Toowoomba News

• NSW school teacher named as Darling Downs Zoo lion attack victim

  A woman who lost an arm but survived a lion attack at a Queensland zoo is identified by her family as Forbes teacher Joanne Cabban.

• Equestrian events to continue despite latest Hendra case

  Authorities are urging horse owners to vaccinate against the virus but organisers of Queensland’s two biggest equestrian sports — racing and campdrafting — say the latest detection is unlikely to disrupt popular events.

• Zoo owner says quick thinking after lion attack saved woman's life

  A zookeeper who applied a makeshift tourniquet has been credited with preventing a tragedy after the attack at Darling Downs Zoo.

• Woman bitten by lion at Darling Downs Zoo

  A woman in her 50s has lost her arm after being bitten by a lion at Darling Downs Zoo.

• Woman who lost arm in lion attack at zoo a member of owner's family

  The woman in her 50s was bitten while watching keepers working in the carnivore enclosure at Darling Downs Zoo, south of Toowoomba, on Sunday morning.

• Weather 'settled, sunny' for second week of Queensland school holidays

  Parts of the state may have woken to a grey start for the second week of the school holidays, but it will not last long, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. It says a mild, sunny few days are on the way, from this afternoon.

• Woman was watching keepers at work when she was bitten by lion

  It's understood the woman lost an arm after the incident at the Darling Downs Zoo near Toowoomba.

• Fancy all-Australian ham on your toastie? Good luck with that

  With a billion dollars worth of ham and bacon imports pushing Australian pork out of supermarket delis in the past year, the industry wants consumers to push back and demand locally grown.

• Footy-loving mates revive outback disability and aged care centre

  Two mates reopen an assisted living facility in a tiny outback town, allowing residents who had to move to the city for care to come home. 

• Grim find in search for missing dam fisherman

  Searchers believe they have found the body of a 74-year-old man missing since last week in a dam in Queensland’s South Burnett region.

• Police to send report into Taylor Spies death to coroner

  Almost three months after the missing Roma woman's body was found in bushland and five months after she went missing, a coroner will receive details of the investigation.

• Concerns for missing man after boat found abandoned at Queensland dam

  Police divers are helping in the search for the 74-year-old, who was last seen in an inflatable dinghy on the dam in the South Burnett.

• Aussie sets world record with 800km run in five days

  Endurance athlete Phil Gore has broken the Backyard Ultra world record with a 797-kilometre run at Dead Cow Gully in Queensland.

• Bruce Lehrmann's Toowoomba rape charges bid to be heard next month

  Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann will have his application to halt rape charges against him heard in court in July.

• Calls for clarity on renewable energy transition following Qld budget

  Queensland's renewable energy plans have become a little clearer, but advocates say they still cannot see how the state will meet its goals of reaching net zero by 2050.

• Bruce Lehrmann lodges court application to have rape charges halted

  The lawyer for former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lodged court documents asking for a permanent stay of proceedings in relation to two counts of rape alleged to have occurred in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane.

• Calls for Back Creek Bridge upgrade after crash leaves man fighting for life

  A crash on what police say is a "problematic" section of the New England Highway has sparked calls for safety improvements.

• Emissions from grain-fed cattle 'burps' revised significantly lower

  The federal government revises the feedlot industry's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions after adopting a new equation to calculate methane from grain-fed cattle burps.

• Rain, cold snap forecast for parts of Qld before school holidays

  South-east Queensland residents can expect a reprieve from the wet and wintry weather later this week, before conditions pick up again ahead of the official start of the school holidays.

• Warning for boaties as strong winds forecast across Queensland coast

  Most parts of the Queensland coast can expect light showers and strong winds this weekend, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

• The ATSB found the crash was "entirely preventable".

  The investigation found a known pressurisation default was the cause of the fatal crash.

• Triple-fatal plane crash caused by well-known, long-standing defect, report finds

  A plane crash that killed three people in outback Queensland was "entirely preventable" and was caused by a well-known, long-standing defect which operators failed to report, a transport safety investigation has found.

• RAAF pilot accused of wife's murder charged with breaching bail

  A Queensland man accused of murdering his wife and staging a lawnmower accident as a cover-up has been charged with breaching his strict bail conditions.

• Renewed push for 'most critical water project in modern Queensland history'

  Momentum is building behind plans for a long-discussed dam in Queensland, but doubts still cloud its future.

• Cool conditions persist as rain clears in Queensland's north

  After a wet start to the week rain is expected to ease in Queensland's north, but lower-than-average temperatures will continue throughout the state.