With less than a week to go until the water poll the Toowoomba City Council’s Water Futures team will be holding a media briefing each and every day in the lead up. Today’s briefing will be at Picnic Point and further information will be made available on future briefings as soon as possible.

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As the count down continues to Toowoomba’s water poll, Mayor Dianne Thorley today stood at the peak of our city and put the water recycling project in perspective.

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With one week to go until the water poll the Toowoomba City Council is giving residents of Toowoomba three final opportunities to find out more about the Water Futures proposal so they can make an informed decision on July 29.

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As the date looms for the Water Poll, Mayor Dianne Thorley decides it is time to put to bed the many rumours about her that are being spread by the opposition, causing worry in the community.

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In another significant last minute announcement from City Hall, Mayor Dianne Thorley and Toowoomba City Council Chief Executive Officer Philip Spencer told reporters that their education campaign would receive state and federal funding.

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The Mayor released an independent report today that details the cost to the ratepayer of Water Futures and other purported water supply options for Toowoomba.

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The Queensland Greens are currently campaigning in Toowoomba to support the “Yes" case for the Water Futures poll and will bring a bus load of supporters to the city on July 29 to hand out ‘how to vote’ cards.

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In her final address to Toowoomba residents before the water poll, Mayor Dianne Thorley restated that all viable options were being used.

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Mayor Dianne Thorley will be casting her vote at 8am when the polling opens tomorrow morning at Harlaxton State School.

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Toowoomba has been recognised for its outstanding commitment to the principles and practical implementation of sustainable development and initiatives. Key to those initiatives and a reason behind the Environmental Innovation Award, as part of the Ergon Energy Tidy Towns competition, is the Water Futures – Toowoomba project.

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Toowoomba City Council welcomed the results of the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce survey which showed significant support for the Water Futures Project. Fifty seven percent of the businesses surveyed supported the project with forty percent opposing it and three percent abstaining.

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Follow the links to the print material that was used in both the education and voting campaigns in the lead up to the 29 July 2006 referendum on water recycling in Toowoomba.  If you wish to receive copies of these, and the TV and radio adverts that were used through the campaign email please contact us.

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For links to print material used in both the education and voting campains in the lead up to the 29 July 2006 referendum on water recyclining in Toowoomba please contact us.

Mayor Dianne Thorley today welcomed the release of a Queensland Government report into Toowoomba’s water options. “This  report proves what we have been saying for months, that no other option is as viable as Water Futures, on the grounds of cost, sustainability and environmental impact,” Cr Thorley said.

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It's time for a Realistic Approach

Nursery and Garden Industry Queensland, (NGIQ), has joined the debate on the controversial Toowoomba Water Futures plan, urging residents of the garden city to vote yes on July 29th.

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A recent survey of Toowoomba’s accommodation industry found 71% were in support of Toowoomba City Council’s Water Futures Project.
Fifty-eight businesses responded to the survey which included nearly all of the hotels, motels, caravan parks, apartments and B&B’s. The survey results are attached.

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WHAT: Launch of Water Futures Video and Interactive Computer Program
DATE: Friday June 16, 2006
TIME: 9am – 10am
WHERE: Toowoomba State High School, Wilsonton Campus
WHO: Mayor Cr Dianne Thorley

BACKGROUND: Mayor Dianne Thorley will be launching an interactive computer program about water with a Year 10 class at Toowoomba State High School.

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Toowoomba City Council is holding two water forums this Saturday, June 10.

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It’s clean, it’s safe and Toowoomba City Council is giving you the chance to taste it for yourself. Council will bring out the 100% recycled purified water for tasting at their stall on Sunday at World Environment Day celebrations at Lake Annand. “Some people wrongly believe we are asking them to drink sewage,” Cr Joe Ramia, with the portfolio for water, said. “What we are recycling is the water.”

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Today deliveries began of a brochure that explains how our water will be recycled as part of the Water Futures project.

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