impacts of COVID-19 made 2020 a year more challenging than ever before. Ipswich Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Phil Bell said he is positive about the year ahead and 2021 provided great opportunities for local businesses to prosper. Ipswich has survived through devastating floods in 2011 and 2013, drought, bushfires and local political upheaval. Tulmur Place opened at the end of ...