List: 47 properties threatened with auction due to $670k rates bill
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:
Council
Mayor touts ‘balanced budget’ amid 28 per cent rate hike fears
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.
$75m blowout: Eye-watering new price tag for Toowoomba sports precinct
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.
Dead in the water: Study shoots down $1.2bn Emu Creek Dam 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:
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‘Cutting the cloth’: Council to freeze hiring after budget blowout
The council has revealed some of the potential measures that will be introduced to plug a multimillion dollar budget blackhole.
Work starts on $150m social housing project
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.
Toowoomba school to ‘modernise’ with major campus revamp
A small Christian school has plans to “modernise” its learning experience for students, with a major revamp of its Toowoomba campus.
‘It was a no-brainer’: Meet Toowoomba council’s new CEO
A Stanthorpe-raised former head of the national transport regulator has been named the Toowoomba Regional Council’s new chief executive. Get to know him here.
Trampolines, barbecue areas: What council has planned for city park
A large park in Toowoomba’s inner-city could get a major makeover, depending on feedback from residents on a new concept plan. How to have your say.
Qld council’s big change to caravan laws as housing crisis grows
As the state’s housing crisis continues, a southeast Queensland council has taken a bold step to relax caravan laws on people’s properties. Here’s how it works.
‘60 applicants’: Council to reveal new CEO after six-month search
Toowoomba Regional Council will announce its new chief executive at a special meeting this week, after receiving more than 60 applications from across Australia.
400 homes: Inside the new $360m Toowoomba housing projects
Two new housing projects in Toowoomba’s western corridor, being spearheaded by one of the state’s top developers, could unlock more than 400 homes across the city. Here’s why.
‘Not sustainable’: $6m Council deficit fears grow amid spending woes
The forecasted council deficit mayor Geoff McDonald hoped to “claw back” is now expected to be even worse, with bureaucrats to hold meetings this week to curb ballooning spending figures.
‘Rolled the dice’: Council asks feds for $97m for Cressbrook Dam
Toowoomba mayor Geoff McDonald says the federal and state governments need to come to the table over the Cressbrook Dam upgrade. This is what it will cost ratepayers if a deal can’t be reached.
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