H&M is welcome boost to CBD, say business owners and other top stories.

• H&M is welcome boost to CBD, say business owners

  

  Toowoomba business owners say the arrival of retail giant H & M will be a welcome boost for the town. The international clothing brand will open its doors in Toowoomba on September 15 as part of the $500 million Grand Central redevelopment, after originally being slated for launch by the end of the year. The retail fashion brand was first welcomed by Australian consumers in 2014 and has now expanded to ten successful stores nationwide. Owner of boutique children’s retail store 3 Little Monkey..

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• 2016 KTM Australian Amateur Cup set to be decided at Toowoomba ...

  

  Motocross News 2016 KTM Australian Amateur Cup set to be decided at Toowoomba this Sunday Posted: Wednesday, 17th August, 2016 : 5:39 AM - - 943 Reads This Sunday the KTM Australian Amateur Cup will roar back to life for the final time this year, with the 2016 champion set to be crowned at Round 9 of the Motul MX Nationals at Toowoomba in Queensland. The KTM Australian Amateur Cup which is a class solely dedicated to giving riders who may work and not race full time, with an..

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• How one refugee is helping to reduce food waste and hunger

  

  Some people dream about becoming wealthy while others aspire for career success. Then there are those who have little, yet aim for a life spent helping others. The 29-year-old refugee, Given-Dignity Sitei, is one of these people. She fled to Australia from Botswana with her Congolese husband in November last year. Just over six months later, she joined a new regional food waste project in Toowoomba, Queensland, run by YWCA Queensland and OzHarvest. The volunteer-run ‘REAP’ food rescue program a..

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• Vision-impaired artist David Conway paints the world as he sees it

  

  Vision-impaired artist David Conway paints the world as he sees it Posted August 17, 2016 11:51:36 David Conway's life drastically changed course on February 19, 2004."I've gone on a massive journey" the 32-year-old said. "Especially coming from a place where I was completely blind and paralysed from the chest down."Sitting inside his Mackay home, in North Queensland, Mr Conway reflected on the day — 12 years ago — when he had a rock climbing accident on Mount French,..

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• Accountants still making a killing

  

  KPMG CEO Gary Wingrove: balancing short-term yield with future investments is tough, but KPMG has hit the trifecta in FY16 – growth in sales, profits and the size of its partnership. Dominic Lorrimer The major accounting and advisory firms have increased revenue by almost 11 per cent and partner numbers by 8.1 per cent in the past year amid tough trading conditions.It is their second year of double digit growth,  prompting many to ask why these..

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• Experienced driver tackles new mission

  

  THE upcoming 2016-17 season is going to be a big one for seasoned regional racer Darren Kane. He will be stepping up into a 410 Sprintcar for the first time in his career. The experienced super sedan and late model racer piloted the Ian Boettcher Race Parts-backed Qld # 26 Cool car for the first time recently in a practice run at Toowoomba Speedway. While he admits there is a learning curve, he felt positive about the results. "It was great to get out there for our first shake- do..

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• Setback for Bears but top four remain in place

  

  FOOTBALL: The last round of the season saw the Chinchilla Bears travel to Toowoomba to play against Willowburn City on Sunday at Commonwealth Oval. The Bears had three regular starters out due to other commitments, and some players that weren't 100% fit due to illness, and this showed in their execution of the game plan. Willowburn City started slow and the Bears applied early pressure to create some chances to score. The Bears seemed to go off the boil by the 20 minute mark, and Willowburn Cit..

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• Prep overcrowding in our schools

  

  THE Gold Coast is experiencing Queensland’s biggest classroom crush in the early years of schooling — and education leaders say it will only get worse.Schools are playing catch-up courtesy of funding cutbacks and growth in the city’s northern suburbs.New data shows that 11 per cent of Prep to Year 3 classes in the South East Region fail to achieve size targets, more than double what is occurring North Queensland.In years 4-7, the amount is nine per cent — triple that on the Darling Downs.In term..

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• Heart Foundation shows high number of Cairns' patients have heart ...

  

  CAIRNS is faring better than most regional areas in terms of heart-related hospital admissions but numbers are still staggeringly high.Data released by the Heart Foundation today via a new Heart Maps study showed a significant number of admissions to Cairns hospitals were for heart related illnesses.The numbers rank the city 10th out of 14 regional centres in Queensland, with first place – outback Queensland – the worst for admissions.Only the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, southern Moreton Bay regio..

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