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Toowoomba housing market remains strong as rising interest rates fail to deter buyers

A tenth consecutive rate rise has done little to deter couples like Anisia and Nathan from owning their own home in Toowoomba, where prices remain 30.4 per cent higher than at the onset of COVID-19.

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Toowoomba taxi driver gets seven weeks' jail for sexually assaulting passenger he followed to bed

Toowoomba driver avoids deportation after jury finds him guilty of following a drunk woman into her bedroom after helping her to her front door.

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Taxi driver Tariq Ali pleads not guilty in Toowoomba court to alleged sexual assault

A woman apologised to a taxi driver for becoming emotional while he was driving her home before he allegedly followed her into her house and assaulted her, a court has heard.

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Toowoomba mum Christine Handford hopes son's death will prompt young people to get heart checks

Kade Handford was one of the 17,331 Australians to die from coronary heart disease in 2021. Here are the warning signs he missed — and why the Heart Foundation wants everyone who has had COVID-19 to get check-ups.

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Homelessness, addiction and mental health issues at heart of Toowoomba's crime crisis, youth worker says

Violent crimes and car thefts — often at the hands of young offenders — have skyrocketed in Toowoomba, leaving locals looking for a solution. But youth workers say homelessness, drug addiction and mental health issues are at the heart of the problem.

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Archaeologist Bryce Barker home in Toowoomba after being held hostage in PNG for a week

Australian archaeologist Bryce Barker touched down in Toowoomba on a specially chartered flight on Monday night. A colleague says his arrival brought an "enormous sense of relief".

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Professor freed from PNG criminals returns to Toowoomba

An archaeologist has returned to Australia after being released by armed criminals who were holding him and three others hostage in a remote part of Papua New Guinea.

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‘Everybody has had a gutful’: online anti-crime groups propel Queensland to a political reckoning

People with pitchforks on social media pages are raising fears of vigilantism but others say they want real solutions, not just more kids in jail

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Queensland to trial GPS trackers for child offenders as young as 15 in Toowoomba

Expansion to include 15-year-olds is part of a suite of measures to crack down on youth crime, including making breach of bail an offence for children

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Southern Queensland tourist area known for its beauty in need of reputation overhaul after violent crimes

After a domestic terrorist attack, sieges, stabbings and shootings, Southern Queensland is looking to clean up its recent reputation as a crime hotspot.

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Media companies lose bid to name high-profile man charged with Queensland rape

Toowoomba magistrate rules media will have to adhere to Queensland laws that prevent naming him before he’s committed to stand trial

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Man charged over alleged robbery, carjacking outside north Queensland school

A man who allegedly robbed a woman at knifepoint outside a Mackay school was found and arrested more than 1,000 kilometres away in Cunnamulla, west of Toowoomba.

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Teenager denied bail over alleged 'targeted' knife attack in Toowoomba CBD

An 18-year-old has been denied bail over an alleged "targeted" knife attack on another teenager just metres away from a major police station.

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Charges upgraded to murder after alleged taxi rank attack on Toowoomba man Robert Brown

An 18-year-old and two 17-year-olds had been initially charged with grievous bodily harm over the alleged incident that saw Toowoomba man Robert Brown eventually succumb to his injuries in hospital.

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Teens charged with murder after Toowoomba man's death

Detectives have charged three teenagers with the murder of a 75-year-old man at a Toowoomba taxi rank.

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Teenager allegedly stabbed short distance from where Toowoomba crime forum was held

Police have arrested three teenagers after an 18-year-old man was allegedly stabbed a short distance from where a packed crime forum was held a day earlier.

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Toowoomba community tells of robberies, threats and fear to leave home as police commissioner acknowledges crime spike

Harrowing stories of Queensland pensioners being mugged at ATMs, youths roaming the streets with machetes and children being too scared to leave home have been aired at a town hall meeting.

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‘The system’s broken’: police fear vigilantism as Toowoomba residents vent their anger over youth crime

Locals share harrowing stories at sold-out Queensland forum, some admitting they had considered taking the law into their own hands

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Two people injured and one charged after alleged shooting in Toowoomba

Queensland police charge 18-year-old woman with multiple firearm-related offences ahead of community safety forum

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Woman charged after 16-year-old girl shot at Toowoomba hotel with sawn off shotgun

Police charge an 18-year-old woman with multiple firearm-related offences following a shooting at a hotel on Queensland’s Darling Downs.

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Police say teenage girl shot and seriously injured in incident at Toowoomba hotel

The incident occurred at the Oaks Toowoomba Hotel on Tuesday afternoon. Police say a 16-year-old girl has been taken to hospital in a serious condition.

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Large hail, lightning strikes and flash flooding as severe storms hit south-east Queensland after days of hot weather

The Bureau of Meteorology said large hail was observed near Toowoomba and storm warnings extend from the Wide Bay and Burnett including Gayndah and Eidsvold, the Lockyer Valley, Gympie and through to Brisbane City.

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Elderly man who sparked renewed debate of youth crime dies in Queensland hospital

Ministers and police commissioner will attend community forum in Toowoomba as high profile youth crimes put Palaszczuk government under pressure

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Toowoomba man Robert Brown, 75, dies from injuries after alleged assault at taxi rank last week

Robert Brown, 75, is being remembered for his wonderful smile, after he died from injuries suffered when he was allegedly pushed from behind.

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Cheap land, rates relief, high-rise apartments: Country towns innovate to ease housing squeeze

Regional Australia has plenty of cheap land and would-be buyers, but there are few houses for sale, and no builders to make new ones. Here's how some councils are tackling that.

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