Toowoomba mayor Geoff McDonald has launched a broadside at the Qld government over how the money raised from its waste levy is spent, calling on the state to help fund a critical $25m asset.
The Toowoomba mayor has foreshadowed a big rate increase and cuts to incentives as the council prepares to hand down it 2025-26 budget, but The Chronicle readers are not buying it. Here is what you said.
Nearly 50 properties, including some in high-end Toowoomba suburbs, could be auctioned off by the council if $670,000 in outstanding rates are not paid. See the list here:
Mayor Geoff McDonald has promised most Toowoomba homeowners will avoid a double-digit rate rise, despite council initially considering hikes of up to 28 per cent. Here’s what is on the chopping block.
The price tag for Toowoomba’s new ambitious sports precinct has blown out by at least $70 million, with residents facing years of additional delays under a revised master plan.
The $1.2bn Emu Creek Dam dream is dead in the water after a $50,000 council study exposed its poor yield capabilities. Here is the alternative that the council is now favouring:
Will a $1.5bn solar farm approved for the Toowoomba region be an “environmental disaster” or “great news” for the nearby small town? Here’s what readers had to say:
A huge work camp capable of holding 800 people has been approved on the edge of the small town to pave the way for construction on an enormous solar farm project. But the project comes with incentives for locals:
Toowoomba Regional Council will be leaning heavily on ratepayers as it works to balance its 2025-26 budget with insiders claiming a double digit rate rise is not out of the question.
A massive new childcare and outside school hours care centre has been planned by a prestigious Toowoomba school, as part of a 15-year master plan.
A notorious intersection, which experts have expressed concerns about and has been the site of numerous crashes, will be upgraded by the council in the coming months. Here’s what you need to know.
A regional Queensland council is calling on the state government to issue new land valuations for the local government area, in bid to soften the blow of future rate rises.
The council has revealed some of the potential measures that will be introduced to plug a multimillion dollar budget blackhole.
Work has started on a major social housing project in Toowoomba, which promises to provide low-cost homes for 300 people and inject more than $100m into the economy, however the project has stirred controversy.
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