Does Your Trainer Pass The Test?
TAFE Queensland has released a checklist to help students, parents and employers determine which training provider they should select.
Overnight Park Pays Off For Murgon
A free overnight caravan and RV parking area in Murgon has bought lots of new business to town
KCCI Targets Small Business Skills
Sunshine Coast-based small business consultant Rod Richards will be the guest speaker at the next Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry Meet’n’Greet.
Builder ‘Conducting Illegal Work’
The Queensland Building and Construction Commission has urged consumers, contractors and suppliers to be cautious in their dealings with Grant Laurence Brydon who trades as Kingaroy Sheds.
Drivers Toast The Good Times
A very special get-together was held in Yarraman at the weekend … a send-off for truck drivers who lost their jobs in December in controversial circumstances after a change in contractors at Tarong Power Station.
Pigs And Peanuts Make Perfect TV
A television crew came to Kingaroy on Monday to capture something a little bit unusual … cooking a pig in a “pig” and peanuts in a peanut patch!
Pursers Calls For Bus Subsidy
The State Government ‘must step in to provide subsidies for the Murgon-Caboolture bus route’
Union Fears Depots Will Close
The Electrical Trades Union claimed on Thursday three Ergon Energy depots in the South Burnett could still be earmarked for closure
Councillor Pushes For More Irrigation
Cr Keith Campbell wants to see the Hope Dairies project create more irrigated farming areas in the region
Council Bans Coal Mining, CSG
A Queensland council today unanimously passed a motion prohibiting coal-related mining exploration on council land.
Pound St Gets ‘All Clear’
The former Kingaroy Shire Council works depot site in Pound Street was officially removed from the State Contaminated Land Register on December 23.
New Faces At Wide Bay Burnett RDA
A new Chairman and Deputy Chairman have been appointed to the Regional Development Australia Wide Bay-Burnett (RDA WBB) committee.
Lock The Gate Targets Coal
Anti-mining group “Lock The Gate” says large tracts of farmland in the Nanango electorate are threatened by coal mining.
Damaged Pole Causes Blackout
Power to about 450 Ergon Energy customers in the Brooklands, Tarong, Maidenwell, Wengenville and surrounding areas was interrupted at noon today.
TAFE Hosts Information Night
TAFE Queensland South West will be holding an information session in Kingaroy next Wednesday (January 28) for people interested in studying at the college.
Community Bank Reports Bumper Year
Heritage Nanango Community Bank’s model has been proven again with another year of solid profits and an extensive community grants program
MP Calls For Fuel Price Probe
Member for Flynn Ken O’Dowd has drawn on his personal experience to call for an investigation into fuel prices in regional Queensland.
Butter Factory Dreams Creamed
An ambitious plan to convert the former Nanango Butter Factory into a community museum, art gallery, cafe and theatrette was dashed at the weekend.
Hope Dairies Starts Growing
Any sceptics doubting Gina Rinehardt’s Hope Dairies means business in the South Burnett should check out the corn growing on the Unverzagt family’s Pella Farm near Kumbia.
$1.5m Upgrade Boosts Swickers
Major Kingaroy employer Swickers has been given a shot in the arm from the “Royalties For Regions” program
