Cooby Dam spilling; no immediate risk to Oakey town

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is advising there is no immediate risk to Oakey township from water spilling over the Cooby Dam wall. Council is monitoring the situation. TRC Local Disaster Manageme...

Toowoomba Region launches Olympic taskforce

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has released the Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE) report into the Region’s Olympic opportunities ahead of the 2032 Brisbane Games. TRC Mayor Paul Antonio...

TRC welcomes delegates to 2022 Floodplain Management Australia national conference

The Toowoomba Region next week (May 17-20) is hosting hundreds of delegates in person and online for the 2022 Floodplain Management Australia (FMA) national conference at the Empire Theatres complex. ...

Toowoomba LDMG moves to lean forward as rain persists

Toowoomba Regional Council’s Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) has moved to lean forward this morning with persistent rain across the Region leading to localised flooding and dams spilling. Tw...

TRC Local Disaster Management Group monitoring rain, dam levels

Toowoomba Regional Council’s Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) is monitoring the latest rain event that is enveloping most of Queensland, along with watching levels at the Region’s three dams...

Toowoomba Region prepared as more wet weather on the way

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is asking residents to be extra vigilant on the roads as unseasonal wet weather looks set to impact the region across the weekend and well into next week. With the Bu...

Progress continues on Council’s Queens Park Masterplan

Toowoomba residents and visitors will soon have even better facilities to enjoy at Queens Park thanks to further upgrades by Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC). Stage 7 of TRC’s $12 million Queens Pa...

TRC preparing residential development assistance measures

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) planning officers are working to collate a report containing extensive residential development assistance measures to assist the release of more housing to the market....

Change Project trainers upskill to offer new activities

Toowoomba Regional Council’s (TRC) Change Project recently added seven newly qualified trainers specialising in yoga, gym stick and Pilates to its ranks thanks to state government funding support. ...

Eidecan Returns Battle of the Bands now open for entry

Jam sessions have amped up across the Region as homegrown musicians get ready for the Battle of the Bands in June as part of Live and Local Toowoomba. Entries are now open for the Eidecan Returns Bat...

New treatment plant secures Clifton’s water future

Clifton’s short-term water supply issue is resolved with Toowoomba Regional Council turning the tap on a brand-new packaged water treatment plant for the town. The Clifton Reverse Osmosis Water Tre...

Upgrades to J. E. Duggan Park now officially opened to the public

Significant upgrades to J. E. Duggan Park have now been officially opened to the public thanks to a partnership between Toowoomba Regional Council and the Queensland State Government. The park recent...

TRC moves to relieve housing stress via a range of residential development assistance measures

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is investigating additional measures to assist the release of extra greenfield housing sites, as well as incentives to generate greater numbers of rental housing in th...

Council’s best-in-class payment terms assisting local business

A benchmarking exercise has shown Toowoomba Regional Council’s (TRC) continued effort to assist local business through its 14-day payment strategy is best-in-class. Council introduced a range of me...

Millmerran pool construction starting

Construction is starting on the $6.4 million Millmerran pool reconstruction project. Toowoomba Region Mayor Paul Antonio said he was pleased to join the construction milestone. (Thursday, April 21, 2...

Survey to gather community feedback on Yarraman War Memorial

Yarraman residents are being asked to consider a new future for the town’s War Memorial Cenotaph with a community survey progressing to garner feedback for the possible relocation of the site. Cons...

Funding slashed for Toowoomba Regional Council

The Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has again urged the State Government to review the structure of how it will allocate funding it receives through the Financial Assistance Grant program. The appea...

TRC approves development application for new Yarraman service station

A development application for a new service station at Yarraman was approved at Toowoomba Regional Council’s (TRC) Special Meeting on April 6, 2022. TRC Planning and Development Committee chair Cr ...

Cooby Dam’s Loveday Cove open for recreation activities from April 9

Cooby Dam’s Loveday Cove will re-open for recreation activities from 7am tomorrow (Saturday, April 9, 2022). Toowoomba Regional Council Parks and Recreation Services portfolio leader Cr Tim McMahon...

Development of a Reconciliation Action Plan endorsed by Council

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has endorsed the development of a Reconciliation Action Plan in collaboration with Reconciliation Australia. TRC Environment and Community Committee Chair Councillor ...