TOOMEY, Dr. Laura C. Dr. Laura C. Toomey, 79, of Bolton, passed away Saturday (July 26, 2008), after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Laura was born in Manchester, daughter of Olive and David Toomey and was a lifelong Bolton resident. She leaves her brothers, David C. Toomey, Jr. and his wife, Mae, Paul […]
In the morning, His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC CVO completed his term as the 26th Governor of Queensland and, with Mrs Kaye de Jersey, departed Government House, following a formal Farewell Parade, attended by the Deputy Premier of Queensland, the Honourable Steven Miles MP; Chief Justice of Queensland, the Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Holmes AC; the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Honourable Curtis Pitt MP; the Leader of the Opposition, Mr David Crisafulli MP; Representing the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Councillor Steven Toomey; President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; the Honourable David Thomas; Commander 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters, Australian Army, Major General Jake Ellwood DSC AM; Commander, Headquarters Combat Support Group, Royal Australian Air Force, Air Commodore Veronica Tyler; Commander, Navy Headquarters South Queensland, Captain Phillipa Hay CSC and Bar RAN; Queensland Police Service Commissioner Katarina Car