Locals Recognised In Honours

FLASHBACK: Then-Mayor Keith Campbell and Cr Ros Heit at a Wondai Region Art Gallery opening in 2018

January 26, 2026

A former South Burnett Mayor and the current Deputy Mayor have both been awarded Medals of the Order of Australia (OAMs) in the 2026 Australia Day Honours List.

Former Mayor Keith Campbell has been recognised for service to Local Government and to the community of the South Burnett.

Deputy Mayor Ros Heit has been recognised for her service to the community through a range of organisations.

(The full citations for Mr Campbell and Cr Heit are below.)

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Nanango State Emergency Service Group Leader Amanda Johnson has also been recognised in the 2026 Honours List.

Amanda was awarded an Emergency Services Medal (ESM) for distinguished service as a member of an Australian Emergency Service.

She has been a member of the SES for more than 16 years.

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Also recognised is a former Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council administration employee.

Floyd Leedie, who lives in Brisbane, received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division for significant service to Indigenous health in Queensland.

Mr Leedie has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Goondir Health Service since 2008, and before that was Chief Financial Officer from 2001-2007.

He was a Director of Darling Downs and West Moreton Medicare Local from 2012-2015.

Mr Leedie attended Murgon State High School and worked at Cherbourg Council in various roles from 1986 to 1994.

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Keith Campbell – Full Citation

Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division for service to local government, and to the community of South Burnett.

South Burnett Regional Council (formerly Kingaroy Shire Council)

Mayor, 2016-2020
Deputy Mayor, 2008-2016
Councillor, South Burnett, 2008-2020
Councillor, Kingaroy, 1999-2008
Former Chair, Water Security for South Burnett Committee
Former Chair, Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation Committee
Former Chair, South Burnett Directions Committee
Former Chair, Planning and Land Management Committee
Former Chair, Economic Development and Tourism Committee
Former Chair, Finance Committee
Former Chair, Audit Committee
Former Chair, Local Disaster Management Committee
Former Chair, Police and Community Consultative Committee
Former Deputy Chair, Wide Bay Burnett Regional Organisation of Councils
Former Ambassador, Kingaroy Transformation Project
Former Council Representative, Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce
Former Council Representative, Peanut Festival Committee

Kingaroy and South Burnett Lutheran Parish

Chair, Orana Homes for the Aged Committee, St John’s Lutheran Church, 1989-1995
Former Chair, Executive Committee
Former Treasurer, Executive Committee
Former Member, Executive Committee
Former Member, State Committee for Youth and Aged Care
Parishioner, current

South Burnett Care

Former Deputy President
Former Board Member

Community

Independent Chair, RES Tarong West Wind Farm Community Consultative Committee, current
Independent Chair, Coopers Gap Community Consultative Committee, current
Member, Kingaroy Hospital Auxiliary Committee, current
Member, The Pantry Steering Committee, Kingaroy, current
Former President, Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Former President, Kingaroy Meals on Wheels
Former President, Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation
President, Kingaroy State High School Parents and Citizens Association, 1996-1998
Patron, Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen’s Association, South Burnett Branch, 2017-2020s
Patron, Vietnam Veterans’ Association, South Burnett Branch, 2017-2020s
Former Patron, Australian Pensioner and Superannuants’ League
Former Chair, Kingaroy Stakeholder Consultative Group
Former Board Member, Eva’s Place Management Committee, 2020s
Board Member, South Burnett CTC Incorporated, late 2000s-early 2010s
Former Board Member, Lady Bjelke-Petersen Community Hospital
Former Board Member, St Aubyn’s Hospital
Former Board Member, Centacare Family and Relationship Services Kingaroy
Former Board Member, St John’s Lutheran School
Former Board Member, South Queensland Institute of TAFE Board of Management
Former Member, Rotary Club of Kingaroy
Former Secretary, Burnett District Council of Queensland Grain Growers Association
Former Secretary, Bjelke-Petersen Research Station Foundation Committee
Former Member, Red Earth Community Foundation
Former Member, Kingaroy Police Consultative Committee
Former Member, Kingaroy Christmas Carnival Committee
Former Member, Kingaroy Australia Day Event Committee
Former Member, South Burnett Healthy Communities Committee
Former Member, South Burnett Community Network
Former Member, Wide Bay Burnett Area Consultative Committee
Justice of the Peace, since 1983