$525,000 Upgrade For Pools
South Burnett Regional Council will spend $235,000 to install heat pumps to complement existing solar heating at the Kingaroy, Nanango, Murgon and Wondai swimming pools.
Council Wants 2km Buffer
Zone Around Wind Farms
The South Burnett Regional Council will continue to apply pressure to the State Government to update State Planning Policy on wind farms.
Back To A Single Lane – Again
The Blackbutt Range will be reverting to a single lane roadway – with 15 minute delays – tomorrow night and Friday night.
No Forced Redundancies At Stanwell
There has been no target number set for job reductions at Stanwell, the company’s CEO Richard Van Breda said this afternoon.
Tarong’s Looking For New Recruits
Tarong Power Station is looking for 10 new apprentices and trainees to join the 25 who are already gaining valuable skills at the power station.
LPG Price Tipped To Jump
The RACQ has warned motorists whose cars use LPG should fill up now before an expected price jump in the next few days.
Goomeri Lays Out The Welcome Mat
Goomeri is an RV Friendly Town, in fact it’s the only RV Friendly town in the South Burnett
Council CEO Resigns
Toowoomba Regional Council CEO Ken Gouldthorp has resigned after more than three years in the job.
MP Calls For 2km
Zone Around Wind Farm
A Queensland MP has called for a 2km zone around the proposed Coopers Gap wind farm
Expo Highlights Career Options
High school students from across the South Burnett, eager to find out more information on their future job options, flocked to Kingaroy today to attend the annual South Burnett Careers Expo.
Insurance Firm Wins $11,000 Dinner
It’s not everyone who gets to sit down to an $11,000, five course dinner for 10 personally prepared by celebrity chef Hayden Wood. But the staff of Kingaroy insurance brokers Burnett Insurance are preparing to just that some time in the next few months.
Push To Form New Council Gains Momentum
A grassroots campaign to de-amalgamate the former Rosalie and Crows Nest shires from the Toowoomba Regional Council is gaining momentum with petitions circulating and leaflets distributed to all households in both regions.
Doing The Hard Yards For Country Kids
There’s garage sales and then there’s GARAGE sales … of the type only a car dealership could arrange.
$15m New England Hwy Upgrade Begins
Work has begun on the last stage of the controversial $15m upgrade of the New England Highway between Hampton and Geham.
APN Appoints Board Chairman
Experienced In ‘Complex Change’
APN News & Media, publishers of the South Burnett Times newspaper, today announced the appointment of Peter Hunt as Chairman of the Board following the resignation of Gavin O’Reilly in April.
Cougar Energy Appoints New CEO
Rob Neill, former Senior Commercial Manager at UCG company Linc Energy, has been appointed CEO and Managing Director of Cougar Energy.
$3925 Raised For Hospital
This morning’s inaugural Mayoral Charity Breakfast has raised $3925 to purchase an electric examination bed for the South Burnett Private Hospital.
Lane Closed For Night Works
The Department of Transport and Main Roads has advised that a single lane will be closed on the D’Aguilar Highway over the Blackbutt Range this weekend for night works.
$70m Road Repairs Underway
Despite an allocation of $70 million in the last Budget, the South Burnett Regional Council admits road repairs in the local region will take some time to be completed.
South Burnett Is Open For Business
The decision to vote in favour of a $3.7 million funding grant for the construction of the Link Road in the Sunnyvale Development sends a message that “Council is open for business”, Mayor Wayne Kratzmann said today.
