The announcement by the Queensland Competition Authority on Wednesday not to pass on network electricity price savings to farmers and other businesses on transitional and obsolete tariffs has been slammed as “a betrayal of rural and regional communities”.
Wooroolin and other locations around the South Burnett will feature in a new $15 million Hollywood movie about the Battle of Long Tan.
Power bills could be lower next year, but any drop isn’t likely to be dramatic.
NSW MP Michael McCormack has been elected leader of the federal Nationals at a short party room meeting held in Canberra on Monday morning.
Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace and Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey met on Friday afternoon with the construction company building the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing to discuss its safety record.
Kingaroy’s Avoca Street shopping complex is set to expand by 11 per cent with the addition of a cafe, pharmacy, liquor store and specialty shop.
The Kingaroy Concerned Citizens Group will be holding a public meeting next week to look at a proposal by Moreton Resources to resume large sections of the South Burnett Rail Trail.
Bega Cheese chairman Barry Irvin dropped in to the South Burnett Regional Council’s monthly meeting on Wednesday to outline his company’s plans for the Peanut Company of Australia.
The South Burnett Regional Council has given development approvals to two piggeries so they can more than triple their production from 11,700 standard pig units (SPU) to 42,250 SPU.
The Smithfield Cattle Company has appointed a new CEO with a long history in the beef industry
A Chamber of Commerce has been formed in Yarraman.
An innovative ‘shop local’ promotion run by the South Burnett Regional Council for the past 21 months will come to an end soon.
LNP Leader Deb Frecklington says the State Government’s decision to refuse an environmental authority for Acland Stage 3 is the likely death knell for up to 700 local jobs.
Female leaders and business owners can nominate to take part in two targeted support programs aimed at enhancing their business skills.
Farmers in the Acland area are celebrating following a decision by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science to reject environmental approval for New Acland Coal’s Stage 3 mine expansion.
Windera mobile phone users will enjoy improved coverage after a new mobile base station was activated on Tuesday.
A familiar face in the South Burnett has been appointed the new CEO at Toowoomba Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE).
A new survey has found almost half of regional Queensland businesses have difficulties paying their power bills
The South Burnett Wine Industry Association says it is disappointed with Commonwealth Games organisers, who have snubbed Queensland’s wines and opted to sell Victorian wines at the Games instead.
Young people from across the South Burnett have begun apprenticeships at Stanwell Corporation and Ergon Energy.
