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• Three dead after crash west of Toowoomba - 9news

  

  The crash happened at Brookstead, west of Toowoomba. (9NEWS) Three people have died after a car and cattle truck crashed on the Gore Highway at Brookstead, west of Toowoomba.The head-on collision happened about 11.25am today and the highway has since been closed, the Queensland Police Service said in a statement.A fourth person was also treated at the scene, the Queensland Ambulance Service said. A car and cattle truck collided about 11.25am, police believe. (9NEWS) Emerge..

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• Police gravely concerned about fate of missing Toowoomba teenager Emmadilla Peacock-Lewis - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Police gravely concerned about fate of missing Toowoomba teenager Emmadilla Peacock-LewisPostedNovember 17, 2015 14:08:12 Queensland Police hold grave concerns for the safety of Toowoomba teenager Emmadilla Peacock-Lewis, who has been missing for seven weeks.The 15-year-old was last seen at her father's home in East Toowoomba on September 28.Police believe she may have travelled interstate with 42-year-old Tasmanian man Justin Bradburn, whom she met a few months before she disappeared and ha..

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• 17 things to do in 7 days: Getting out in Toowoomba | Chronicle

  

  TO HELP plan the next seven days, here are 11 events happening across the Toowoomba region.FRIDAYMidnight BasketballMIDNIGHT Basketball is a free, eight-week program for 12-18 year olds.This program provides a nutritious meal, compulsory life skills workshops, and tournament basketball games until midnight. A bus is provided to transport the player home safely.Toowoomba's Midnight Basketball tournaments are held Friday nights from 7.30pm at Harristown State High School.For more information and t..

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• Frenchwoman touched by Toowoomba tricolour tribute | Chronicle

  

  A FORMER Toowoomba woman who's been living in France for the past 12 years has praised the city for its heartfelt support of those affected by the Paris terror attacks.When the lights of Eiffel Tower hauntingly went out, international cities all over the world lit up in support.Toowoomba joined in with Victoria St bridge fading blue, white and red on Sunday and Monday night.Former resident Wendy Sullivan was "touched" to see the effort the community went to, acknowledging something on the other ..

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• Creative Toowoomba woman inspired by cashmere goats | Chronicle

  

  HELEN Stumkat is a creative woman.Her love affair with fibres (she is a felter, spinner, weaver and dyer) began through the breeding of cashmere goats when settling on acreage at Flagstone Creek after moving to Toowoomba in 1974.She said Emma McLellan taught her how to spin."The spinning of cashmere fleece was so different to spinning merino wool and other breeds of wool," she said."I began designing yarns to incorporate the cashmere fibre and other exotic fibres."This led me into teaching spinn..

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• Family hopes inquest gives answers to workplace death

  

  Simon Poxon.Kevin FarmerON HIS second day at a job Simon James Poxon was killed.A coronial inquest later this year aims to find out the circumstances around his death.A pre-inquest hearing in Brisbane on Monday heard on February 26, 2013 Mr Poxon and a co-worker at Sherrin Rentals picked up a knuckle boom lift from Esk and drove it back to their Torrington depot.There, the two were refuelling the knuckle boom lift when another Sherrin Rentals employee reversed a nearby tower truck into Mr Poxon ..

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• Brendon Smith explains why Gallen v Ene-Purcell 2 will only be...

  

  I have been asked this question a thousand times since making this amazing rematch between ‘The Hermanator’ Herman Ene Purcell and Paul Gallen on January 29, 2016. Why Toowoomba? Why not Brisbane? Why not the Gold Coast Convention Centre? Why Rumours International? Why not Clive Berghofer Stadium in Toowoomba? How will you fit everyone in Rumours, have you approached TV, who is going to televise this? These are the questions I get asked all day in conversation, by email and by phone..

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• Four men accused of storming home, bashing occupants

  

  FOUR Toowoomba men will face court today after they allegedly stormed a Brookwater home yesterday.Police will allege the four men gained entry to a Brookwater Dr home about 4.20am yesterday after the door was opened by a woman at the residence.One man allegedly became involved in a verbal and physical fight with an 18-year-old man who was asleep at the time.Police further allege the group woke the other occupants of the unit before another fight broke out.A 27-year-old and an 18-year-old man suf..

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• McGaw heads enthusiastic young ones in Council of Unions

  

  CHRIS McGaw has been re-elected as the president of the Toowoomba branch Queensland Council of Unions.He has been involved with the union for more than 20 years and has been president since 2010.Mr McGaw was proud to hold his position and said he was pleased to start a new term with such an enthusiastic team."The committee is made of a great group of people and it's good to see the young ones coming through now," he said."It gives us a scope for the future and gives us somebody to carry the flag..

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• Councillor claims cover-up over TSBE appointment

  

  A COUNCILLOR has launched an attack on a major Toowoomba industry lobby group, making explosive claims about the process of appointment of its incoming chairman.What seemed to be a routine appointment of Shane Charles as chairman of Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise turned into quasi-legal proceedings as Cr Bill Cahill embarked on a prosecutorial attack on the process of the appointment.Cr Cahill produced a screen shot of a Microsoft Word file at today's ordinary meeting of Toowoomba Regional..

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