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High chance of rain in Toowoomba this afternoon

GET your washing in, the Bureau of Meteorology says showers are more than likely to fall on Toowoomba this afternoon. There is a medium (60%) chance of showers in the afternoon and a chance of a thunderstorm. A cold pool of air is moving in the upper ... >> view original

Plane sailing for Toowoomba students on Fokker flight

Toowoomba Anglican College and Preparatory students flew to Sydney and Canberra in a 80-seat Fokker 70 jet. Contributed. A GROUP of Year 6 students, some of whom have never been on a plane, were the first passengers on Wellcamp Airport's largest ... >> view original

Indigenous centre hit by bigots says city 'not racist'

UPDATE: Staff at an indigenous health care centre that was a victim of a racist graffiti attack say Toowoomba is not a racist city. Vandals wrote "slaves till the grave" in red paint on a sign outside Goolburri Aboriginal Health Advancement on Monday ... >> view original

Bendigo anti-mosque groups could learn from Toowoomba

Toowoomba social justice advocate Mark Copland writes about the anti-mosque movement in Bendigo, and how the United Patriots Front could learn a thing or two from Toowoomba's experience. COPLAND: I write with trepidation. I've never been to Bendigo ... >> view original

Residents invited to be ABC TV audience members

THE ABC is putting the spotlight on Toowoomba's migrant and refugee experience. An episode of The Moral Compass will be recorded in town at the end of this month and residents are invited to be part of the audience. Guests will be able to join ... >> view original

The not so average day of a Toowoomba earthmover

Born and bred in Toowoomba, Mr Brooks said the move assisted with the stress of family life. "With two working parents and two beautiful daughters, I can be home when required now if I don't have a job booked in, where as previously it was 12 hour days ... >> view original

Murder trial: Gail Lynch left without notice before

A FORMER partner of Gail Lynch has told a Toowoomba court how she had left him three times without notice or leaving a note during their four-year relationship. Bellmere resident Shane Welsh told Toowoomba Supreme Court by telephone evidence he and ... >> view original

Top seeds in control on day one of Toowoomba International

NUMBER one women's seed Eri Hozumi safely negotiated her way through day one of the Hutchinson Builders Toowoomba International at the Toowoomba Regional Tennis Centre - USQ today. The 167th world ranked player from Japan made a breezy ... >> view original

Suspect device called in by former war veteran

Tara Miko Reporter Tara started with APN in 2010 after graduating with a journalism and politics degree from Griffith University in Brisbane. After two-and-a-half years working on APN papers in the Bowen Basin in Central Queensland, she joined the team ... >> view original

Native pollinators attract attention as landholders and community understand ...

When conservation educator and bee specialist Dr Megan Halcroft moved west over the New South Wales Blue Mountains to a tiny village near Lithgow two years ago, she took her expertise in native pollinators with her. While previously she worked to ... >> view original