Council Re-Leases
Kingaroy Swimming Pool
The South Burnett Regional Council will retain its existing Kingaroy Pool managers for another two years.
Council Re-Leases
Council To Widen Road
The South Burnett Regional Council will begin widening a stretch of Kumbia Brooklands Road on Monday (September 12).
Weather Forecaster Predicts Wet Summer
Organisers of this year’s high school formals and Christmas carnivals should begin preparing now for wet weather events.
Free Talk By Famous Forecaster
Long range weather forecaster Hayden Walker will be appearing at Wooroolin Hall on Tuesday
Council Seeks Outstanding Residents
Do you know an outstanding South Burnett resident or community group? If so, the South Burnett Regional Council would like to hear from you.
Memerambi Roadworks Completed
The South Burnett Regional Council confirmed on Thursday that infrastructure servicing Memerambi Estate residential lots fronting the Bunya Highway reached practical completion last week.
Council To Hold Special Meeting
A Special Meeting of the South Burnett Regional Council has been called for next Wednesday (September 7) at the Council Chambers in Glendon Street, Kingaroy.
Councillors Send A Message To Canberra
South Burnett councillors and senior staff have enjoyed an opportunity to “bend some ears in Canberra”
Court Ruling A ‘Two-Edged Sword’
Queensland Ministers now have the ability to direct the independent Queensland Industrial Relations Commission to change awards if they don’t like them.
Graduates On The Right Track
Another 10 trainees have graduated from South Burnett CTC’s Community Work Skills Project working on the South Burnett Rail Trail project.
New Optus Tower For Benair
Optus has been given permission to erect a new tower at 225 Benair Road, Benair.
Seniors Celebrate In Style
About 200 people packed into Proston Community Hall on Thursday to enjoy lunch and celebrate Queensland Seniors Week.
Complaints Review Recommends Changes
People who lodge frivolous or vexatious complaints against Councillors – especially during election periods – could face heavy fines under a series of reforms being considered by the State Government.
What’s In It For The South Burnett?
Councillor Ros Heit was impressed with what she saw on a recent AGL-funded tour of two wind farms in Victoria, but fears anyone expecting a long-term economic boost from the $1 billion Coopers Gap project will be sadly mistaken.
Dog Owners Will Receive A Freebie
The South Burnett Regional Council’s return to six-monthly rates notices will have an unexpected bonus for dog owners – a free month of registration.
Four Get Grants In Funding Round
Insufficient attention to detail proved the undoing of more than half the groups that applied to the first round of this year’s Mayor’s Community Benefit Fund.
Council To Push For
More B-Double Routes
The South Burnett Regional Council will ask the Local Government Association Of Queensland to join its push to open up more local roads for B-Doubles.
Golf Club Swaps To Recycled Water
Kingaroy Golf Club will be the first local sports club to benefit from recycled water produced by Kingaroy’s new waste water treatment plant.
Councillors See Heavy Vehicles In Action
A heavy transport demonstration day was organised in Bundaberg on Friday for local councils
Crowd Votes Down Mine … Again
South Burnett residents attending a forum organised by the Kingaroy Concerned Citizens Group have again voted almost unanimously against Moreton Resources’ proposed coal mine near Coolabunia
