As the summer mercury moves past 30C and Queensland faces heatwave warnings, it is time the Garden City revisit the question over why it has nothing more than a couple of ageing public swimming pools. HAVE YOUR SAY:
Toowoomba and Gold Coast in head-to-head pitch to host 2032 Olympic equestrian events. SEE HOW THEY COMPARE:
Just weeks after Toowoomba council’s chief executive announced the end of his tenure, another top bureaucrat is leaving the organisation for another region.
In what is expected to be another bumper year for the city’s development industry, more than $1bn worth of works are set to be completed or significantly advanced in 2025.
Suburbs with houses valued below $700,000 are expected to continue on a trajectory of “unprecedented” growth since Covid as the market remains competitive for first-home owners. Here are the suburbs to watch:
Environmental groups are pushing for the council to tighten protections and update koala habitat maps to prevent gaps and loopholes in the planning scheme from being exploited.
A Toowoomba region township that has boomed since Covid-19 is set for even more housing following an application to council.
With the new LNP government reviewing every venue for the 2032 Olympics, Toowoomba mayor Geoff McDonald has urged the party to make good on a pre-election pledge around one site.
After the scrapping of the bloated Pioneer-Burdekin pumped hydro scheme, an ongoing purchase of a different project has suggested what the LNP will use to start replacing it:
It’s a body that is potentially costing Toowoomba businesses an extra $33m a year in state taxes, but mayor Geoff McDonald says he has no plans to pull the council out a key southeast Queensland lobby group.
A twice-former Toowoomba mayoral candidate with a “real passion” for the region’s small towns has passed away.
With the LNP in the box seat at Saturday’s election, Toowoomba mayor Geoff McDonald says it’s time the region reaped rewards for its “loyalty” to the party at the ballot box.
A growing Toowoomba suburb could be getting a new major childcare centre thanks to an interstate developer with a track record worth $100m.
A mooted plan to hike up parking fines across Toowoomba has sparked a fierce council debate, with one councillor making a $10m claim to deny the organisation was revenue-raising.
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