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A Statement On The Toowoomba Royal Show

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A Statement On The Toowoomba Royal Show

The Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland has released the following statement ….

“Dear friends and supporters of Heritage Bank Toowoomba Royal Show. As you know there’s been a critical development since our last post in that Prime Minister Scott Morrison and state and territory leaders want all non-essential gatherings of more than 500 people to be suspended from Monday amid fears about the spread of coronavirus.

We all love our Show and the show movement but we must be cognisant of the advice of the nation’s leaders. Your Executive Committee will meet on Monday at 8.30am at Toowoomba Showgrounds to determine our position.

Your thoughts and support are sincerely appreciated.”

Hot Rods Shine Up For Event+Report

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Hot Rods Shine Up For Event+Report

The Toowoomba Hot Rodders held their 20th Annual ‘High Altitude’ Run over the weekend of 13th-15th March, which included a ‘Show n Shine’ on the Sunday at the TAFE oval, rear of Cobb +Co, off Campbell St, Toowoomba.Free to the public,  the Hot Rod Show’n’Shine has entertainment for children and adults. There was food, fashion and trade stalls as well as a jumping castle, and a model car display.
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Submitted by:
Tony Rehn

Lifeline Toowoomba Bookfest Reminder

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Lifeline Toowoomba Bookfest Reminder

Thousands of books will be on sale along with dolls, toys and games with nothing over $5 and most items considerably less. Bookfest is being held in the Founders Pavilion at Toowoomba Showgrounds. There is free admission, free parking and Eftpos available.

Now in its 40 th year proceeds from the event go towards Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Qld crisis support and suicide prevention services, so every purchase helps save lives in our region.

For more information on services or to support Lifeline Darling Downs with this and other life changing programs visit www.lifelinedarlingdowns.org.au.

Graduate Nurses Begin Their DDHS Career

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Graduate Nurses Begin Their DDHS Career

Fifty two new nurses have begun their journey with Darling Downs Health last week, starting their graduate program with four days of orientation.

Nursing and Midwifery Services Executive Director Andrea Nagle welcomed the 2020 cohort, and said, “The graduate program is a great opportunity for the participants to familiarise themselves with our values and vision, as well as learn more about their colleagues and new careers.”

We look forward to supporting them in their transition to registered nursing positions,” Ms Nagle said. It’s an exciting time for these nurses as they are commencing their nursing careers during International
Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.”

It is our year to showcase the incredible work our nurses do in providing care to patients from pregnancy and birth, through to end-of-life care.” The new graduate nurses will be located across Darling Downs Health facilities.

Nurses Maddison Britain and Hayley Weise

Graduate nurse Maddison Britain said she was excited to start her career as a graduate nurse on the surgical ward at Toowoomba Hospital. I wanted to be a nurse after having many family experiences in hospitals growing up and seeing how the nurses cared for patients inspired me to do the same,” Ms Britain said. I am really looking forward to this learning experience and being exposed to different areas of nursing on the surgical ward.”

Graduate nurse Hayley Weise is heading to Medical Unit Three at Toowoomba Hospital and said she islooking forward to learning new skills in a practical environment. I chose nursing as my career as I wanted to help make someone’s worst day into something better by
being a helpful person,” Ms Weise said.

Maddison and Hayley will be one of 36 early-career nurses to start at Toowoomba Hospital this year. The graduate program is for 12 months and is an opportunity for the nurses to put everything they have learned at university into practice.

Submitted by:
Media Officer
Media, Communication and Engagement
Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service

Dams Closed To Water-based Activities

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Dams Closed To Water-based Activities

Toowoomba Regional Council has closed Cooby, Cressbrook and Perseverance Dams for water-based activities until further notice.

Due to health concerns related to increased microorganism levels Toowoomba Regional Council Water and Waste General Manager Damian Platts says Council officers had decided to stop water-based activities at all three dams as a safety precaution .

Council will conduct its regular testing regime to determine when each of the dams can re-open,” Mr Platts said. The microorganism levels represent no risk to drinking water supplies as the water treatment, and disinfection process removes them.”

Council monitors the three dams weekly for algae and numerous microbiological parameters including E.coli. We also test chemical parameters such as iron, manganese, alkalinity, hardness, ammonia, nitrate, colour, turbidity and phosphate.

Even if we are not using a particular dam, but a test shows that levels are too high for primary contact (swimming) or secondary contact (boating) we inform Council’s Parks and Recreation Services branch about closing a facility to the public.”

To view activities open or closed at Toowoomba Regional Council’s water storage dams, please visit www.tr.qld.gov.au/damstatus

Submitted by:
Michael Duff
Senior Media Relations Officer
Stakeholder Engagement and Communications
Toowoomba Regional Council

CUA calls on volunteers to Step Up in 2020

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CUA calls on volunteers to Step Up in 2020

Volunteer registrations for Clean Up Australia Day 2020 are open with an appeal to Australians to step up on Sunday 1st March, to reduce the amount of waste across the Darling Downs.

We are calling on Australians to step up to clean up and join us on Sunday 1st March to collect as much of this waste as we can before it causes harm,” Chairman Pip Kearnan said.

Clean Up Australia Day is the nation’s largest community-based mobilisation event, and last year more than 680,000 volunteers removed over 15,000 ute loads of rubbish from the 6,901 registered locations across the country.

She said “Australia creates 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste each year1.  Only 12% of this is recycled with the rest ending up in our parks, roadsides, bush, waterways, oceans or in landfill as rubbish.
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Clean Up Australia is more than just volunteers picking up rubbish. The charity works with community, business, schools and governments all year round to reduce waste and fix waste problems.

For 30 years now we’ve been cleaning up Australia. But Australians are creating more waste than ever, so we need more help. If people are unable to join a Clean Up on March 1, they can step up by donating to help us all year round,” Ms Kiernan said.

100% of funds raised through donations are allocated to the provision of educational resources and clean up materials provided free of charge to community, school and youth groups across the nation, throughout the year.

If you can’t join the Clean Up but would like to Step Up and make a donation to Clean Up Australia go to cleanup.org.au. Clean Up Australia is a registered charity and all donations over $2 and tax deductable.

For more information visit www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au

Lifeline Darling Downs’ Fundraising Dinner

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Lifeline Darling Downs’ Fundraising Dinner


Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland Ltd are hosting a fundraising dinner on Saturday, 21st March to raise funds for their local drought and fire relief services.

With this year being 2020, the organisation has taken the opportunity to hold a 1920’s themed fundraiser with guests encouraged to dress in the style of the 1920’s or formal attire. Outfits can be found at many of their op shops across the region.

Given the ongoing drought and now, the impact of the bushfires in both Stanthorpe and Crow’s Nest, we need to raise vital funds for our local support services.”

“In 2019 we deployed staff to fire affected areas in Stanthorpe and Crow’s Nest where they were based in the community to provide counselling and emotional support, as well as monetary assistance where possible, to those who had been impacted,” he said.

“From past experience we know that residents will suffer trauma within the following six months after a natural disaster so we need to raise funds so that we can be there to assist”, Lifeline Darling Downs CEO, Derek Tuffield OAM went on to say.

Every year Lifeline Darling Downs receives drought donations and promptly distributes 100% of the funds to farmers and families who have been affected by the terrible effects of prolonged drought
conditions. Recently the scope of the appeal was extended to support families in South West Queensland who have also been affected by fire.

The Return to the Roaring 20’s” Fundraising Dinner will be held at the Cathedral Centre, Neil Street, Toowoomba from 6.30pm until late.
Tickets are $145 per person or $1,120 for a table of eight and are available at https://toowoombatickets.com.au/event/10791

Come along and enjoy dinner, dancing and a fundraising auction and help us support our local drought and fire support services. We look forward to welcoming you”, Mr. Tuffield said.

Click here to purchase your ticket.

For more information please call 1300 991 443.

Submitted by:
Kirsten McGovern
Manager Fundraising & Marketing
Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Queensland Ltd
33 Russell Street Toowoomba Qld 4350

 

The Chronicle Lifeline Bookfest 2020

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The Chronicle Lifeline Bookfest 2020

The Chronicle Lifeline Bookfest is just around the corner and this year this major fundraiser for Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Qld Ltd celebrates it’s 40th anniversary!

This year’s massive book sale will be held on Saturday 7th March and Sunday 8th March at the Founders Pavilion, Toowoomba Showgrounds.

It is hard to believe that we have been running our annual book sale for 40 years. It is thanks to the generous donations of books, dolls and toys from the community that we are able to put on such a fantastic sale every year,” Derek Tuffield OAM, CEO Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Quensland said.

“The Chronicle Lifeline Bookfest is a very important event for our organisation with all proceeds staying in our local area to fund our crisis support and suicide prevention services. We rely heavily on the funds raised to ensure we can continue to support those who are most in need,” he continued
There will be literally thousands of donated books on sale with nothing over $5 and many a lot less. There will also be plenty of toys, DVDs and games.

Doors open on Saturday 8am- 5pm and Sunday 8am – 2pm at the Toowoomba Showgrounds, Glenvale Road. With free admission, free parking and Eftpos available, this is the perfect time to stock up on
your winter reading material.

Volunteers are still needed for the event so if you can spare a few hours please call Nate on 4699 1625. For more information on services or to support Lifeline Darling Downs with this and other life
changing programs please call 1300 991 443 or visit www.lifelinedarlingdowns.org.au.

Submitted by:
Kirsten McGovern
Manager Fundraising & Marketing
Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Queensland Ltd
33 Russell Street Toowoomba Qld 4350
Ph 1300 991 443 

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