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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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Dalby

‘Prepare to leave’: 20 crews battle raging bushfire

A large, fast-moving fire is burning along the Moonie Highway, near the Kinkora and Currajong State Forests in the state’s southwest.

Police & Courts

Offender told to stay out of Queensland for her own good

A woman with a history of drug and fraud offending has elected to pay a massive fine so that she can live interstate, away from old friends with bad habits.

Police & Courts

‘He will leave’: Court hears teen refuses to stay at group home

A young boy with an eight-page criminal history will stay in a jail cell instead of a Department of Safety residential home while he waits to be sentenced for stealing a car.

Toowoomba

Remembrance Day offers solemn reflections on our veterans’ sacrifice

The community is invited to mark Remembrance Day with a service at the Mothers’ Memorial.

Toowoomba

Busy night for paramedics with multiple crash across city

Emergency service have been called to multiple crashes overnight, including a three-car prang in Rangeville.

Entertainment

Excitement builds ahead of billy kart challenge

There will be thrills and spills aplenty when billy kart races take to the track for the Greenmount Billy Kart Challenge. See more here.

Tertiary

‘Cycle of change’: Key issue university blames for budget black hole

Insiders at a meeting open to staff at a regional Queensland university have revealed the key federal government change that its executive claims has forced large cuts to spending.

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