$100 MILLION BOOST TO QUEENSLAND R&D ECONOMY

The Coalition Government will invest $100 million to create two new business and research partnerships with leading Queensland universities, creating 2,400 new jobs in Queensland. The $100 million investment will support two new Trailblazer partnerships: $50 million to establish a space sector Trailblazer led by the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), which will work with…

$2.55 million to upgrade bridges in Toowoomba Region

The Liberal and Nationals Government is continuing to upgrade bridges on regional roads in the Toowoomba Region with new investments totalling $2.55 million under the Bridges Renewal Program. The projects will replace and widen bridges, strengthen existing structures, and upgrade floodways to bridges. The Toowoomba Region project will see the replacement of a one lane…

$25M SECURED FOR RAILWAY PARKLANDS UNDER CITY DEAL

The long-awaited Toowoomba Railway Parklands project is now a reality with $25 million secured for the game-changing green space under the $1.8 billion SEQ City Deal, signed today. Under the major agreement, the Australian Government, Queensland Government and Toowoomba Regional Council will work together to explore options for the regeneration of the Toowoomba Railway Parklands…

$56,321 DELIVERED TO REDUCE NATURAL DISASTER RISK AND BUILD RESILIENCE IN TOOWOOMBA REGION

The Australian Government is reducing the risk and minimising the impact to communities of large-scale natural disasters like bushfires in the Toowoomba Region by directly funding fire trail upgrades to improve fire preparedness capacity to the value of $56,321. The Preparing Australian Communities Program – Local stream is the first tranche of the Preparing Australia…

$594,000 TO PROTECT TOOWOOMBA REGION AGAINST FUTURE FLOODS

The Australian Government is investing $594,000 into flood mitigation works at Ballin Park in Centenary Heights to assist the area to better withstand future flood events, under Round 2 of the National Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Program. Member for Groom Garth Hamilton said the Program is preparing and protecting Australian communities like Toowoomba from future devastating…

Black Spot Program

Mr HAMILTON (Groom) (13:11): I’m very happy to rise in support of this motion, and it’s a very timely one. It wasn’t that long ago I was up at Highfields, in the north of my electorate, opening Road Safety Week. It’s a great opportunity to stand beside not just the police but all the emergency…

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY FOR TOOWOOMBA REGIONAL COUNCIL WITH CASH BOOST

Toowoomba Regional Council will soon get their share of $1 billion flowing to councils nationwide to improve their local road networks and deliver priority community infrastructure projects. Made possible under the third phase of the Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) program, guidelines for the funding are now online, meaning councils can now start…