December 19, 2025
South Burnett Online will be taking a short break between Friday, December 19, and Sunday, January 18.
We will return to normal updating on January 19.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers and advertisers a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
While we’re away we’ll continue to broadcast some subjects (such as our live TV program schedules, weather reports and public notices from the South Burnett Regional Council).
We will also be posting occasional news updates if important stories break.
Our normal phone and email contacts will be open throughout the break should you need to get in touch with us.
And, naturally, we will be back at our desks immediately if a major news story breaks.
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We would also like to thank you, our loyal readers, for your ongoing support of the South Burnett’s only 100 per cent locally owned, locally run daily newspaper.
In 2025, we underwent a major change with the formation of a not-for-profit association to take over the running of the newspaper.
This should ensure it can continue to operate long into the future.
This association – Burnett News Inc – has been formed but there is still some legal red tape to untangle before it is fully functioning.
During this holiday break, another major change will also be happening with South Burnett Online.
We are shifting out of the main office at the South Burnett Enterprise Centre into Office 5.
This is a genuine case of “back to the future”, as Office 5 is where the late Dafyd Martindale originally launched South Burnett Online 25 years ago.
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Since we moved to a daily news format in April 2012 we have published 26,938 articles, 6871 comments (the 21st century version of Letters To The Editor) and more than 60,000 images, nearly all of them about the South Burnett or about issues that could directly affect the people who live here.
Every week an average of between 30,000 and 35,000 people visit us to find out about local news and – thanks to our advertising supporters – are able to do it for free.
So after a brief break, we’ll be back in 2026 to do it all over again.
And, hopefully, even better!
