Flood Aid For Gympie Shire Residents
Immediate Australian Government financial assistance is available to assist people who have been adversely affected by flooding in the Gympie local government area.
Fight To Save Post Office
A decision by Australia Post to stop all counter services at its Kingaroy Delivery Centre has angered local businesspeople.
Telstra Apologises For Outage
Telstra has apologised for a service outage which put affected landline, mobile and brodband services across the South Burnett yesterday and prevented people being able to call 000 or other emergency service numbers.
Preferred Supplier Meetings Postponed
The South Burnett Regional Council has postponed a series of four Preferred Supplier Meetings planned for Blackbutt, Nanango, Kingaroy and Wondai.
SQCT Launches Digital Campaign
Southern Queensland Country Tourism – the regional organisation formed last year charged with marketing the South Burnett – has launched a new video and website in a bid to attract more visitors to the region.
Deadline Looms Again For Bank
Time is running out for the bid to open a Bendigo Community Bank branch in Nanango.
Petrol Up 31c In Four Years
The average price of unleaded petrol in Kingaroy has risen by more than 31 cents per litre in just four years.
Work / Life Balance Key To FIFO
A five-month study surveying more than 700 fly-in fly-out workers in the Wide Bay Burnett has identified the challenges to expanding this sector of the local economy.
SBRC Looking
For Preferred Suppliers
South Burnett businesses will have a once-in-two-year opportunity to put their names into the hat for South Burnett Regional Council business next month.
Update On Bank Project
All current shareholders of the Bendigo Bank’s Nanango Community Bank Project have been invited to attend an information and update evening about the project.
Stanwell ‘On The Chopping Block’: Union
A newspaper report this morning that Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls believes asset sales, including electricity infrastructure, may be recommended in Costello Committee of Audit report has angered the Electrical Trades Union.
Listeria Cases Prompt Cheese Recalls
An outbreak of listeria which health authorities believe may be linked to soft cheeses manufactured in Victoria has prompted Kingaroy Cheese to conduct a voluntary recall of seven products.
Local Residents Back Wind Farms
A majority of local residents surveyed in a recent telephone poll support future wind farms in the South Burnett / Dalby area.
United In Making A Difference
Something amazing is happening in Nanango … in less than a week, an idea by two women to help raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation has snowballed into a community effort involving more than 60 people.
More Cheap Milk Another Blow: QDO
The Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation says supermarket giant Coles has marked the second anniversary of the “milk war” by extending its discounts at the expense of Queensland dairy farmers.
Newman Releases Six-Month Plan
Premier Campbell Newman today unveiled his second “Six Month Action Plan” for Queensland.
It’s Not All Gloom And Doom
One of Queensland’s most senior public servants, Under Treasurer Helen Gluer, visited Kingaroy today at the invitation of local MP Deb Frecklington to brief local businesspeople and community groups on the State’s finances.
ETU Calls For Inquiry Into Power Cost
The Electrical Trades Union is calling for a federal inquiry into claims that energy retailers in Queensland are paying as much as $12,000 per megawatt/hour for electricity – more than 200 times the long term average cost of $50/MWh.
Ron’s Not Ready To Retire Yet
Well-known Kingaroy businessman Ron Oliver may have just sold Ollies Mowing … but he’s not looking at retirement yet!
Jodie Breathes Life Into Old Cottage
If you’ve been seeing activity around the old Artist’s Cottage complex near Kingaroy Airport recently, you’re not mistaken … the area has been transformed into Belleville’s Cafe and Gifts.
