General Interest
Toowoomba’s Russell Street Returning To Two Way Traffic
Russell Street will be converted to two-way traffic between Ruthven and Victoria Streets from 15th June, 2014 as part of the Outer Circulating Road (OCR) Victoria Street extension project. Toowoomba Regional Council Infrastructure Committee Chair Cr Carol Taylor said converting that section of Russell Street to two-way traffic was an important step in the OCR […]
Caitlyn In The Running For Another Walkley
University of Southern Queensland (USQ) alumni Caitlyn Gribbin is once again up for a prestigious journalism award. The ABC reporter has been nominated for a Young Walkley Award for the second year in a row. Ms Gribbin took out the radio/audio category of the 2013 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year awards for her […]
Model Trains To Interest Young And Old At Toowoomba Exhibition
The Darling Downs Model Railway Club Inc. will be holding the 2014 Clearspan Toowoomba Model Train Exhibition for on Saturday the 31st of May and Sunday the 1st of June in the Founders Pavilion at Toowoomba Showgrounds. The event will feature Kid’s Korner with activities for the little ones including a Colouring Competition with prizes […]
Fatality Free Friday In Toowoomba
Today, Friday 30th May is Fatality Free Friday. This is a national campaign that has been running for a few years with the aim to have no fatalities on Australian roads for one day. Last year only 3 states managed a Fatality Free Day and Queensland wasn’t one of them. At 11am today, the Toowoomba […]
East Creek Park Defenders Rally To Save Parks
Hello my name is Shirley Dunsdon. For the past seven months I have been working very hard against the destruction of Toowoomba’s beautiful Garnet Lehmann Park. Council plan to build a massive 70 mega litre detention basin in this park. This will result in the destruction of many hundreds of gum  trees, the loss of […]
Toowoomba Mayor Urges Residents To Be Fatality Free On Friday May 30
The Darling Downs recorded 36 deaths on its roads in 2013 and 20 in 2012, 12 people have died on roads across the Darling Downs so far this year. At this time last year the region had experienced 14 deaths on its way to one of the highest regional road tolls in the State, yet […]
USQ Reflects On Sorry Day & National Reconciliation Week
The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) community will gather this week to remember the Stolen Generations and celebrate Australia’s steps towards reconciliation. Vice-Chancellor Professor Jan Thomas has invited all staff and students to attend the University’s events for National Sorry Day (May 26) and National Reconciliation Week (May 28). National Sorry Day has been held […]
Jondaryan Monitoring Confirms Coal Health Fears
Residents of Jondaryan now have on-line access to hourly pollution readings, after more than three years lobbying by the community groups Oakey Coal Action Alliance (OCAA) and Clean Air Queensland (CAQ), their members and supporters. OCAA President John Cook said the group had contacted local MPs, medical organisations, Toowoomba Regional Council, the Queensland Premier and […]