Community members from all backgrounds are banding together with one key purpose – to repair the $500,000 in damage vandals caused to more than 100 headstones at a Toowoomba cemetery. Here’s how you can help.
In a heartbreaking display, red shoes will be set up body length apart in the Toowoomba CBD, each one representing the horrifying toll the domestic violence crisis is having on our community.
A two-hour council debate over Toowoomba’s newest set of traffic lights descended into jabs, snipes and “disparaging” comments, which left one elected official “quite disturbed”.
A Queensland company has been left confused by its local council after one of its trucks was fined for “blocking the driveway” of a property for which it was delivering concrete.
The hold-up of a housing project for eight months by councillors has been met with outrage from Toowoomba’s development sector, which is calling for reforms.
A shocking act of vandalism at one of Queensland’s oldest cemeteries has left more than 300 graves desecrated and a $500,000 damage bill.
More than 100 council workers have stopped work again over a protracted pay dispute with the council, and are now demanding a meeting with the organisation’s chief executive. Watch the video here:
Dog owners have been put on notice by councils across Queensland following the introduction of tough new laws and penalties for dog attacks and uncontrolled canines. DETAILS.
Residents have been broadly positive in their reactions to a new community housing project slated for a small town north of Toowoomba.
Councillors have unanimously voted to approve a plan for a major retirement village, which was called in for a special meeting despite it being recommended for approval by officers.
Ever heard of a ‘stroad’? It’s what planning experts say one major Toowoomba thoroughfare has transformed into, and the reason it is the location of so many shocking crashes.
The Kearneys Spring Recreation Reserve has just received a major boost from the Australian and Queensland governments in a move which will help thousands of Darling Downs athletes.
In a huge boost for affordable housing in a small town, a community group says it will start work on a major development to support aged and disability residents.
Calls to line more of Toowoomba’s suburban streets with trees in the next few years. HAVE YOUR SAY
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