Toowoomba News

• Roofs ripped off as damaging winds and storm tear through Queensland town

  Severe storms have again rolled through southern Queensland, smashing parts of the state still recovering from weekend weather.

• Two years since 'entirely preventable' plane crash, this family wants answers

  Will Jennings had been in Australia helping to survey bushfires from the sky for 11 days when he died. Two years on, his family wants answers.

• Giant hail left SEQ solar panels with gaping holes. Here's what you can do

  If solar panels at your property sustain hail damage, is there anything you can do to avoid further problems? 

• What caused the 'unusual' giant hail that smashed south-east Queensland

  Hailstones of up to 8 and 9 centimetres hit parts of Queensland over the weekend. What caused them to be so large?

• Possible storms and showers forecast for south-east Queensland as weather cools

  More wet weather is expected in south-east Queensland before clear skies return later this week.

• Couple swaps marine engineering for life as outback publicans

  Adam and Prue Brancher had no experience running a pub when they decided to uproot their lives in Tasmania and move to outback Queensland. 

• Injuries recorded as giant hail, storms lash parts of south-east Queensland

  Giant hailstones, lightning and rain have lashed parts of the state's south-east with supercell storm activity reported.

• Almost two years after floods washed her away, a cow comes home

  A south-east Queensland cattle producer reunites with one of her prized cows, nearly two years after it was swept away in floodwater. 

• Storm warnings ahead with tornadoes and giant hail ahead of widespread rain

  Australia's storm season shifts into top gear, and the next 72 hours will deliver a combination of rain, showers or thunderstorms to the eastern two-thirds of the country.

• Golden crop brings new opportunities for Queensland farmers

  While they are a long way off from rivalling the plantings in Western Australia or New South Wales, growers in Queensland are experimenting with canola and reaping the rewards.

• Darling Downs 'inundated' with reports of snakes, bites and near misses

  Gunter Glasser has been catching snakes for almost 30 years across Southern Queensland, but October has been an especially busy month.

• Hail and thunderstorms begin hitting large parts of Queensland

  Damaging storms are forecast from the New South Wales border, west to the Darling Downs and all the way up the coast to the Capricornia, Mackay and the Central Highlands.

• Tributes for 'smart alec from out west' whose camp ovens fed thousands

  Known far and wide for his famous dampers and establishing the Australian Camp Oven Festival, Ned Winter will be laid to rest today.

• Police find suspected human remains during search of rural property

  Police divers, cadaver dogs and SES have been searching a property at Cressbrook Creek, north of Toowoomba, as they investigate the alleged murder of Paul Woods.

• Temperatures plummet across Queensland after record-breaking heat

  A cool change on Tuesday will provide welcome relief after the extreme heat as thousands remain without power across the state.

• Births mark conservation success for rare Queensland wombat

  Three wild-born northern hairy-nosed wombats born in Powrunna State Forest mark a new chapter in the species' recovery from near extinction.

• Storm clean-up continues as Brisbane hits 39 degrees

  Tens of thousands of homes remain without power after destructive storms, as south-east Queensland swelters through another scorcher. The mercury in parts of Brisbane reached 39.1 degrees Celsius, on par with the hottest October day since 1957.

• Exoskeletons trialled to reduce physical strain of repetitive labour

  An ordinary worker puts on a power suit and gains extra strength. It sounds like the plot of a superhero film, but this is no work of fiction.

• South-east Queensland bracing for 'exceptional' temperatures

  The mercury in parts of the state's south-east is today forecast to reach the mid to high-30s as a heatwave sweeps through. 

• One of Australia's worst weeds unearthed in Australia's 'salad bowl'

  A Lockyer Valley man has accidentally found a toxic weed not seen in the region for more than half a century.

• Man charged with murder, interfering with a corpse following man's disappearance

  A 45-year-old house restumper has been charged with murder and interfering with a corpse two weeks after the disappearance of Paul Woods.

• Former journalist sentenced over indecent treatment of child at pub

  Peter Hardwick is sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of indecent treatment of a child under the age of 12.

• Coroner finds snakebite death of 11yo boy preventable

  The death of an 11-year-old Queensland boy from a snakebite may have been prevented had he received early medical attention, according to the findings of an inquest.

• Man guilty of manslaughter of local rugby league star on Christmas Day

  A jury finds Callum Anthony Padaric Cook guilty of the manslaughter of Russell Klein, who died after he was struck by Cook's car outside his home on Christmas Day in 2022. 

• Queensland family fears new gas plant will destroy 30 years of work

  The Queensland government's recent approval of a major coal seam gas-processing facility 3 kilometres from a farming family's home has left them feeling "extremely disappointed".