OUR SAY: The Chronicle calls for council accountability
Everyone wants to see the Toowoomba Regional Council thrive and reach its full potential, however some serious issues facing Toowoomba council does not make for easy reading.
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Cruel trolls target families of teens killed in horror crashes
Kelly and her family’s grief after her daughter Jemmah’s horrific death feels forbidden, and after the worst moment of their lives they were targeted by hundreds of online trolls. Read her heartbreaking story
The Voice: Everything you need to know before you cast your vote
More than 14,000 Groom constituents have already cast their vote in The Voice referendum during pre-polling. Now with less than five days until the remaining Australians have their say, here’s everything you need to know.
‘One of a kind’: Friends, family ‘absolutely devastated’ over teen’s death
Friends and family of a teenager killed in a Toowoomba have appealed for the community’s support, with the sister launching a GoFundMe campaign to raise money.
Sister wants answers after crash victim’s release days before tragedy
The teenage victim of a shocking crash involving a stolen car in Toowoomba had wanted to start a fresh life in Tasmania away from bad influences but had been thwarted by authorities, her distraught sister says.
Opinion: Frustrated community wants answers from our leaders
OUR SAY: Some of the state government’s most senior officials, and the state’s top cop, arrived in Toowoomba on Wednesday night to face a frustrated community at boiling point. We need answer now more than ever, writes the editor.
Opinion: Premier, Toowoomba wants you to act on youth crime crisis now
OUR SAY: In 2021, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was happy to touchdown in Toowoomba, virtually unannounced, to sing from the rooftops that a new quarantine facility would keep us all safe from Covid. Now she needs to act on public safety again.
OPINION: Premier, is this the Queensland we expect to live in from now on?
I’m willing to bet this is not the Queensland you, the reader, want to live in – where attacks like this, the attack in North Lakes as well as the many maimings and ruined lives, make headlines daily.
OPINION: Dear Annastacia, enough is enough – we need action on crime
How many Queenslanders have to die or be left with lifelong scars before we see real, decisive and meaningful legislative change? Chronicle Editor urges Annatascia Palaszczuk to come to Toowoomba in face of youth crime crisis.
Brothers among four teen boys in Tara lockdown where 8 to 9 shots fired
Four teenage boys who allegedly caused the shutdown of a Western Downs town where at least eight shots were fired were known to police and two are refusing to co-operate with investigators.
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