The Latest Breaking News from Ipswich

Tension between the need to accommodate new residents and preserve history is growing in Queensland's fastest-growing council area, Ipswich, which is set to double in population within 20 years.

The High Court dashes hopes of further compensation for thousands of victims of the disastrous 2011 Brisbane and Ipswich floods.

ABC journalists reflect on covering the floods, scrambling to evacuate Brisbane HQ and the stories that resonated.

Everything from e-scooter helmets to plastic bags and pontoons are washing up on the eastern side of Fraser Island (K'gari), with some debris travelling from up to 380 kilometres away from Ipswich.

Rachael Easter, 33, from Ipswich, says she was at rock bottom when her marriage broke down and she was left in £7,500 debt with no job - but after starting on a debt-free journey, she's made remarkable savings

As the floodwaters rose in Southeast Queensland last week, my phone buzzed with texts from friends. We compared this event with the last catastrophic flood of 2011 and tried to calculate whether our homes would be affected this time. I live in Ipswich, not far from the now-flooded Bremer River.

In the past week parts of south-east Queensland received "scary" amounts of rain, dams from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast hit capacity, and the region dealt with major flooding.

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Parts of south east Queensland and northern NSW have been experiencing what has been called a “rain bomb”. Despite the heavy falls, south eastern Queenslanders in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton Bay and the Lockyer Valley have been asked to conserve drinking water.