Parkside Holdings Pty Ltd, operators of the Wondai Sawmill, were fined $35,000 in Kingaroy Magistrates Court today after they pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a workplace health and safety duty after an employee was injured in an industrial accident in 2013.
Hardware problems on two of Optus’ three broadcast towers in Kingaroy are to blame for current problems being experienced by customers.
Local business people will be getting some unexpected exercise on Monday night thanks to two local business events being held at adjacent venues.
The South Burnett Regional Council has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council to start a recycling service in both council areas
Regional Development Australia (Wide Bay Burnett) is looking for a new CEO following the resignation of Paul Massingham.
The Electrical Trades Union says the State Government has left Ergon Energy workers in limbo since the release of the Independent Review Panel Report Into Network Costs almost two years ago.
Ergon Energy today began its annual helicopter patrols of power lines in the Wide Bay-Burnett region.
Moreton Resources Limited has assured the ASX it will continue to investigate and review how best to progress its Kingaroy coal mine project, despite negative correspondence from Stanwell.
Moreton Resources CEO Jason Elks says Stanwell Corporation is rejecting savings of hundreds of millions of dollars – if not billions – by ruling out any future use of Moreton’s coal resource at Coolabunia.
Community groups all over the former Nanango Shire went home a whole lot happier (and richer) on Saturday
The inaugural South Burnett Business Excellence Awards have had the deadline for entries extended two weeks to encourage more of the region’s businesses to enter.
Organisers of the new monthly Bunya Mountains Markets are looking for quality stallholders
While Moreton Resources is bullish about its Kingaroy coal resource, Stanwell seems less enthusiastic
The departure of a large green shipping container at noon today from a yard in Kingaroy will mark the start of the South Burnett’s latest export industry.
Moreton Resources says there is another coal in its Kingaroy deposit to sustain a “30-plus year” coal mine.
Growing The Burnett is looking for a new home and will be gone from their old Memerambi farm by the end of this week.
The 2014 South Burnett Careers Market had something for everyone at the TAFE South West campus in Kingaroy on Tuesday.
Captain’s Paddock owner Pete Eaton has promised the popular cellar-door is not about to close
Pozzolanic Enterprises – a subsidiary of Cement Australia – has hauled its last load of fly ash from the Tarong power stations, putting to an end a saga during which allegations of uncompetitive behaviour have been tested at times by both the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Federal Court.
The damaged steam turbine unit at Tarong North Power Station is expected to come back into service soon
