Posted
Tourists are flocking to Queensland's southern Darling Downs where vast, golden fields of sunflowers are proving the perfect subject for amateur and professional photographers.
Topics: people, human-interest, travel-and-tourism, photography, visual-art, allora-4362, toowoomba-4350, qld
Posted
| UpdatedStep inside Toowoomba's one-woman school uniform factory — Larraine Sutton's home.
Topics: human-interest, community-and-society, toowoomba-4350
Posted
Topics: textiles, regional, toowoomba-4350
Posted
Topics: textiles, toowoomba-4350
Posted
Topics: textiles, toowoomba-4350
Posted
Topics: textiles, toowoomba-4350
Posted
| UpdatedLarraine Sutton's sewing machines have been busily whirring since August as her lounge room fills with school uniforms she makes.
Topics: schools, manufacturing, textiles, toowoomba-4350
Posted
Radio transmitters are inserted into the stomachs of 24 feedlot cattle to monitor their body temperatures, as part of trial investigating the impact of heatwaves on the animals, with an aim to improve their welfare and performance.
Topics: farm-labour, human-interest, animals, livestock, animal-science, animal-behaviour, research, science-and-technology, phenomena, weather, beef-cattle, gatton-4343, toowoomba-4350
Posted
A group of Queensland and New South Wales dairy farmers fear they could lose up to $3 million if a major milk processor drops the price it pays to farmers.
Topics: livestock, dairy-production, rural, business-economics-and-finance, industrial-relations, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558, lismore-2480, toowoomba-4350, bundaberg-4670
Posted
| UpdatedHeatwave conditions are scorching southern Queensland for a second time in just over a week, with paramedics preparing for another spike in heat-related cases.
Topics: weather, emergency-planning, phenomena, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, chinchilla-4413, maroochydore-4558, toowoomba-4350, bedourie-4829, birdsville-4482
Posted
Malnourished and injured dogs have been moved to the RSPCA's Animal Welfare Campus in Brisbane from an alleged puppy farm near Goondiwindi, with police and the RSPCA finding more than 100 animals at the property.
Topics: animal-welfare, glenarbon-4385, goondiwindi-4390, toowoomba-4350
Posted
| UpdatedMalnourished and injured dogs are seized from an alleged puppy farm near Goondiwindi, with police and the RSPCA finding nearly 100 animals at the Glenarbon property, many without adequate shelter and water.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, glenarbon-4385, qld, australia, goondiwindi-4390, toowoomba-4350
Posted
| UpdatedA four-day heatwave will begin on Wednesday, bringing the same kind of conditions that saw more than 200 Queenslanders treated for heat stroke and dehydration last week.
Topics: phenomena, weather, emergency-planning, qld, australia, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, birdsville-4482, longreach-4730, mount-isa-4825, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810
Posted
Topics: community-and-society, toowoomba-4350
Posted
Topics: work, toowoomba-4350
Posted
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, toowoomba-4350
Posted
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, toowoomba-4350
Posted
Australia's largest social enterprise project is opened in Toowoomba.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, work, mental-health, toowoomba-4350
Posted
| UpdatedParts of south-east Queensland are hit by heavy rainfall and flash flooding after severe thunderstorms, described as "very dangerous" by the Bureau of Meteorology.
Topics: weather, rainfall, storm-event, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, maroochydore-4558, thargomindah-4492, qld
Posted
| UpdatedA cool change has brought Queenslanders some relief from a five-day heatwave that saw temperatures soar across the state, but the weather bureau says it will not last for long.
Topics: weather, phenomena, rainfall, qld, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, maroochydore-4558, thargomindah-4492
Posted
| UpdatedMuch of south-east Queensland is sweltering as residents endure another day of heatwave conditions, with temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius expected in some areas.
Topics: phenomena, weather, emergency-planning, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, esk-4312, ipswich-4305, gatton-4343, beaudesert-4285, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, rockhampton-4700, maroochydore-4558, longreach-4730
Posted
A team of researchers study the past to help predict future flooding events in south-east Queensland.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, weather, human-interest, brisbane-4000, grantham-4347, gatton-4343, toowoomba-4350
Posted
| UpdatedMulti-peril crop insurance companies are looking forward to governments offering subsidies for premiums, despite having a better year with fewer payouts.
Topics: agricultural-insurance, agricultural-crops, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, horsham-3400, griffith-2680, forbes-2871, toowoomba-4350
Posted
| UpdatedAustralian tennis player Nick Lindahl is banned from professional tennis for seven years and fined $US35,000 for match fixing offences during a Futures tournament in Toowoomba.
Topics: tennis, sport, toowoomba-4350, australia, qld
Posted
A fire at a Toowoomba motel that recently closed down is being treated as suspicious, with police arresting a 20-year-old man.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, crime, law-crime-and-justice, toowoomba-4350, qld