Volunteers Receive Long Service Awards
Many of the South Burnett’s most used community facilities – like our visitor information centres, art galleries, museums and libraries – are run by volunteers.
Many of the South Burnett’s most used community facilities – like our visitor information centres, art galleries, museums and libraries – are run by volunteers.
South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann says he’s frustrated about a decision by the State Government to change current planning laws.
The fate of the failed Memerambi Estate should finally be known next week.
The State Government released details today of new funding programs which its says will pump $200 million over the next two years into regional projects.
The third annual Mayor’s Ball, held in Kingaroy on Saturday, was packed with surprises … not the least of which were the $6500 bid for former Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s old gavel and the $40,000 raised overall on the night.
Mayor Wayne Kratzmann announced on Saturday night that he will not re-stand for the position of South Burnett Mayor at the next Council election.
Keen cooks, photographers and adventurers can get to meet a very unusual man at the Nanango, Proston and Kingaroy libraries next month.
The Mayor’s Gala Charity Ball in Kingaroy this Saturday will have a very rare item up for auction
Sometimes not everything goes to plan at an historic moment, as South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann found out on Tuesday when he tried to turn the first sod on construction of Murgon’s new swimming pool complex
South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann will be travelling to Brisbane on Wednesday for emergency talks over the fate of the South Burnett Private Hospital.
The Wondai Regional Art Gallery is preparing to return home in June after a four-month absence
The South Burnett Regional Council today hosted an activity to help acknowledge Domestic Violence Awareness Month (May).
Council engineers from throughout south-west Queensland have been meeting in Kingaroy for the past two days to network, swap ideas and speak to suppliers.
Temporary changes at the Drayton / Fitzroy street intersection are confusing some drivers who have been used to stopping in the middle of the road when turning.
Mayor Wayne Kratzmann says he is gutted by Friday’s news the South Burnett Private Hospital will close on June 30
A decision by the Federal Government to freeze Financial Assistance Grants (FAGs) to councils for three years until 2017-18 drew a withering response from South Burnett Deputy Mayor Keith Campbell at Wednesday’s Council meeting.
Mayor Wayne Kratzmann has rejected a petition to halt streetscaping work in Drayton Street
Member for Wide Bay and Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss says the Federal Government has made a major commitment to rural areas by doubling Roads To Recovery funding for local councils.
The South Burnett Regional Council has begun a five-day public consultation process to gather the community’s ideas about the proposed Kingaroy-Murgon Rail Trail.
Another stage of the Nanango streetscaping has been completed with the creation of angled parking bays