General Interest
Shanghai Surprise: More on Private Data Flowing Overseas
Call on Privacy Commissioner to urgently investigate reports of local mobile phones having data secretly sent to China Senator Stirling Griff has today written to the Privacy Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation into reports that tens of thousands of Australian pre-paid mobile phones may have been automatically transmitting sensitive data to a Chinese company, […]
Information Overboard!
Off-shore call centres scandal sparks move for major reforms A scandal involving massive privacy breaches of Australian companies with Telstra, Optus and Vodafone, has sparked moves for a major overhaul of privacy laws and personal accountability of company directors. The details were revealed in an investigative report published by Fairfax that found: “Corrupt insiders at offshore call […]
Lancaster NN775 And F/Sgt Allen Olsen of Toowoomba
We have been contacted by Benjamin Cleynens in the hope that you may know of the whereabouts of Allan Olsen’s surviving relatives, and that this story may be of interest to you. On March 5, 1945, an RAF Lancaster bomber crashed into a meadow of  the Flemish village of Bunsbeek in Belgium (now part of Glabbeek […]
New National Food Platform Launch
Local food entrepreneur Josie Townsend has announced a new national food and farmer online connection platform. The co-operative welcomes the opportunity to partner for some focussed outcomesfor promotion of micro, small and large businesses that sit in the food, farming and tourism sectors. The online platform (www.mylocalfeast.com.au), which is a website only model at this […]
Toowoomba’s Youth Haven Turns 30 (And Announces Merger)
Thirty years ago, a Toowoomba high school teacher and youth worker decided to build a house where young people experiencing homelessness could live while they completed school. It was an ambitious plan that demanded significant time, resources, volunteers and personal sacrifice to make happen. David Caruana and Dianne Surtees returned to their old hometown on […]
November Open Days at the Royal Bull’s Head Inn – Drayton
The Royal Bull’s Head Inn, the area’s oldest surviving building will be open to the public on Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th November 2016. There will be an exhibition on show set up by Nicki Laws & Ann Alcock – author and photographer (respectively) of the book; Frocks, Country Halls & Deb Balls. Nicki and […]
Palliative Care Subject Of Twilight Talk On Thursday 3rd November
Toowoomba Hospital palliative care physician Dr Patty Lee-Apostol will be guest speaker at the hospital’s next instalment of the Twilight Talks public lecture series. Dr Lee-Apostol’s presentation, entitled ‘Living better, dying better’ will examine end-of-life care with a focus on the support that is available to patients, their families and loved ones. “Palliative care is […]
Toowoomba Hospital Specialist Wins UQ Award
The teaching work of Toowoomba Hospital consultant endocrinologist Dr Sheila Cook was recognised at a University of Queensland (UQ) awards ceremony recently. Dr Cook was one of two recipients of the 2016 UQ Leading Change and Excellence in Teaching and Learning award. “It’s an annual award from UQ and there were two awards given for […]