Avoid Smoke in Cecil Plains area

Toowoomba Regional Council’s Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) has met with around 50 residents at a community meeting in Cecil Plains today to provide an update to the ongoing bushfire situati...

Toowoomba Region’s water among best in Queensland

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has been narrowly pipped at the TracWater Best of the Best Queensland Water Taste Test competition, named as runner-up to Fraser Coast Council. TRC Water and Waste Com...

Watch and act alert issued for Cecil Plains fire

Toowoomba Regional Council’s Local Disaster Management Group is on alert as a further watch and act warning is issued for residents in the vicinity of the Cecil Plains fire. The QFES issued a furth...

TRC, LGI highlight benefits of landfill gas re-use project

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) today (September 7, 2023) joined renewable energy and carbon abatement company LGI to highlight the environmental and cost saving benefits of an innovative landfill ga...

Flood Recovery Program in Bowenville, Formartin and surrounds

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has reached a major milestone in the 2022 Flood Recovery Program, as the first of two delivery partners, Georgiou Group, has broken ground earlier this week on Newton-...

Works to get underway at Newman Rd, Wyreema / Vale View

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is commencing works next week on replacing a flood-damaged culvert on Newman Road at Wyreema / Vale View. TRC Infrastructure Services Group Portfolio Chair Cr Carol T...

Community invited to opening of new Millmerran Aquatic Centre

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is inviting the community to participate in the opening of the new Millmerran Aquatic Centre next week. An official opening and free community fun day will be held ne...

North State School highlights Sister City connections in Takatsuki Art Festival entry

North State School Year 6 students’ artwork highlighting the connections between Toowoomba and our Japanese Sister City of Takatsuki will feature prominently in an annual arts fair in Japan in Novem...

Wreath 2023 wins Contemporary Wearables ’23 Jewellery Award

Can humble sheets of paper be re-worked into fine art objects? Victorian artist Zoe Veness’s cotton rag paper neckpiece, Wreath 2023, showed it was possible to elevate everyday materials to items o...

Temporary closure for Greenmount Landfill upgrade works

The Greenmount Waste Management Facility will be closed from 5 September 2023 to enable bulk earthworks to be completed. Toowoomba Regional Council’s Water and Waste Committee Portfolio Leader Cr N...

Commissioner hails Toowoomba Region’s commitment as a Small Business Friendly Business

Queensland Small Business Commissioner Dominique Lamb has acknowledged Toowoomba Regional Council’s commitment to the Small Business Friendly Business (SBF) program.The Commissioner met with Council...

Join August 25 livestream for Contemporary Wearables ’23 Award, acquisition announcements

The award winners for the nationally recognised Contemporary Wearables ’23 Biennial Jewellery Award and Exhibition will be announced at Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery on Friday evening (August 25). ...

New heavy plant for TRC’s primary landfill

Toowoomba Region Council (TRC) has recently taken delivery of a new CAT 963D Drott at the Toowoomba Waste Management Centre at Cranley. TRC Water and Waste Portfolio Leader Cr Nancy Sommerfield said ...

Ballot draw finalises order of TRC Councillor nominees

The public ballot draw for the vacant Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) Councillor position has been completed with the speaking order for the Special Meeting of Council on Tuesday 12 September now fin...

TRC backs Queensland Road Safety Week call: ‘Road safety starts with me’ 

‘Road safety starts with me’. It’s the clear message that Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) and emergency services want all road users to always keep front of mind. The message was repeated at t...

Nominate community achievers for 2024 Toowoomba Region Australia Day awards

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is inviting residents to nominate our communities’ achievers who will be considered for 2024 Toowoomba Region Australia Day awards. Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McD...

Cecil Plains invited to have a conversation with Councillors

Toowoomba Regional Council is inviting the Cecil Plains community to have a conversation with Councillors about their ideas for the town. Mayor Geoff McDonald said the ‘Community Conversations’ e...

Ballot draw for vacant Toowoomba Region Councillor position

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) will hold a public ballot draw for the vacant Councillor position on Monday 21 August. TRC CEO Brian Pidgeon said Council would undertake the draw at 11.30am in City ...

Planning for the future

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has approved the restructure of its Planning and Development Group. TRC Planning and Development Committee Chair Cr Megan O’Hara-Sullivan said, “We wanted to look...

Goombungee district artists invited to submit works for Rosalie Gallery exhibition

Goombungee district artists are invited to submit artworks to be considered for a signature exhibition to be displayed at Rosalie Gallery from mid-October 2023. Selected artworks will feature in the ...