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Michael Nolan is the Chronicle’s crime and emergency reporter covering fires, floods and offenders. He started his career with the Warrego Watchman in the far flung reaches of Southwest Queensland before working in magazines and PR in Brisbane. He has also worked for the South Burnett Times and the Warwick Daily News. Michael joined the Chronicle in 2019.

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Police & Courts

Man to front court charged over attempted carjacking at motel

Police will allege the man attempted to steal two vehicles before fleeing a taxi, but he did not get far.

Toowoomba

Two cars collide near Lake Annand, one ends on its side

Emergency crews responded to a two vehicle crash in South Toowoomba on Thursday morning.

Police & Courts

Surprising result from police knife-crime blitz at Garden City shops

Empowered by Jack’s Law, police are rolling out wanding operations across Toowoomba as they clamp down on knife crime. Watch the video here.

QLD Votes

LNP pledges to fund youth services with record of success

Community organisations that can show that 90 per cent of their program’s graduates have kept out of trouble for a year will be in line for long-term funding, if the LNP wins government later this month.

Council

Outrage as council parking app double charges CBD motorists

Drivers have been warned by businesses against using the Toowoomba Regional Council’s parking app after it started double charging users.

Development

Revealed: Plans to transform CBD Bailey store after multimillion sale

The CBD business Lincraft will move out from the the iconic building in December to make way for a major renovation. Here’s what’s planned.

Entertainment

Newly declassified Whitlam papers fuel UniSQ political satire

As Queenslanders prepare to go to the polls, an award-winning playwright dived into recently declassified material from the Whitlam years for his new piece that pokes fun at the rise and fall of one of Australia’s most notorious political leaders.

Police & Courts