Road Levy Here For Another Year
The South Burnett Regional Council’s $200-per-property Road Levy will stay in place for another year.
Council To Survey Ratepayers
South Burnett Regional Council plans to survey ratepayers about scrapping quarterly rates notices in favour of half-yearly bills, and introducing new methods to make payments easier.
Get Healthy This Easter
South Burnett Regional Council is encouraging residents to get healthy and active over the Easter school holidays.
Free Laser Skirmish
Free Laser Skirmish will be happening in Yarraman later this month as part of National Youth Week celebrations by the Toowoomba Regional Council.
Lifeline Tossed To Taabinga Developers
Kingaroy’s controversial $6.5 million Taabinga Downs development – which includes a 116-lot relocatable home park – looks set to get the go ahead after all, despite a negative vote at the South Burnett Regional Council’s March meeting.
Delegation Seeks Names
Of South Burnett’s Fallen
South Burnett residents will soon have an opportunity to honour family members who died during WWI
Council Rates To Rise In Budget
South Burnett Regional Council has confirmed that rates will rise in the 2014-15 Budget but councillors are working to keep the rise to less than the 5 per cent which was tipped last year.
Funding Faces Senate Roadblock: Truss
More than $1.2 million in roads funding for the South Burnett and Cherbourg councils is at risk of being blocked in the Senate, Deputy Prime Minister and member for Wide Bay Warren Truss said today.
FKG Steps Up Work
FK Gardner & Sons (FKG) have begun working a new roster in a bid to complete repairs to flood-damaged roads, culverts and floodways around the South Burnett by the end of June.
Sewerage Charges Tipped To Rise $100
Ratepayers connected to any of the South Burnett’s five sewerage schemes are likely to pay an extra $100 pa when the South Burnett Regional Council hands down its 2014-15 Budget in July.
RADF Round 4 Opens
Round 4 of the annual Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) program will open for applications on Monday (March 31).
Emergency Tips For Business
Could your business cope with an emergency? According to statistics provided by a group coming to the South Burnett tomorrow, 43 per cent of businesses affected by disasters never re-open. Another 29 per cent fail within two years …
More Funds Distributed
From Mayor’s Flood Appeal
Four community groups have been successful in the latest round of funding from the Mayor’s Red Earth South Burnett Community Appeal.
Toowoomba Show
Holiday On Thursday
Toowoomba Regional Council Customer Service Centres and offices will be closed for the Royal Toowoomba Show holiday on Thursday.
Information Sessions For Producers
Gympie Regional Council, in partnership with the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, QRAA and the Australian Government Department of Human Services is hosting Drought Relief Assistance and Information sessions in the region today.
Community Forum In Yarraman
A Community Forum will be held in Yarraman next month to develop “a community action plan”.
Road Crews At Work In Durong
South Burnett Regional Council has graded McLeans Road at Durong, one of several roads identified by local residents earlier this year as in need of repairs, and road crews have moved on to the nearby Shellytop Road.
Five Nominate For Council By-Election
Arnold Murray today drew the No 1 spot on the ballot paper for the by-election to fill a vacancy at Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council.
Cycling Tour Will Have A Re-Run
Last year’s popular “Tour de Kumbia” and “Tour de Kingaroy” cycle races will be returning in June
New Funding Round Opens Soon
The first round of the Mayor’s Community Benefit Fund was unable to give away all the $10,000 it had allocated to Junior Sport because of a lack of suitable applications.
