Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Toowoomba and Wollongong are getting a H&M - what about ... and other top stories.

  • Toowoomba and Wollongong are getting a H&M - what about ...

    Toowoomba and Wollongong are getting a H&M - what about ...
    Perplexing news to wake up to this morning with Swedish fast fashion house H&M announcing it will open stores in Wollongong and Toowoomba by the end of the year.Without wanting to sound too Shannon Noll-esque – what about us? H&M has announced new stores in both Toowoomba and Wollongong.  Photo: Wolter Peeters The rumour mill went into overdrive late last year when Canberra Centre closed down a large area for refurbishment that the giant red logo could be making an appearance here. But t..
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  • GDI Property Group offloads James Cook Centre in Toowoomba for ...

    GDI Property Group offloads James Cook Centre in Toowoomba for ...
    A local private investor has paid $8 million for a four-level office building on a 695 sq m site at 693 Burke Road, Camberwell. Supplied Listed property fund manager GDI Property Group has sold an office building, the James Cook Centre, in the Toowoomba CBD in Queensland for more than $10 million. A private investor bought the property on the corner of James, Herries and Annand streets. It is leased to tenants including the Queensland governmen..
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  • Warwick motorcyclist over the limit in Toowoomba

    A WARWICK man was caught driving a motorcycle on one of Toowoomba's busiest roads while under the influence of alcohol. Brendon Mason George pleaded guilty to driving over the general alcohol limit. The 44-year-old man who was on his learners was pulled over by police on Ruthven St, Toowoomba, about 1pm, May 2. Police breathalysed George, who gave back a blood/alcohol reading of 0.050. He was fined $400 and disqualified from driving for three months in Warwick Magistrates Court to..
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  • Toowoomba teen talks about time as refugee

    REFUGEE Week has inspired Harristown State High School Year 9 student Rahila Abdul Hadi to speak about the long, harrowing journey to a peaceful life in Toowoomba. History, English, maths and art are all Rahila's favourite subjects. The 15-year-old enjoys going to school to learn. However life wasn't always this easy. Rahila's family is from Afghanistan but she was born in a refugee area in Pakistan, where she lived for more than 10 years. "It was good but there was lots of fighting ..
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  • Facebook star Tayla Mae goes from Toowoomba to Europe

    Facebook star Tayla Mae goes from Toowoomba to Europe
      It’s already been a whirlwind year for aspiring singer Tayla Mae. The 22-year-old from Toowoomba moved to the UK in March hoping to further her singing career – and it looks like it’s paying off. Tayla posted a photo of her and international star, Zara Larsson, on Facebook just a day after arriving overseas. She’s also been busy busking on the streets that once hosted the likes of Ed Sheeran. It hasn’t been an easy road for Tayla, though. The singer kick-started her career by setting up her..
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  • BreastScreen mobile to be out and about in July

    LOCAL women aged 40 and over are encouraged to take full advantage of BreastScreen Queensland's state-of-the-art digital mobile service when it visits locations in north and south Toowoomba during July and August.   BreastScreen Queensland's Toowoomba Service Health Promotion Officer Shenaed Bliss said the mobile service would allow local women to have breast screens while preparations were underway to move into new premises.   "Everything is on track to move to new premises at 661 Ruth..
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  • Upgrade comes to screeching halt

    Upgrade comes to screeching halt
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  • Extra motivation to build on winning streak

    THREE wins in a row have revitalised Ipswich's playoff hopes in this year's Queensland Basketball League. However, Force coach Mick Conlon rates the next two games against South West and Gold Coast as crucial to his team's first major goal of securing a home quarter-final. "It's a massive weekend for us to have two pool games,'' Conlon said. "If we win both, it puts us at the top of our pool.'' Conlon was encouraged by last weekend's victories over Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba, wh..
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  • Double boost for Ipswich playoff hopes

    IN his first full season of state league basketball, Ipswich Force recruit Jaryd Eustace didn't expect to be named player of the week so soon. However, it's no co-incidence the inspired performances of Eustace and Force captain James Legan have led to Ipswich's QBL resurgence. A week after scoring machine Legan won the QBL player of the week honour for his efforts in Gladstone and Bundaberg, Eustace stepped up to help his Force overpower Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba. "It was a pleasa..
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  • 'Show us the money'

    'Show us the money'
    An M1 upgrade is in extreme doubt unless the LNP increases its funding commitment from 50 per cent to 80 per cent, according to Logan Mayor Luke Smith.Councillor Smith urged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to alter his M1 funding commitment prior to this afternoon’s press conference.Cr Smith feared the project would be in “political limbo because the coalition has committed to 50 per cent of the merge while the ALP has committed 80 per cent’’.He said Mr Turnbull had to “stump up’’ the LNP commit..
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