It is my absolute privilege to represent the people of Ipswich and through this website I aim to provide my constituents with both information on what’s going on and a means to provide feedback to me directly.
Ipswich people are down-to-earth, warm and open. Unlike many places which are little more than sprawling surburbs around shopping centres, Ipswich retains a strong sense of community. Ipswich people have a real connection to the city’s history and a buy-in to its future.
Politics, in my view, has become too much like a second rate celebrity contest; Show Business for Ugly People as the bumper sticker goes. Ipswich has had some outstanding representation over the years and I see my role as seeking to live up to that tradition by compassionately dealing with the concerns people have today while contributing to a vision for the city’s future.
I hope this website is of value to you. It provides an overview of the Ipswich electorate, news and information about who I am and what I’m working on as your representative. My staff, campaign team and I welcome your feedback so there is also a section through which you can email us directly.
The Ipswich electorate focuses on the CBD and surrounding suburbs of Ipswich. The electorate is mainly residential but includes light manufacturing, retail and service industries. Ipswich people work mainly in those areas or in the city's traditional industries such as the Railway. Many commute to work in Brisbane. The electorate includes the suburbs of East Ipswich, Booval, Silkstone, Eastern Heights, Raceview, Flinders View, Ripley, Woodend, Sadliers Crossing, Yamanto and Churchill.
Flinders Karawatha is a 40km stretch of bushland running from Mt Flinders, near Peak Crossing south of Ipswich, past Springfield and on to Karawatha, a conservation parkland in Brisbane’s south. It is the largest uninterrupted stretch of open eucalypt forest remaining in South East Queensland and contains a number of threatened species of flaura and fauna.