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The 2020 Queensland local elections were held on 28 March 2020 to elect the mayors and councils of the 77 local government areas in Queensland, Australia. [ 1 ] The elections were held in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic , and on the same day as the state by-elections in Bundamba and Currumbin .
2024 Queensland local elections: Toowoomba Regional Council [8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent LNP: Rebecca Vonhoff (elected) 77,397 7.96 +1.87 Independent: James O'Shea (elected) 60,790 6.25 +0.86 Independent: Melissa Taylor (elected) 60,401 6.21 +1.56 Independent Labor: Kerry Shine (elected) 58,902 6.06 +0.78 Independent: Gary ...
This is a list of mayors of the City of Toowoomba and the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In March 2008 the City of Toowoomba was amalgamated with the Shires of Crows Nest, Rosalie, Jondaryan, Cambooya, Clifton, Millmerran, and Pittsworth to form the Toowoomba Region.
Toowoomba, (governed by the Toowoomba Regional Council), throughout the last twenty years has seen the rapid growth of satellite towns and an expanding urban fringe in the surrounding localities of Crows Nest, Cambooya, Cooyar and Oakey. Urbanisation has changed the demographics of the Toowoomba Region significantly, displacing their centres of ...
While most free-fall rides have a shoulder harness and a seatbelt, the Orlando Free Fall ride had only an over-the-shoulder harness. Mother: Son's death on Florida ride could've been prevented ...
With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Toowoomba became a town council on 31 March 1903. On 29 October 1904, Toowoomba was proclaimed a City. [5] The Toowoomba Region also encompassed four of Queensland's 74 divisions created under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 on 11 November 1879: Clifton, Highfields, Jondaryan and Rosalie. On 31 ...
Orlando Slingshot, which operates the 400-foot Freefall ride, announced on Thursday that the ride would be shut down for good in wake of the deadly incident. “We are devastated by Tyre’s death.
Prior to his election to the mayoralty, McDonald served as a councillor for the Toowoomba Region between 2012 and 2023, and as deputy mayor since 2020. He is the son of former Queensland State of Origin coach and administrator John McDonald .