Toowoomba News

1. Natasha worries what will happen when she drives two hours to give birth

   One by one, Queensland maternity wards have been closing. A roundtable hopes to fix the problem as the state government announces new funding to encourage midwifery and nursing students to the regions.

2. Why did we fall in love with Ted Lasso and Succession?

   From the power struggles within a wealthy family's media empire, to "the opposite of toxic masculinity", what does the popularity of Succession and Ted Lasso say about us — and what are we all going to watch next?

3. Leyland Brothers put life and loins on the line for adventure, but the surviving half isn't giving up yet

   From gun-slinging stand-offs to scorched testicles, the surviving half of the Leyland Brothers has plenty of stories left to tell.

4. Property prices rise in all Queensland regions, Gold and Sunshine coasts lead the way

   The real estate rollercoaster continues as research shows house prices have been rising again throughout Queensland over the past three months.

5. Councillor who took non-consensual photos of woman at gym reprimanded, ordered to undergo counselling

   A woman said she felt uncomfortable leaving the gym on her own at night after a Queensland councillor took several non-consensual photos of her.

6. Crash charges upgraded to alleged murder, attempted murder of boy, 2

   A 22-year-old man has died in hospital after the car he was in was allegedly rammed and crashed at Kogan in southern Queensland.

7. It took Akol three years to get a rental. He says it has nothing to do with his employment

   The Queensland Human Rights Commissioner says the rental crisis is impacting those from diverse backgrounds disproportionately.

8. Milk price drop a 'slap across the head' for dairy farmers

   After surviving drought, floods and the dollar-a-litre years, dairy farmers say they have been blindsided by a drop in farmgate prices just when things were finally looking up. 

9. 'He's asleep, let him go': Inquest to investigate police actions in Indigenous man's death in custody

   A police officer involved in the arrest of an Indigenous Queensland man told his colleague to "choke this c**t out" shortly before he died, a court hears.

10. Pools of frigid air to bring widespread frosts for days as the nation rugs up

    Large swathes of the country are set to shiver through freezing conditions this weekend, with morning frost forecast across nearly every state and territory.

11. Wild nights with The Who and drinking with Jerry Lee Lewis. The retired Toowoomba cabbie with a rock star past

    Back in the 60s and 70s, Jim Nairn was known across much of Europe as James Royal — a blue-eyed soul-singing dynamo whose howl was his ticket to work with some of music's biggest stars.

12. Steeper Queensland traffic fines boost revenue by nearly $200m in one year

    Steeper fines imposed last July have boosted the revenue haul from Queensland road cameras by nearly 70 per cent this financial year.

13. Man faces court over alleged attempted murder of police officers near Toowoomba

    Five police officers were hurt in the incident involving an allegedly stolen truck, with one officer still in hospital in a stable condition.

14. QLD man charged with attempted murder

    Queensland man charged with attempted murder after allegedly ramming police in stolen truck.

15. Man charged with attempted murder after allegedly ramming police officers in stolen truck

    Police allege two detectives were trapped between the truck and a police car before being thrown across the bonnet and onto the road.

16. Officer seriously injured after a stolen truck rammed police car near Toowoomba

    Four police officers have been injured while trying to stop an allegedly stolen truck on the Darling Downs in Queensland. Two were seriously hurt.

17. 'Rug up': Cold snap on the way before 'funny' warmer winter kicks in

    Weather experts warn Queenslanders to keep their woollies close with temperatures about to drop this weekend, ahead of a warmer, drier winter on the cards with an El Niño imminent.

18. Ben Currie suspended from racing after horse found with cocaine in system

    Racehorse End Assembly returned a positive test for having cocaine in its system during a post-race test in Brisbane in December.

19. Drought charity founders win defamation case over Facebook comments

    A Queensland District Court rules in favour of Aussie Helpers founder Nerida Egan over defamatory comments made on Facebook in 2018.

20. Motorcyclist flown to hospital after crashing into mob of kangaroos

    The woman was believed to be riding in a group in Queensland's Southern Downs when the mob of kangaroos jumped onto the road. 

21. Meet the young Aussie actor stepping into the shoes — or paws — of one of Australia's most beloved characters

    It's called the biggest little show on Earth, and Bluey has taken Toowoomba's Chris White across the world, performing on iconic stages as a puppeteer in the stage show.

22. 'Callous' woman who left overdosed friend to die and planned for body to be dumped in bush jailed

    Kelly-Ann May Sinclair — who helped arrange the disposal of her overdosed friend Blake Riley's body at Preston in Queensland — will spend at least six months in prison for interfering with a corpse.

23. Farmers launch 'last, best' legal challenge over Qld coal mine's water licence

    Just when the controversial New Acland mine expansion seemed all but complete, an eleventh-hour legal bid aims to stop it in its tracks.

24. Storms lash south-east Qld, dumping heavy rain and hail

    Some areas have received a month's worth of rain overnight, while Tuesday morning commuters on the M1 have been delayed by flash flooding on the Gold Coast.

25. $263m to be spent on upgrading flood gauges 'a matter of saving lives'

    The money will be spent upgrading thousands of faulty or outdated flood gauges, which have left communities unprepared during natural disasters.