Lockyer residents cop rate rise in council’s ‘significant’ $115m budget
Residents in the Lockyer Valley will see a huge investment in roads but cop a 3.9 per cent rate rise in the council’s debt-free 2024-25 budget. Details here.
Residents in the Lockyer Valley will see a huge investment in roads but cop a 3.9 per cent rate rise in the council’s debt-free 2024-25 budget. Details here.
Housing is so hot in Toowoomba, properties are selling before a for sale sign has gone in the ground. Here’s what is driving this ‘incredible’ trend and why it’s unlikely to slow down.
More than 1000 people have been drawn to Yarraman for the small town’s flagship event of the year — and organisers plan to make it bigger in 2025. Our photo gallery here:
A homestead west of Toowoomba dating back to the 1870s has been approved to become a luxury wedding venue, however the project did not come without opposition from neighbours.
Opposition leader David Crisafulli said the Garden City deserves world-class health facilities in the form of an expanded proposed hospital – but avoided to say his government would fund it.
More than a dozen ‘turnkey’ homes will be built in Toowoomba’s western suburbs as part of a developer’s new plans for a $25m health precinct.
The owner of the controversial Queensland quarantine facility, which has sat mostly unused for nearly two years, has revealed the likely future use after a major application filing.
Just weeks after the world’s rarest parrot was discovered in Toowoomba, an even rarer feathered creature has been spotted north of the city — and it’s causing a stir in the birdwatching community.
Toowoomba ratepayers will be slugged an extra $200 a year on average to help pay for the most expensive project in the history of the council. How it will affect your family’s bottom line:
Six in 10 Australians say they support nuclear energy as a part of the nation’s energy mix, in a boost for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s ambitious plan to build seven power plants by 2050.
Original URL: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/journalists/tom-gillespie/page/2