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QPS launches new initiative for community safety through 2025

Queensland Police Service has launched Safer Together Toowoomba, a community-led crime prevention program running until January 2025 to address concerns around burglary, vehicle theft, and youth crime through engagement and local safety champions.

Newtown Lions kicked out of league competition

The Toowoomba Rugby League has announced that is has terminated the membership of the Newtown Lions Football Club. Toowoomba Rugby League chairman Joe Hannant said the decision followed a review of Newtown’s 2024 season performance and its ongoing capacity to meet competition requirements. “After a review, which included a discussion with a Newtown representative, we decided to terminate Newtown’s membership with the TRL,’’ Hannant said in a statement release on the TRL’s Facebook page. “We thank Newtown for their recent participation and wish them well in the future.” Newtown Lions had planned to host its AGM on Tuesday this week but the club postponed the meeting until Sunday, November 17. The rugby league club has a proud history in the

Australia’s best community campaign goes to Grand Central

Grand Central’s Colours of Culture campaign has won the top Community Campaign Award in Australia, celebrating First Nations culture with a vibrant NAIDOC Week program. Discover how this award-winning campaign brought art, education, and community together in Toowoomba.

Broadway hit “Come From Away” heads to Toowoomba

Experience the globally acclaimed musical Come From Away at Toowoomba’s Empire Theatre, 14 – 23 March 2025. Directed by David Wynen, this powerful tale of community and compassion is not to be missed.

Toowoomba uni jobs on the chopping block

Toowoomba’s campus for the University of Southern Queensland could be hard hit by job cuts in a bid to plug a $32 million budget hole. The National Tertiary Education Union has warned that UniSQ are refusing to detail exactly how many jobs will be cut in the latest redundancy round to hit the sector. NTEU UniSQ Branch President Professor Andrea Lamont-Mills said the union believed 60 jobs had been lost already, with one area set to lose almost 40 per cent of its staff. “These job cuts are devastating for not only the people affected, but colleagues left behind who will inevitably be forced to shoulder massive workload burdens,’’ Professor Lamont-Mills said. “The impact on Toowoomba, Ipswich and Springfield cannot

QPS launches new initiative for community safety through 2025

Queensland Police Service has launched Safer Together Toowoomba, a community-led crime prevention program running until January 2025 to address concerns around burglary, vehicle theft, and youth crime through engagement and local safety champions.

Newtown Lions kicked out of league competition

The Toowoomba Rugby League has announced that is has terminated the membership of the Newtown Lions Football Club. Toowoomba Rugby League chairman Joe Hannant said the decision followed a review of Newtown’s 2024 season performance and its ongoing capacity to meet competition requirements. “After a review, which included a discussion with a Newtown representative, we decided to terminate Newtown’s membership with the TRL,’’ Hannant said in a statement release on the TRL’s Facebook page. “We thank Newtown for their recent participation and wish them well in the future.” Newtown Lions had planned to host its AGM on Tuesday this week

Australia’s best community campaign goes to Grand Central

Grand Central’s Colours of Culture campaign has won the top Community Campaign Award in Australia, celebrating First Nations culture with a vibrant NAIDOC Week program. Discover how this award-winning campaign brought art, education, and community together in Toowoomba.

Broadway hit “Come From Away” heads to Toowoomba

Experience the globally acclaimed musical Come From Away at Toowoomba’s Empire Theatre, 14 – 23 March 2025. Directed by David Wynen, this powerful tale of community and compassion is not to be missed.

Toowoomba uni jobs on the chopping block

Toowoomba’s campus for the University of Southern Queensland could be hard hit by job cuts in a bid to plug a $32 million budget hole. The National Tertiary Education Union has warned that UniSQ are refusing to detail exactly how many jobs will be cut in the latest redundancy round to hit the sector. NTEU UniSQ Branch President Professor Andrea Lamont-Mills said the union believed 60 jobs had been lost already, with one area set to lose almost 40 per cent of its staff. “These job cuts are devastating for not only the people affected, but colleagues left behind who

QPS launches new initiative for community safety through 2025

Queensland Police Service has launched Safer Together Toowoomba, a community-led crime prevention program running until January 2025 to address concerns around burglary, vehicle theft, and youth crime through engagement and local safety champions.

Newtown Lions kicked out of league competition

The Toowoomba Rugby League has announced that is has terminated the membership of the Newtown Lions Football Club. Toowoomba Rugby League chairman Joe Hannant said the decision followed a review of Newtown’s 2024 season performance and its ongoing capacity to meet competition requirements. “After a review, which included a discussion with a Newtown representative, we decided to terminate Newtown’s membership with the TRL,’’ Hannant said in a statement release on the TRL’s Facebook page. “We thank Newtown for their recent participation and wish them well in the future.” Newtown Lions had planned to host its AGM on Tuesday this week but the club postponed the meeting until Sunday, November 17. The rugby league club has a proud history in the

Australia’s best community campaign goes to Grand Central

Grand Central’s Colours of Culture campaign has won the top Community Campaign Award in Australia, celebrating First Nations culture with a vibrant NAIDOC Week program. Discover how this award-winning campaign brought art, education, and community together in Toowoomba.

Broadway hit “Come From Away” heads to Toowoomba

Experience the globally acclaimed musical Come From Away at Toowoomba’s Empire Theatre, 14 – 23 March 2025. Directed by David Wynen, this powerful tale of community and compassion is not to be missed.

Toowoomba uni jobs on the chopping block

Toowoomba’s campus for the University of Southern Queensland could be hard hit by job cuts in a bid to plug a $32 million budget hole. The National Tertiary Education Union has warned that UniSQ are refusing to detail exactly how many jobs will be cut in the latest redundancy round to hit the sector. NTEU UniSQ Branch President Professor Andrea Lamont-Mills said the union believed 60 jobs had been lost already, with one area set to lose almost 40 per cent of its staff. “These job cuts are devastating for not only the people affected, but colleagues left behind who will inevitably be forced to shoulder massive workload burdens,’’ Professor Lamont-Mills said. “The impact on Toowoomba, Ipswich and Springfield cannot

QPS launches new initiative for community safety through 2025

Queensland Police Service has launched Safer Together Toowoomba, a community-led crime prevention program running until January 2025 to address concerns around burglary, vehicle theft, and youth crime through engagement and local safety champions.

Newtown Lions kicked out of league competition

The Toowoomba Rugby League has announced that is has terminated the membership of the Newtown Lions Football Club. Toowoomba Rugby League chairman Joe Hannant said the decision followed a review of Newtown’s 2024 season performance and its ongoing capacity to meet competition requirements. “After a review, which included a discussion with a Newtown representative, we decided to terminate Newtown’s membership with the TRL,’’ Hannant said in a statement release on the TRL’s Facebook page. “We thank Newtown for their recent participation and wish them well in the future.” Newtown Lions had planned to host its AGM on Tuesday this week

Australia’s best community campaign goes to Grand Central

Grand Central’s Colours of Culture campaign has won the top Community Campaign Award in Australia, celebrating First Nations culture with a vibrant NAIDOC Week program. Discover how this award-winning campaign brought art, education, and community together in Toowoomba.

Broadway hit “Come From Away” heads to Toowoomba

Experience the globally acclaimed musical Come From Away at Toowoomba’s Empire Theatre, 14 – 23 March 2025. Directed by David Wynen, this powerful tale of community and compassion is not to be missed.

Toowoomba uni jobs on the chopping block

Toowoomba’s campus for the University of Southern Queensland could be hard hit by job cuts in a bid to plug a $32 million budget hole. The National Tertiary Education Union has warned that UniSQ are refusing to detail exactly how many jobs will be cut in the latest redundancy round to hit the sector. NTEU UniSQ Branch President Professor Andrea Lamont-Mills said the union believed 60 jobs had been lost already, with one area set to lose almost 40 per cent of its staff. “These job cuts are devastating for not only the people affected, but colleagues left behind who