Regional News

Opinion Deadbeat parents owe Aussie kids $1.57b. Could Sweden be the secret to ending our child support farce, writes SHERELE MOODY.

Crime POLICE are on the hunt for an unknown man who wielded a machete during an early morning carjacking

Business THE future of chocolate store Max Brenner has been thrown back into chaos just hours after claims it had been “saved”.

Crime The man has been charged with two counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of deceptive recruitment.

News A CLEAN-UP operation is under way after a molasses tanker rolled and closed a road early this morning.

News A HERBICIDE attack that destroyed $750,000 worth of crops could be the latest part of a series of targeted attacks against a Lockyer Valley farming operation.

Breaking BATTEN down the hatches, a severe thunderstorm warning has just been issued for regions west of Toowoomba.

Offbeat Few struggled more so in last week's severe storms than Coolabunia dairy farmer Damien Tessmann and his unlikely feathered friend, Lazarus.

Breaking UPDATE: A motorhome has been destroyed and a man taken to hospital with smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a Toowoomba workshop.

Crime MORE than 70 people have been charged with 670 offences after a major drug operation was closed in Toowoomba.

News IN A bizarre coincidence after Terry Gall and Barry Sutherland reunited in Toowoomba, they discovered they were only meters away from each other a year earlier.

Weather DALBY has recorded its wettest October in 15 years as the rainy weather continues with another 45mm expected for some areas of the southeast.

News A YOUNG mum, who bravely used her battered body to save her baby from giant hail, is being praised for the split-second decision.

Environment A REPORTED kangaroo attack on the southern Darling Downs has left three people injured, one seriously.

Business AS part of its QGC venture in the Western Downs region, SHELL has announced plans to drill 250 gas wells during 2019 and 2020.

Offbeat A TOOWOOMBA man has had a close brush with death after a truck he was overtaking failed to spot him.

Weather FARMERS across the Western Downs are picking up the pieces after an intense hailstorm ripped through the region on Thursday.

Property A European-inspired mansion has taken home a top honour at Queensland’s Housing and Construction Awards.

News The boy was airlifted in a critical condition with multiple serious injuries.

Weather "We were right in the centre of the tornado."

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