Junior Cricketers Keen To Play
Junior cricket appears to be thriving in the South Burnett; every weekend there are Stage 2 and Stage 3 games played and younger players are also regularly turning out in the senior competition.
Work To Start Soon On $5.5m Project
Construction of the new $5.5 million Yarraman Waste Management Facility is set to begin within weeks.
Goomeri Honours Life Members
A heavy rainstorm couldn’t stop the Goomeri & District Show Society from honouring five new Life Members in a special ceremony on Thursday night.
MP Quizzed Over Palliative Care
Kingaroy’s new hospital has one room set aside for palliative care but does not have any dedicated palliative care staff, Health Minister Yvette D’ath admitted this week.
Paradise Dam May Spill: Sunwater
Sunwater has issued an alert that Paradise Dam, near Bundaberg, may spill water in coming days due to rainfall in catchment.
Police Seize Cannabis Plants
Police have charged a 39-year-old man with drug and other offences after they searched a Runnymede property on Tuesday.
Kingaroy Hoon Fined $716
A hoon whose driving interrupted Kingaroy’s Remembrance Day commemoration service on Thursday has lost his car for 90 days.
Man Swept Away By Flash Flood
A man has been safely rescued after his vehicle was swept off Darley Crossing Road by flash-flooding at Brooklands on Friday morning.
Warning … Wanita’s On Her Way!
The star of an awarded documentary will be coming to Kingaroy next week for a special screening and a no-holds-barred Q&A with the audience.
$22m Expansion Unveiled In Kingaroy
Australia’s first de-fatted nut flour production facility is set to be built in Kingaroy, creating almost a hundred ongoing permanent jobs in the region.
Kingaroy Remembers, Lest We Forget
The rain held off for Kingaroy’s annual commemoration of Remembrance Day at the Rotunda in Memorial Park on Thursday.
Students Take Bull By The Horns
Year 9 and 10 STEM students at Saint Mary’s Catholic College in Kingaroy have been working on solutions for common problems faced by farmers.
Boost For Sub-Branch
Murgon RSL Sub-Branch will almost $5000 from the Federal Government’s “Building Excellence in Support and Training” (BEST) grants program.
Ag Minister Defends Visa Scheme
Agriculture Minister and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud has defended the Federal Government’s new Ag Visa program after criticism from the Labor Party.
Pink Power Raises Almost $9000
This year’s Pinking Up The South Burnett fundraiser has raised nearly $9000 for the McGrath Foundation.
Help The Salvos Help Others
The Kingaroy Visitor Information Centre is now accepting donations for the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal.
Premier Praises Cherbourg ‘Positivity’
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk praised Cherbourg Council and the positivity she had seen in the community, when she visited the town on Wednesday.
GH Clothing Opens For Business
GH Clothing Co quietly opened its doors in Murgon on Monday, filling the gap left when the town’s Target Country store closed this year.
Where To Get Vaxxed
There are plenty of opportunities for residents in the South Burnett to get vaccinated against COVID-19 over the next few days, with “pop-up” clinics popping up everywhere!
GPs Issue Warning About Vax Rates
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has warned that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are at increased risk due to dangerously lagging COVID-19 vaccination rates.
