The Maranoa Regional Council has collected more than 2,000 truckloads of waste from flood-affected homes in the southern inland town of Roma.

CHARLEVILLE mayor Mark O’Brien says the Murweh Shire Council is looking at ways to protect the south-west Queensland town from future flooding.

Toowoomba Regional Council says it is working hard to find solutions to improve air services for the region.

WATER restrictions are set to be eased and hand-held hoses again allowed with Toowoomba’s bulk water supply surging to a three-year high this week.

TOOWOOMBA Regional Council’s Clean Up Australia Day activities were cancelled yesterday due to wet weather.

The Queensland Youth Environment Council (QYEC) is looking for new members from across rural areas.

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ANGRY Lockyer Valley ratepayers will call for the sacking of the council and its chief executive officer if the council does not improve.

Young people are being sought to speak out on environmental issues, with 12- to 25-year-olds being urged to nominate for a place on the Queensland Youth Environmental Council.

THE Toowoomba region has a single vision and the strategies to get there after Toowoomba Regional Council adopted the starting point for a 2050 community plan.

The Rockhampton Regional Council has re-opened one of its riverside carparks.

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.

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.

Jo McNally is set to take her place at the Southern Downs Regional Council table after winning the by-election race by 327 votes.

WORKS have started at the Queens Park amphitheatre to fix drainage problems that saw the popular venue transformed into a mud bowl earlier this week.

The Somerset Regional Council will this year begin the task of developing a long-term plan for the expanding region.

TOOWOOMBA Regional Council is divided and the deputy mayor’s family has come under attack as the fallout from Wednesday’s pay rise fiasco intensifies.

MAYOR Peter Taylor and three councillors have voted in favour of the three per cent pay rise they told Toowoomba residents last year they would not support.

A DEAL is expected to be sealed between the State Government and Toowoomba Regional Council tomorrow which will stop water increases over the next three years.

The South Burnett Regional Council says the region desperately needs new jobs and skilled workers.