Cr Edwina Farquhar

11/11/2026

Thanks for a touching service and beautiful Remembrance Day Yarraman. Lest we forget.

Yarraman Heritage Centre Yarraman P-9 State School Yarraman & District Community Hub Yarraman Community Noticeboard Wild Horse FM 997 Community Radio Yarraman Rsl Yarra Man The Oakey Champion

07/11/2026

Take 2 💜💜 on Goombungee Jacaranda Day. I tried to be fancy with a reel in my last post but it was too fast! It really was the best day, community spirit couldn’t have been higher!! 💜💜

Jessica van Vonderen ABC News it was a pleasure to share official duties and judge the parade with you. For those who don’t know, Jess is a super talented local who started at Haden State School, Oakey State High School then journalism at University of Southern Queensland - Australia. Congratulations to the winning floats: Little Folk Group, QCWA & Linmac Automotive’s 101 Dalmatian’s .

Thanks for your generous support
Jacaranda Day Goombungee, the Rosalie Shire Historical Society, the Mathieson Family (Keith & Paisley), Belinda and Denise Iseppi, New Acland Coal (Melanie Williamson), Goombungee Arts and Cultural Enterprise.

Pat Weir MP Trevor Manteufel
Jacaranda Day Goombungee Goombungee PostOffice Oakey Chamber of Commerce Inc.The Oakey Champion

07/11/2026

I totally agree with Shane that this is a bloody good idea. How awesome would it be to have our own NRL Team and stadium? It won’t happen overnight clearly and there are plenty of steps to go however imagine if we could pull it off?? A huge win for our talented kids, our region, our neighbours and Australia’s second largest inland city.

Broncos icon and Darling Downs product Shane Webcke has thrown his support behind Toowoomba’s ambitious $450m bid for the NRL’s 20th licence, but warns one major infrastructure project must be built first.
Find out what he says is required: https://bit.ly/4iIySTF

06/11/2026

Outcomes from the October Ordinary Meeting:

💦Water Infrastructure Policy and the Wastewater Infrastructure Policy - Consultation Education and Awareness Plan approved

🚗 Parking changes (Amendment) Subordinate Local Law (No.1) 2024 approved

🐗 Biosecurity Surveillance Program approved for 2026-27

🏡 Various lease tenures on Council owned land approved

🏪 Pre-approved suppliers approved

🙎‍♂️ Complaint Management (CEO) deferred to November

⚠️ Audit Committee Reports from Sept and Oct received

💲2025/25 Certified Annual Financial Statements for TSBE noted

📑 Council’s Annual Report 2025/26 adopted and is available on TRC’s website

🛣️ A former resolution from 1989 in the former Millmerran Shire Council that had Council assume responsibility for maintaining the access easement on Waugh Rd Dunmore was rescinded.

🚦 The recommendations of the Wellcamp Roads Planning Study Report were noted and the findings to be sent to Pat Weir MP Brent Mickelberg MP John-Paul Langbroek

🎤 A 3 year sponsorship proposal for a new annual music festival called TOOWOOMBUSKA was approved.

🏢 Development Incentive for People First Bank mixed use development in the C*D approved.

04/11/2026

Kochie was in town today with the Brighter Super Team including CEO Kate Farrer (in this first pic with Kochie) members of her Board and Leadership Team.

They were on the ground meeting with our team at Charlton, then City Hall followed by a candid round table discussion hosted by Brighter Super and CEO Jo Sheppard from TSBE . The strength of our regional economy was discussed along with the state of play nationally, with State, Federal and business leaders providing their insights. Brighter Super discussed their recent investments in our region with the purchase of a local feedlot and AgTech business.

Brighter Super is an amalgamation of Local Gov’t Industry Association Super, Energy Super and Suncorp Super. They are a 100% member-owned, not-for-profit industry superannuation fund based in Qld and is the third-largest non-government financial institution in Queensland.

Mayor Geoff McDonald Cr Tim McMahon TRC David Koch Jo Sheppard Colin Ryan Trevor Watts Garth Hamilton 🇭🇲

31/10/2026

🦅 A buffet for birds. This week we made space for a whole lot more rubbish, with the completion of the $13 million expansion of the Cranley Waste Management Centre, adding 500,000m³ of landfill capacity and extending its life by up to five years.

🪏The project involved building two fully lined landfill cells on top of two old ones, maximising existing space and avoiding the need for a new landfill site.

🔥The expansion also enables us to harvest more methane gas from decomposing waste which is converted into electricity to help power our Wetalla Wastewater Reclamation Facility which is pretty cool.

Melissa Taylor Mayor Geoff McDonald Trevor Manteufel Kerry Shine

29/10/2026

A huge THANK YOU to our parks teams. 👏👏 The mowers, tree guys and girls, cleaners, gardeners, irrigators etc who all make our parks look so amazing all year round. Today we had cake to celebrate their efforts. Plenty happens over Carnival but it’s the parks and gardens that are the major draw card.

Mayor Geoff McDonald Cr Carol Taylor Kerry Shine Cr James O'Shea

25/10/2026

Our pipes don’t understand the concept of time. A big thank you to our out of hours teams who fix up these problems at any hour of the day or night. With the recent rain, following the dry, the soil has expanded putting pressure on old pipes and caused the occasional crack. Needless to say our team has been busy. Thanks team!! 👏👏👏👏

If you see something that needs being fixed please call 131872 or use my favourite App Snap Send Solve.

📸 Fiona Ferguson

21/10/2026

Bravo to my colleague Deputy Mayor Councillor Dr Rebecca Vonhoff for putting this motion forward at the LGAQ Annual Conference today (motion below). 👏👏👏👏

On Monday Queensland Police Service spoke to us about personal safety, on the discussion panel were Mayors and Councillors (including Cr Bec), talking about receiving death threats, being followed by stalkers, being mentally and physically abused, horrible situations and circumstances these women had faced in Government. Then later that afternoon we heard the horrendous news of Helen Haines, a woman I didn’t know but to whom I send my strength, courage and support as she battles through surgery and recovery.

I’m not sure what’s happened in the world but the vitriol online and in real life has turned up a notch and it’s just awful. We have people in our community hiding behind fake names, creating fake accounts. The platforms and the State and Federal Governments need to step up and provide protections to ensure these awful situations don’t happen in the first place.

The motion:
130th LGAQ Annual Conference

No. 135 — LGAQ Policy Executive

Equitable Safety and Security Protections for Local Government Elected Members

That the LGAQ calls on the State and Federal governments to:

1. Immediately act to ensure local government mayors and councillors have access to safety and security protections equivalent to those available to State and Federal elected representatives.

2. Urgently review and update relevant legislation to ensure it is contemporary and fit for purpose, including the removal of outdated provisions and the introduction of new or increased penalties where necessary, and

3. Ensure that local government elected members have a seat at the table when considering the necessary policy and regulatory improvements so that all levels of government receive equitable safety and security protections.

4. Ensure adequate State Government resourcing for the Queensland Police Service (QPS), including for critical services such as the Queensland Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (QFTAC), as recommended by the Wieambilla coronial inquest.