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CHRONICLE COLUMN – Backing Our Charities Is Backing Toowoomba’s Future Toowoomba is home to some of the most dedicated and impactful charities in regional Australia—Momentum…

CHRONICLE COLUMN – Empowering the next generation with financial literacy– 20 April 2025 Managing money is a lifelong skill, yet many young Australians enter adulthood…

CHRONICLE COLUMN – Business Conditions– 13 April 2025 Recently Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) indicated that many businesses are more subdued about the year ahead,…

CHRONICLE COLUMN – Embracing Digital Transformation– 8 April 2025 In today’s fast-paced digital world, small businesses must adapt to stay competitive. One powerful tool that…

CHRONICLE COLUMN – EMPOWERING THROUGH CONNECTION – 25 MARCH 2025 The Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce continues to strive to be a pillar of our vibrant…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | UPCOMING FEDERAL ELECTION With a federal election weeks away, it is time to again remind our local candidates and Federal Government politicians…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | 4 MAR 25 | DARLING DOWNS REGIONAL ALLIANCE The Darling Downs Regional Alliance (Alliance) is a collaboration between Chamber and like-minded organisations…

Disability in the workforce roundtable On 20th February, the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Workforce Australia and The Empire, hosted a Disability Round…

Business Risks 2025 John McHail in his Forbes article on the biggest risk for business in 2025, is clear. Clear that how a business manages…

Why not Toowoomba? Toowoomba has long hosted a variety of cultural and community events, such as the Carnival of Flowers, Meatstock, and Red Hot Summer….

CHRONICLE COLUMN: 4 February 2025GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY  Here here, Amanda Rose, CEO, Entrepreneur & Small Business Women Australia. I agree, it’s time to end the war…

CHRONICLE COLUMN: 28 January 2025PRODUCTIVITY GAINS THROUGH REGULATORY REDESIGN  Advocacy work undertaken by the Toowoomba Chamber over the past 12 months has included the ongoing…

CHRONICLE COLUMN – HOLIDAY SEASON – 16 December 2024 What does the festive season mean to you? For some, the festive season is a time…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | BUY LOCAL THIS HOLIDAY SEASON | 10 DECEMBER 2024 In the words of Grice Connect, 50% of small businesses get at least…

6 December 2024 | Media Release Toowoomba Chamber welcomes CBD parking reviewIn March 2024, the Toowoomba Chamber created the Local Government Election Priorities document to…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | A TIME TO REFLECT | 5 DECEMBER 2024 What a Year! In 2024, we, like many of our members have continued to…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION  29 days until Christmas rocks around.  Are you looking forward to it?  Less than six months to another election,…

LOCAL TRAVEL AGENCY GLOBETROTTERS TRAVEL & CRUISE CELEBRATES FOURTH STRAIGHT NATIONAL AWARD WIN Globetrotters Travel & Cruise knows that it’s part of Australia’s finest travel…

8 November 2024 – FUTURE JOBS FUTURE WORKFORCE Jobs Queensland who provides strategic advice to the Queensland Government on future workforce and planning, last week…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | 25 OCTOBER 2024 | LAND OF OPPORTUNITY Toowoomba, the Capital of the Darling Downs and Southwest. Australia’s biggest inland city (other than…

On Saturday night, was an absolute honour to stand before our business community, as the proud naming rights partner for the Business Excellence Awards 2024…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | 2024 STATE ELECTION PRIORITIES  We deserve better.  Help us call for action to boost local business.  We know, Queenslanders depend heavily on…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | HOUSING  Many sectors of the business community understand the impact of a lack of housing.  It is understood the lack of housing…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | RURAL  The Toowoomba region has a rich resource base driven by agriculture and resource management.  Our rural region is abundant with resources,…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | CARNIVAL TIME 2024 It was spring that the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce journey commenced. 12 October 1899 to be precise, stirred into…

 CHRONICLE COLUMN – 19 AUGUST 2024 – PRODUCTIVITY For the third consecutive year, the Toowoomba Performance Sentiment Index Findings of businesses demonstrate that ‘red tape…

CHRONICLE COLUMN – 19 AUGUST 2024 – WHAT ARE WE? In June, I raised a question, which I believe is critical not only to our…

CHRONICLE COLUMN –6 AUGUST 2024 – PAYROLL TAX RATE I think my view is clear, around the discount on the payroll tax rate.  Our identity…

CHRONICLE COLUMN – 29 JULY 2024 – REGIONAL ARTS FACILITY The Toowoomba Chamber is a BIG supporter of a new world class Regional Arts Facility…

The Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce are proud to, once again, present the region’s most prestigious business event of the year – the Little Pig Consulting…

CHRONICLE COLUMN – 2 JULY 2024 – DOWNSSTEAM The Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce heartly congratulates DownsSteam on its recent (May 2024) successful excursion with passengers…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | 25 June 2024 Health is Toowoomba’s biggest employer. It is the fifth biggest industry sector, by business count in Toowoomba. It is…

CHRONICLE COLUMN | 18 June 2024 Labour pains: It’s time for businesses to prepare for the arrival of major workplace reforms The business world’s version…

Are we having an Identity Crisis? Are we part of Southeast Queensland or are we the Capital of the Darling Downs Southwest Queensland?  Maybe we…

28 May 2024 – Engagement With Government We understand that engagement with government, our local, state, and Australian policy makers is an essential part of…

21 May 2024 – Car Parking Fines “Residents could be slugged with $100 fines for failing to pay for parking or overstaying their time as…

14 May 2024 – Australian Government Budget What will the Australian Government budget deliver? Each year, the Toowoomba Chamber in partnership with RSM Australia unpacks…

8 May 2024 | Media ReleaseToowoomba Chamber calls for small business debate Queenslanders depend heavily on small businesses to meet their personal and their family’s…

8 May 2024 – Find Our Collective Voice The Queensland Small Business Commissioner, states that small businesses define our identity as a place, a region,…

The popular Toowoomba Chamber, Emerging Leaders Mentor Program is back for 2024. Designed with the future in mind, this initiative is committed to fostering the…

9 April 2024 – Tax Reform Is it time we get series about tax reform; don’t you think? How about an open and transparent respectful…

25 March 2024 – Future Jobs Is your business planning for the future workplace? The World Economic Forum recently released work and workplace trends to…

19 March 2024 – Damming Infrastructure spending will future proof the region. New catalytic infrastructure grows the economy, and an identified pipeline of projects ensures…

12 March 2024 – Connected or Constricted The Right to Disconnect is the latest IR legislation on everyone’s lips, complete with all the normal misinformation,…

5 March 2024 – Local Government Election Priorities We are an entrepreneurial city, a small business city that is the backbone of the Toowoomba regional…

26 February 2024 – Toowoomba Decides The Chronicle, Triple M, and Toowoomba Chamber have joined forces to bring to the community, Toowoomba Decides. A Town…

Chronicle Column – 19 February 2024 – Disruptive Marketing When was the last Toowoomba Chamber Billboard you noticed? Late January, or early February 2024? Was…