The comfortable attire of South Burnett councillors at this week’s Council meeting had nothing to do with their relaxed country ways … it was actually part of a worldwide campaign against sexual violence in the community.
Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE) will be hosting an information evening in Chinchilla next month for potential suppliers to the Wambo Wind Farm project.
The death toll from COVID-19 in the Darling Downs Health region has risen to 27, with two more fatalities reported by Queensland Health on Wednesday.
Why did Australians go to Gallipoli? That’s the question a special presentation by local author Dr Les Henning hopes to answer on Friday morning.
It wasn’t the prettiest car on the track – and a Chrysler Centura doesn’t usually spring to mind as a race car – but the combination was just right for Mareeba driver Matt Smith to take home the National Production Sedan Title at the Kingaroy Speedway on Sunday night.
Wondai’s annual Autumn Garden Expo attracted large crowds at the weekend, with cars parked along both sides of the Bunya Highway.
A Holden ute stolen from a property on Redmans Road in Kingaroy in the early hours of Saturday was found burnt out in Coolabunia later the same day.
The Kingaroy Men’s Shed volunteers are still working out how much they have raised for the LifeFlight Foundation at their recent dinner under the stars, but they received a surprise gift back on Tuesday morning.
Nanango Show Society is “very happy” with this year’s event, despite still having to run under the “green tick” vaccination mandate.
A motorbike rider has been flown to hospital in a serious condition after a collision with a vehicle near Woolooga on Monday afternoon.
Police are asking for public assistance to help locate 59-year-old Barry Smith who has been missing from South Nanango since Saturday night.
Ms Annette Scott has been appointed Chief Executive of the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service after acting in the role for more than six months.
The Nanango Tourism and Development Association invited the four candidates who will be contesting the upcoming Division 1 South Burnett Regional Council by-election to speak at a forum held in Nanango on Thursday night.
Cherbourg Council hosted visitors from the Australian Army on Thursday to discuss possible career pathways into the Australian Defence Force for local young people.
South Burnett Regional Council has launched an “advocacy plan” to help it push its case with Federal and State MPs.
BlazeAid’s Murgon camp has received another boost in funds from a flood recovery fundraising breakfast.
Irrigators – and future irrigators – in the Burnett region have been urged to fill out an online survey by May 15.
The next round of the State Government’s Business Basics grants will open on May 4.
Yarraman residents are being asked to consider a new location for the town’s War Memorial Cenotaph.
South Burnett Regional Council has reminded landholders that the use of 1080 meat baits must comply with Queensland Health standards.
