Historic Toowoomba dunny to return to rightful place, brick by brick and other top stories

Historic Toowoomba dunny to return to rightful place, brick by brick

Toowoomba Regional Council in 2013 spent $107,000 carefully dismantling and storing the heritage-listed toilet block in Russell Street to make way for a new ring road in central Toowoomba. Toowoomba's ring road is complete and the city's famous brick ... >> view original

Welfare reform concerns Toowoomba organisations

TWO organisations who work with Toowoomba's most vulnerable have raised concerns about the McClure report into Australia's welfare system. The focus of the review on encouraging people to work is good in theory, but it will fail if the jobs aren't ... >> view original

Man who raped and killed sister near Toowoomba in 1986 denied parole bid

James McGrane raped and murdered his older sister Dianne at Hodgson Vale, south of Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs, in 1986 in circumstances described by the sentencing judge as horrific. He bound and gagged the 21-year-old before ... >> view original

Toowoomba cafe staff love the Aroma

Property Listings. Search for a property online now. Staff at Aromas Cafe talk about why they love working in the hospitality industry. Arun Joshi, 25. I AM from Nepal and I moved to Toowoomba 15 months ago when I started working as a chef for Aromas Cafe. >> view original

New Toowoomba ghost video emerges

A NEW video has emerged of a "ghost" in Toowoomba which went viral last week. Paranormal investigators Toowoomba Ghost Chasers uploaded the video and said the anonymous Toowoomba resident who submitted the video had captured the footage on ... >> view original

Flood group praises Toowoomba project

A FLOOD management group has applauded Toowoomba Regional Council for launching its Safer, Stronger and More Resilient Region project. Floodplain Management Association chairman Ian Dinham said the project was a huge achievement and ... >> view original

Second Range Crossing gets Labor go-ahead

Range crossing on trackQueensland Country Life >> view original

Key Toowoomba industry group welcomes crossing pledge

Toowoomba second range crossing wins Qld Government support amid calls for ...ABC Online >> view original

Toowoomba businessman calls for CBD multi-level car parks amid fears walk-in ...

A Toowoomba business owner in southern Queensland is urging the local council to do more to improve parking facilities in the CBD, saying walk-in trade for many shops has dropped by up to 70 per cent. Late last year, a council trial to cut back free ... >> view original

Dirty thieves do a dozen dirty deeds in a day

Toowoomba Criminal Investigation Branch officer-in-charge Paul McCusker believed the majority of the 12 daylight break and enters were committed by the same offenders yesterday. Homes in Mt Lofty, East Toowoomba, South Toowoomba and Newtown ... >> view original