Ipswich City Council has already approved the developments but it’s the federal government that will do the environmental assessment and ultimately decide whether they go ahead.

In case, like me, you were worried that it would be our LNP state government would be the ones making the decision. There’s at least some modicum of hope, this way. Not much, but something…

With the 2032 Olympic Games just seven years away, experts say the need to strike the right balance between development and the environment has never been more important.

Yes, it is important. And the right balance is no new greenfield development. Not in forested areas inhabited by native wildlife, anyway. Not when our cities have so much room for increased density.