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• Toowoomba jobs lost and companies liquidate

  

  Toowoomba jobs lost and companies liquidateA major Toowoomba construction company and two contractor companies have gone into liquidation.A major Toowoomba construction company and two contractor companies have gone into liquidation.Toowoomba family run business Ivan Johnston and Co, RJC Employment and Commercial Plumbing Services have effectively ceased trading and staff terminated as liquidators review and, where possible, recover debts owed to subcontractors.Insolvency firm SV Partners were a..

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• Woman shocked by an electric pump in Toowoomba | Chronicle

  A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the patient was taken to Toowoomba hospital following treatment at the scene. The accident was reported ...

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• Musicians take to the stage in support of Toowoomba charity | Chronicle

  TOOWOOMBA charity Base Services will be the big winner of the upcoming Tbar Festival music event later this month.Organiser and musician Brendan Leggatt said while event goers would be treated to performances by Toowoomba and Australian artists, the event was also serving the community."We're using the festival to raise money for the soup kitchen run through Base Services that provides meals free of charge for people in the community who are struggling financially or homeless," he said."I saw a ..

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• Man tasered by police at scene of fatal crash

  

  UPDATE:A man has been tasered by police at the scene of the fatal traffic crash at Vale View, south of Toowoomba.It is alleged that the man refused to stop his vehicle when directed by police.It is reported that a police officer was dragged a short distance by the man's car as he attempted to stop the motorist.Paramedics treat a man who was tasered by police at the scene of a fatal traffic crash.1.20PM:Emergency services are working frantically to free a motorist trapped in the wreckage of a fat..

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• Long-time legal dreams come true for Toowoomba solicitor | Chronicle

  

  FROM the time he was in primary school, all solicitor Chris Lumme wanted to do was practise law.The only thing he didn't know at the time as he attended school in his native Rockhampton was that he would eventually realise his dream in Toowoomba.Mr Lumme and his wife Sharna moved to the Garden City just over a year ago when he took up a position with city legal firm MacDonald Law upon completing his studies at Bond University while working with a Beenleigh law firm."I like Toowoomba and the prac..

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• Meet the five newest cops on the beat in Toowoomba | Chronicle

  

  WHEN Brittany Poulton was in school she was told to try and pick a profession that appealed to her.For her that was policing and last week the Toowoomba woman graduated from the Police Academy as a police constable.Const Poulton, 22, said she was excited about policing in the town where she grew up."I just like that it's a challenging and rewarding job and I like that it's different every day, unlike some admin jobs and most other jobs that are repetitive," she said."I'm excited to learn everyth..

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• Toowoomba jurors fail to reach verdict in mail theft case | Chronicle

  DESPITE nine hours of deliberations the Toowoomba District Court jury in the trial of a Highfields man charged with mail theft failed to reach consensus.The jury returned to the court after the lunch adjournment yesterday to tell Judge Kiernan Dorney that they could not reach a verdict.There being a "hung jury", Judge Dorney thanked them for their attendance and discharged the jury.The trial had heard a police search of a shed at the rear of then Australia Post delivery contractor Jonathan Charl..

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• Grave fears for missing Emmadilla Peacock-Lewis from Toowoomba | Daily Mail Online

  

  Grave fears now held for the safety of a 15-year old Toowoomba teenager who vanished two months ago with a 42-year-old drifter she had only just metPolice hold grave concerns for the safety of Emmadilla Peacock-Lewis, 15The teenage schoolgirl has been missing for 7 weeks nowHer mother Kathleen pleaded for her to come home, saying 'I love you'Queensland Police believe the girl is in the company of Justin Bradburn, 42ByDaniel PetersandAlisha Buaya For Daily Mail AustraliaPublished:03:03 EST, 17 No..

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• Gore Highway crash at Brookstead kills three

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Triple fatal near ToowoombaA cattle truck collides with a 4WD south-west of Toowoomba on Tuesday, killing all three occupants of the vehicle and leaving the truck driver distraught.7 News QueenslandPT1M3S620349Three people are dead after a car and truck crash on the Darling Downs.The vehicles collided on the Gore Highway at Brookstead, about 45 minutes south-west of Toowoomba, just before 11.30pm.A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said the three occupants of the..

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• Locals invited to cool off in the 'snow' this weekend

  

  The Harvey Norman carpark, off Ruthven Street Toowoomba, will be transformed into a magical, frosty playground this Saturday.Photo ContributedWITH temperatures expected to top 35 degrees across the weekend, 4GR's Big Breakfast presenters Lee and Lizzy have an ambitious plan to create a magical, frosty, snow-covered playground for local families to enjoy this Saturday.From 9am to 12noon, the Harvey Norman Toowoomba carpark off Ruthven Street will be the place to be for a snow-tastic time - courte..

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