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Happy Paws rescue puppies help young people with disabilities in Toowoomba become job ready

For years, making friends felt torturous for Odin Hensley, but with the help of some animal friends with adorable eyes, communicating with his peers has become a little easier.

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'Father' of Inland Rail calls for project to end in Toowoomba amid cost blowouts

The Inland Rail project from Melbourne to Brisbane was originally due to be completed in 2025. But with construction yet to get underway anywhere in Queensland, some are asking whether the entire project will ever be finished.

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Toowoomba petrol station owner clings to bonnet after being hit by car while attempting to stop fuel theft

CCTV footage captures the moment a Toowoomba petrol station owner is hit by a stolen car as he tries to stop the occupants from driving off without paying for fuel.

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Australian helps validate dinosaur footprint find in Chinese restaurant

He's helped discover giant meat-eater prints on the ceiling of a mine in Toowoomba, 'upright' crocodiles in South Korea and the world's tiniest dinosaur tracks.

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Yazidi brothers Saman, Sipan and Rizgar Almuhama embrace soccer in Toowoomba

Jumping in the car and heading to the local sports club for a match is a weekend tradition most Australian families and kids take for granted, but not these three aspiring footballers.

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Toddler killer serving life sentence seeks parole

A man jailed for life for the murder of a three-year-old girl in Toowoomba in 1989 has applied for parole.

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Australian companies 'doubling down' on exports to China despite trade war, AUKUS tensions

It's a relationship worth more than $17 billion and counting. But can the Australian government have its "cake and eat it" when it comes to China?

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PNG Hunters and Western Clydesdales to make history when they meet in Queensland Cup

After a 17-year absence, the Western Clydesdales are back to the Queensland Cup, with a historic first meeting against the PNG Hunters on Sunday marking their return.

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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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