A committee consisting of representatives from the South Burnett Regional Council, local RSL sub-branches and schools are putting together a proposal to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landing in 2015 with a special book honouring local World War I veterans.
The South Burnett Regional Council has decided to postpone the introduction of recycling due to the cost involved.
The first of Nanango’s new flowering trees – designed to make an impact statement when motorists drive into the town along either the Burnett or D’Aguilar highways – were delivered to the South Burnett Regional Council on Monday morning.
Repairs to Levers Road at Tablelands could cost close to 10 per cent of the South Burnett Regional Council’s annual budget, a public meeting at Tablelands Hall was told on Friday.
The South Burnett will have two representatives on the 12-member board of Southern Queensland Country Tourism (SQTC) next year.
The result of the by-election to fill a vacant position on Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council has been declared.
The South Burnett Regional Council will sponsor a “Shop Local” campaign for the South Burnett’s retail businesses this Christmas in an effort to boost the region’s economy.
The South Burnett’s five Visitor Information Centres could face a shake-up as part of a reorganisation of the region’s tourism marketing, if ideas discussed at a forum in Kingaroy on Thursday become a reality.
Blackbutt/Benarkin residents have enjoyed the lowest average rate rise of any South Burnett town in the past six years while Kingaroy residents have suffered the steepest.
Wondai Regional Art Gallery was presented with a 2013 GAMMA (Gallery and Museum Achievement Award) in a ceremony in Brisbane on Friday night.
Cherbourg’s second annual “Get Ready Cherbourg” day was held on Monday afternoon at the Les Stewart Senior Memorial Sports Centre.
A tourism forum will be held in Kingaroy on November 28 to develop a regional tourism plan
Representatives from the South Burnett, Cherbourg and Gympie councils and local industries will meet in Gympie tomorrow to help “chart a course for economic sustainability for the Wide Bay Burnett region”.
Mr Russell Hood has been appointed as the South Burnett Regional Council’s new General Manager Infrastructure.
South Burnett councillors have voted unanimously to subsidise the Brisbane-Murgon-Brisbane bus route until June 30 next year.
Brisbane Bus Lines has responded to reports about its failure to make a submission to a government review earlier this year, saying it only covered existing funded or contracted bus services.
The South Burnett’s “Get Ready For Summer” program visited Murgon on Friday morning with the aim of building awareness and resilience in the local community.
South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann has slammed as “un-Australian” the ambushing of a council staff member on his way to work by an A Current Affair TV crew.
Nominations for the South Burnett’s annual Australia Day awards close on December 2 … but it seems everyone is leaving it (again) to the last minute.
The South Burnett has gained another $1.4 million from the State Government, this time for sewers
