Real Unemployment Rate
Higher Than ABS Reports
Australia’s real unemployment for May was 9.8% with 1.284 million Australians looking for work, according to the latest data from Roy Morgan Research.
Australia’s real unemployment for May was 9.8% with 1.284 million Australians looking for work, according to the latest data from Roy Morgan Research.
As tipped in October last year, hardware giant Bunnings is coming to Kingaroy, planning a $15 million retail development on the edge of town.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington says the State Government has slashed funding to the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme.
Three oral expressions of interest have so far been received by the South Burnett Regional Council to take over the operations of Ringsfield House in Nanango.
The South Burnett Regional Council is seeking a new operator for the Blackbutt Memorial Hall.
This year’s Dinner With The Captains will have a new guest sports star following the surprise withdrawal of former NRL great Petero Civoniceva this week.
Egg Tart, the stylish heroine of last Saturday’s Queensland Oaks, is not the only link the key contest has with the South Burnett.
Two young Kingaroy soccer players will be embarking on the trip of a lifetime to Germany and France next Thursday.
Member for Maranoa David Littleproud has urged South Burnett organisations to become involved in the Local Drug Action Team (LDAT) program being set up around Australia by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members are being encouraged to “tackle the flu” this season by visiting a mobile vaccination clinic at Kingaroy Hospital on June 13.
Nanango State School students were introduced to futsal last Thursday when two regional coaches visited the school.
Immunisation rates of children have risen slightly over the past three years but there are still 51 five-year-olds in the Burnett region who have no protection.
Rollout schedules for mobile phone towers to be built under Round 2 of the Federal Government’s $220 million Mobile Black Spot program have been released.
A motorcycle rider has died following a single vehicle crash at Wamuran.
The Federal Government has allocated just over $1.6 million extra to the Rural Financial Counselling Service ahead of the first farmers losing the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) next month.
The Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery is getting ready for an influx of country crafters over the next two months.
On Monday, June 5 Kilcoy Bowls Club hosted the Ladies One Day Fours, which were sponsored by the club and Bowlers Paradise, and the winners came from all over the place.
Young Cherbourg sporting all-rounder Traevonnah Fisher made an impression on selectors at the Central Division Junior Rugby League selection trials held in Gladstone at the weekend.
Queensland Health will implement all recommendations from an Ombudsman’s report designed to improve the administration of the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme.
With the unseasonably warm weather hanging around for quite some time the cold weather gear hadn’t had to make much of an appearance until lately.