Chinchilla traders 'rebirth' after floods
The new chief executive officer of the Chinchilla Chamber of Commerce and Industry says one of his first tasks will be convincing the state the region is back on its feet after the floods.
View ArticleChamber hopes for 'super shopping precinct' nod
The Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce and Industry says approval of a $300 million shopping centre in the city's CBD will be key to restoring business confidence in the region.
View ArticleDecision looms on new shopping complex
The developers of a Toowoomba shopping centre say they are pleased their proposal has the support of council planners.
View ArticleCampbell's Cash and Carry jobs to go
A distribution company says 43 workers will lose their jobs if it goes ahead with plans to close two Queensland Campbell's Cash and Carry stores.
View ArticleWarehouse closure a 'blow to local economy'
The southern Queensland chamber of commerce says job security in the retail sector is the worst it has ever seen.
View ArticleRetailer vows to fight shopping centre plans
A developer says it is confident of overcoming a legal challenge to a shopping centre it is building in Toowoomba's north.
View ArticleRoadworks pave way for retail surge
The Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce says extensive roadworks in the region have delivered a much-needed economic boost to local traders.
View ArticleCampbell's Wholesale shuts doors
An economics professor says regional economies are at risk as businesses centralise to larger cities.
View ArticleColes, Woolies 'deliberately killing competition'
A report by Master Grocers Australia alleges Coles and Woolworths are building oversized supermarkets to lock out competitors.
View ArticleRegions face 'antiquated' trading hours
A shop owners' lobby group says many parts of regional Queensland are stuck in the Dark Ages with restrictive trading hours.
View ArticleChamber opposes further extending retail hours
The Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce says there is no need to extend trading hours in the city.
View ArticleCall for Western Downs disaster aid
A southern Queensland mayor says he wants a federal disaster payment scheme extended to his shire.
View ArticleChinchilla traders resilient in wake of floods
Chinchilla's chamber of commerce says many local shops were still recovering from previous floods when the most recent natural disaster struck the southern Queensland town.
View ArticleBundaberg residents hear flood update
Some North Bundaberg residents will be allowed to inspect their flood-ravaged homes and businesses this afternoon.
View ArticleFurther flood peak for Condamine
The flood situation is easing across southern Queensland.
View ArticlePolice put brakes on truckies' load limit breaches
Toowoomba police say truck drivers who ignore load limits are risking further damage to the road.
View ArticleRelocation being considered for Laidley homes
Lockyer Valley Mayor Steve Jones says the council is considering the relocation of up to 100 homes in Laidley, west of Brisbane, to avoid future flood disasters.
View ArticleCondamine River height 'still a huge concern'
Authorities in Condamine, on southern Queensland's Western Downs, say they are hopeful the river will not get any higher than its current level.
View ArticleCondamine roads reopen
All roads have now opened to the town of Condamine on Queensland's Western Downs.
View ArticleNewman says post-flood economy will bounce
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says the economic impact of the recent floods will not be as bad as after the 2010-11 disaster.
View ArticleNumbers looking stronger for Qld retail sector
Queensland's retail sector has picked up pace over the past month, according to the latest retail trade figures.
View ArticleDairyfarmers cautiously welcome supermarket milk supply deal
The Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation (QDO) says Coles may be trying to buy its way out of tougher industry regulation with new supply deals.
View ArticleTaxpayers fund KFC recycling bins in Qld
Queensland's Opposition says it is hard to stomach the State Government's reasons for giving $40,000 to fast food giant KFC. The Newman Government is contributing the money towards a project to install...
View ArticleDairy farmer to sell own milk
A dairy farmer on Queensland's Scenic Rim, west of the Gold Coast, is taking on the supermarket giants, by selling his milk directly to the public.
View ArticleGiant shopping complex plan attracts 13 objections
The Toowoomba Regional Council Mayor says just 13 objectors stand in the way of a massive shopping complex in the city.
View ArticleCitrus lobby backs fine for Coles over mislabelled imports
Citrus Australia has welcomed a ruling to fine Coles after it was found to be falsely advertising imported produce as locally grown.
View ArticleSupermarket restrictions urged to help ease dairy farmers' milk price pain
A Queensland dairy auctioneer says more farmers are leaving the industry because supermarket milk prices are still too low.
View ArticlePopping into the pop up supermarket
As apple and grape pickers descend on Stanthorpe, specialty shops pop up in the main street.
View ArticleToowoomba business chamber says no need for trading hours review
The Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce says further extending trading hours would not work on southern Queensland's Darling Downs.
View ArticleTarget closure a 'disaster' for Charleville
A south-west Queensland mayor says a decision by retailer Target to close its Charleville store will have a disastrous impact on the town.
View ArticleCharleville Target workers told of looming closure
Retailer Target says any potential new site for a shop in a south-west Queensland community would need to be commercially viable for the company to operate.
View ArticleCharleville store targeted to close amid 'profitability' doubts
Retailer Target says it has plans to close 15 stores around Australia but it will look to expand its network as well.
View ArticleCharleville council keen to make up for lost retailers
A south-west Queensland mayor says his council has written to 20 big retailers to try and entice them to the community.
View ArticleOutback mayor laments Crazy Clarks closure
Longreach Mayor Joe Owens says he is hopeful another retailer will replace a discount store set to close its doors this week.
View ArticleBusiness chamber says store closures no reflection on Charleville
The Charleville Chamber of Commerce says the closure of two major retailers in the town has nothing to do with the town or the drought.
View ArticleParking in Toowoomba? The clock starts now!
Forget flowers, the talk of the garden city is all about car parks.
View ArticleFears drought to impact on Christmas trading in Qld's southern inland
A local business group in southern Queensland says the region is facing a tough Christmas trading period mainly because of the drought.
View ArticleSouth Burnett council to accept tender for Blackbutt supermarket project
A new supermarket could open in Blackbutt, in southern Queensland's South Burnett, by the end of next year.
View ArticleNational Op Shop Week: 'It's become a way of life'
The message from volunteers at Toowoomba's largest op shop is that buying second-hand clothes is 'for everybody'.
View ArticleRegional southern Queensland retailers allowed to open on Boxing Day thanks...
Retailers in southern Queensland regional centres will now be able to trade on the Boxing Day public holiday.
View ArticleLife as a vintage spendthrift: how to embrace the thrill of the chase
Just like the vintage clothes she finds at her local second hand store, Angie Wright has reclaimed the term spendthrift to make it her own, and hopes others will embrace the "excitement" of not buying...
View ArticleSeparating ripe and unripe fruit eases the squeeze on avocados in...
A new initiative to stop shoppers squeezing avocados to test ripeness results in a halving of bruised fruit and higher avocado sales.
View ArticleSmall town shops are struggling, but some regional Australian cities are...
The main drag was once the heart and soul of many regional Australian cities, but if you walk through a town's central business district these days, you will often see for lease signs and shuttered up...
View ArticleDollar milk: The numbers, the dairy processors, and the supermarket deals...
When the chief of Australia's largest dairy processor this week said $1 milk "doesn't make any f**king sense", years of lobbying by farmers were thrust back into view.
View ArticleVegetable prices on the rise after floods, drought and heat cause supply cuts
After floods in Queensland and continuing drought in other parts of the country, the supply of vegetables is being hit hard and prices are rising.
View ArticleDairy farmers work towards $1.50-a-litre milk, as more supermarkets lift...
As the supermarkets lift the price of their milk after years of discounting, dairy farmers believe that it is still way too cheap.
View ArticleDonald Trump's trade war with China is causing Australian wool prices to drop
It's not just stockbrokers who are watching the China and US trade war Australia's wool market has fallen to its lowest level in a year-and-a-half due to uncertainty surrounding tariffs.
View ArticleDairy farmer makes one final plea for milk price to increase to $1.50 a litre...
A Queensland dairy farmer says the only way the industry will survive is if people pay $1.50 a litre, with production costs skyrocketing in the drought.
View ArticleMilk price increases at supermarkets fail to reach struggling dairy farmers...
Dairy farmers say they are devastated a 10-cents-a-litre increase in the retail price of milk in July has not been passed on to them.
View ArticleDairy farmer says exodus could have been prevented if supermarkets passed on...
Another Queensland dairy farmer forced to send his herd to the meatworks says it may not have come to that if major supermarkets had passed on milk price increases.
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