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South Burnett Local News Headlines SOUTH BURNETT NETWORK UPDATES The South Burnett Online network comprises a large number of South Burnett web sites which broadcast news and/or content updates on a regular basis. You can find out what's happening on our regional network any day of the week through this newsfeed. It lists the latest updates on the South Burnett Online network and - in most cases - provides direct hyperlinks so that you can follow up any story you're interested in. Council Says It Kept Confidentiality 01-Sep-10: The SBRC has denied that it breached confidentiality by publishing a list of preferred plant and equipment suppliers in its latest minutes (see story 27-Aug-10). An SBRC spokesperson said yesterday that the list itself wasn't confidential - just the prices that suppliers will offer - and these prices remain a secret. Woman Jailed For $20 Kilkivan Petrol Theft 31-Aug-10: A 34 year old woman has been jailed for 2 months for stealing $20 worth of petrol from a Kilkivan service station. The Maryborough Magistrates Court heard the theft was just one of a series committed by Tanya Louise Jones, who already has 20 convictions for stealing, shoplifting and fraud. Read more on the Fraser Coast Chronicle Local Girl To Represent South Burnett In India 31-Aug-10: CTC's Murgon office manager Katina Leedie has been selected as one of 12 Australians to attend Oxfam's International Youth Partnership Conference in India later this year. Only 300 delegates from 127 countries will attend the New Delhi conference, so it's a rare honour for the South Burnett as well. Read the press release by clicking here Cougar To Meet With DERM This Week 31-Aug-10: Cougar Energy will meet with State Govt officials this week to find out what extra info they want so the company can get its Kingaroy UCG plant operating again. DERM declined to accept an environmental report that Cougar provided on August 16 but failed to say why. Read more on the SouthBurnett.Biz Police Catch Bank Robbery Suspect At Bus Stop 30-Aug-10: Police have charged a 24-year-old man from Westlake in Brisbane over the robbery of the Heritage Building Society in Kingaroy on Saturday morning. Police caught up with the man at a bus stop on Sunday, waiting for a ride out of Kingaroy. Read more on the Courier-Mail Council Publishes Confidential List On Net 27-Aug-10: The SBRC has published a list of preferred plant and equipment suppliers on the Net that it had intended to keep confidential. The list was published as an oversight in a draft of the Council's August 25th minutes. You can see what the SBRC thinks you don't have a right to see on pages 97 to 109 of the latest SBRC Minutes (5.8Mb) Cougar Unclear On State Government Requirements 27-Aug-10: Cougar Energy said today that it was at a loss to explain why the State Govt has rejected its environmental evaluation of its Kingaroy UCG project. Cougar MD Len Walker says it's still not clear what information the company hasn't supplied. He said the company will make further enquiries with the State Govt. Read more on the ABC's website Mayor Says Cougar And DERM Too Tight-Lipped 27-Aug-10: SBRC Mayor David Carter says that he's frustrated at a lack of information from both Cougar Energy and the State Govt about how water contamination occurred at Cougar's UCG plant in Kingaroy last month. He's called for better information flows from both of them to ease residents' concerns. Read more on the The Chronicle Woolooga Publicans Are Worlds Oldest 27-Aug-10: Twins Brendan and Bill Clark-Coolee, who run the Woolooga Hotel, are probably the world's oldest publicans according to the ABC. The men, both 79, have run the hotel for 22 years and are planning their 80th birthdays in 2011 with no thought of retirement. Read more about them on the ABC's website 11% Of Goomeri At Risk Of Dengue Fever 27-Aug-10: Gympie Regional Council has been told. that a house to house inspection in Goomeri for mosquitos carrying potentially deadly dengue fever has found them in 10 of 90 homes surveyed so far. The council will continue inspections in October and attempt to wipe the mosquitos out by March 2011. 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