The Queensland Government says it is making progress on its commitment to give every Queensland child a kindergarten place within four years.

More than 200 workers at a meat processing company on the southern Darling Downs west of Toowoomba in southern Queensland have been stood down for the rest of the week.

A clean-up is underway across south-east Queensland today after weekend torrential rain damaged homes and property

The weather bureau says torrential rain on the weekend across Queensland’s south-east created new records.

Senior officers of the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) are touring the state teaching councils about new planning and code-of-conduct laws that come into effect this year.

A study shows the average Australian woolgrower is getting older and is now 53 years of age.

A feasibility study is being conducted into building gas and water pipelines from the Surat Basin to power stations in the South Burnett in southern Queensland.

A 51-year-old man is due to appear in the Warwick Magistrates Court in southern Queensland today accused of assaulting a man and damaging police property.

THE future jobs of 230 meatworkers remained in jeopardy yesterday after the owner of abattoirs in Pittsworth and Killarney closed down the facilities.

PITTSWORTH residents yesterday said the closure of the town’s abattoir would be a massive blow.

MOTOCROSS champion Bryan Flemming was still struggling to find the right words yesterday to describe the generous gesture bestowed upon him on Saturday night.

SADNESS filled the halls of Lockyer District High School yesterday as students and staff learnt of the tragic drowning death of teenager Dalton Moule.

CEREBRAL Palsy League Toowoomba regional manager Penny Atfield says overwhelming community support has given her staff and clients renewed hope for the future.

TOOWOOMBA Police sergeant Bevan Schott said the 2007 Ford Falcon Rip Curl edition XR ute was stolen from Norman Street between 8pm Sunday and 5am yesterday.

AFTER two weeks of frequent showers, the rains are finally drawing to a temporary end for Toowoomba and the Darling Downs.

SANDRA Leigh Hazard and Tina Kathleen Hazard each received suspended jail terms yesterday for the assault of a woman …yet neither touched the victim.

A GREY nomad allegedly involved in two road rage incidents on Saturday will spend the next two weeks in custody awaiting his next hearing.

THE 26-year-old woman who was rescued by helicopter from Table Top Mountain on Saturday is in a stable condition at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.

WHEN Jeremy Sheldrick found Jesus yesterday, it wasn’t quite the spiritual revelation you’d expect.

MAYOR Peter Taylor will travel to Canberra this week to meet with government ministers and officials to push a revised business case for the Toowoomba Bypass.