Toowoomba, Australia News

A TEACHER at a Queensland Catholic primary school, who also acted as the school's "child protection officer", is facing dozens of charges over the alleged rape and sexual abuse of 13 young girls.

A TEENAGER, who shot his brother and disposed of his body in a waterway, had no apparent reason for committing the murder, a court has heard.

Rescue ... baby bats are being hand-reared by volunteers after being abandoned in storms.

UPDATE: A SEVERE hailstorm warning has been issued for southeast Queensland, as a line of storms moves east from the southern Darling Downs.

SES volunteers have been working overtime in the Queensland's Southern Inland. Volunteers responded to more than 60 calls last night, with 20 houses damaged at Warwick, a landslide on the Toowoomba escarpment ...

The Queensland Government has been urged to push ahead with its recycled water policy in the state's south-east. The Queensland Water Commission will meet today to review plans for the introduction of recycled ...

Angels guitarist John Brewster suffered a heart attack on the weekend and is currently recovering in a Queensland hospital.

J OHN Morgan, the managing director of Melbourne Water from 1995 to 1998, sent me an email complaining that my most recent article on Melbourne's water options was "almost there but you missed the most ...

Questions are being raised as to why the Queensland Government is pushing ahead with a contentious multi-billion dollar water recycling scheme, despite a reasonably wet year in the states south-east. Transcript ...

NINE people have been charged with 29 offences following a Queensland police operation against the alleged trafficking of methamphetamines.

Brisbane suburbs still reeling from severe storms on Sunday and Wednesday copped it again last night, with hailstorms and strong winds causing chaos across the city.

THERE have been nine swift water rescues of people trapped in flooded cars, following a second Queensland storm early this morning.

The weather bureau has broadened its severe thunderstorm warning across south-east Queensland.

Drought - Three-quarters of Australia is arid or semi-arid, meaning it is the driest inhabited continent on earth , and water shortages are consistently problematic.

ABC News: 17 November 2008 Bligh rejects recycled water 'scare mongering' Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says it is scare mongering to suggest that recycled water will keep tourists away from the Gold Coast.

Malcolm Tunbull ... doing his best to mix with the "ordinary" Australians in Bondi.

Deadline: 8 May 2009 The Toowoomba Biennial "Contemporary Wearables '09" Jewellery Award Entries from Australian and New Zealand Jewellery Artists are currently being sought for the "Contemporary Wearables '09" ...

A MAN who was trying to clear an ants nest by setting it on fire has been taken to hospital west of Brisbane with severe burns.

The Bill formally passes Qld Govt powers to the Fed Govt as part of a new management plan for the Murray-Darling Basin.

A pioneer the Granite Belt wine growing region has been recognised for his contribution to the Queensland industry.