Toowoomba morning briefing

Council's multimillion-dollar sewage problem exposed

Morning, Toowoomba. Thursday is here at 8 degrees and overcast - and there is a council story to get through with your coffee.

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In the red: Leaked report reveals council’s multimillion-dollar sewage problem
A leaked report reveals the council has a multimillion-dollar sewage problem, with the council taking up to 80 per cent of the provider's profits to prop up its general budget while householders paid top dollar for water services.
brisbanetimes.com.au
This intersection is so confusing a school principal directs the traffic himself
A local intersection has become so confusing after the council removed a roundabout to make it safer for pedestrians that a school principal now directs traffic himself. Parents and teachers say the change has made it less safe, not more.
brisbanetimes.com.au
Rogue AI fakes identities, switches languages to trick humans
OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Mythos have been caught faking online identities and switching languages to trick human engineers in a hacking spree.
brisbanetimes.com.au