Annastacia Palaszczuk stood in Toowoomba a year and half ago to announce the Wellcamp quarantine hub in the name of public safety. Now the region’s acting mayor says she needs to take the same initiative over youth crime.
Months after launching a new cocktail lounge, a popular Toowoomba venue has put forward plans for an expansion that would include a ‘sky bar’. See the concept art here.
A community north of Toowoomba is being divided by a proposal to cut a significant parcel of land into smaller lots. While some say it’s large enough to support the move, others say it will set a bad precedent. HAVE YOUR SAY.
Locals in Toowoomba’s southern suburbs have united to oppose a new subdivision by one of its neighbours, to be built near core koala habitat. The only catch? It’s already been approved.
A massive fast food chain has proposed a new restaurant for Toowoomba, with the company estimating it to generate $3.2 million revenue per year once built.
Councillors will vote this week on whether to apply for a special grant to help fund a new risk management strategy for climate change.
A drought-stricken town south of Toowoomba could be getting a new water source, as the council starts test drilling on a bore.
The push for a new school west of Toowoomba has reached a critical milestone.
The Toowoomba Regional Council will start upgrades at a busy intersection in Harristown, which will include the installation of traffic lights.
Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio has called footage of council staff being verbally abuse and spat on “sickening”, launching a new campaign to combat the growing number of incidents.
Plans have been lodged with Toowoomba Regional Council to establish an Airbnb out of a home in East Toowoomba.
The State Government says the Commonwealth has ‘more than sufficient information’ to provide in principle support for the concept of a quarantine facility. But the Federal Government disagrees.
A parcel of land could be the site of a major new wind farm, after a developer put forward plans for a meteorological mast to test weather conditions.
A company that provides “high quality food products” throughout Australia has applied to expand its operations south of Toowoomba.
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