Construction Starts On Wind Farm
After many years of patient planning, construction has officially started on Australia’s largest wind farm.
SB Women Plan Breakfast Fundraiser
The recipient of the inaugural Dr Ellen Mary Kent Hughes Memorial Scholarship was the special guest at a recent planning meeting held by scholarship organisers, South Burnett Women.
KCCI To Hold Brekkie Meeting
The Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce’s next Meet’n’Greet will be hosted by the BaconFest committee, the group behind the new festival that will hit the South Burnett later this year.
Beauty Therapist Is Keen To Stay
When former Nanango student Shanae Van Den Brink found she couldn’t find a job in her chosen career, the qualified beauty therapist decided to create her own.
Swickers Celebrates A New Era
It took just 352 days – plus 700 tonnes of steel and 6800 cubic metres of concrete – for Swickers’ new boning room to officially rise from the ashes.
RDA Seeks Commitee Members
Movers and shakers in the South Burnett are being sought to join the committee overseeing Regional Development Australia in the Wide Bay Burnett region.
Wineries Urged To Apply For Grants
South Burnett tourism operators, wineries, and cellar doors have been urged to join a new national effort to attract more international wine tourists to Australia.
KCCG Denies Entering Mine Site
Kingaroy Concerned Citizens Group spokesman John Dalton has denied he was trying to enter a drilling site near Kingaroy when an alleged altercation occurred with a contractor last week.
BGA Takes Action To Recover Debts
Kingaroy-based Bean Growers Australia has successfully applied to have a liquidator appointed to pulse marketer Blue Ribbon Group which has reported debts of more than $11 million.
Roads Group Gathers Evidence
The postponed road inspection tour by the Mundubbera to Jandowae Roads Working Group (RWG) went ahead successfully on Tuesday.
Bega Cheese Seals PCA Deal
Bega Cheese has informed the ASX that it now owns more than 93 per cent of the shares in the Peanut Company of Australia and will proceed to full ownership through compulsory acquisition.
Tourism Group Claims Record
Southern Queensland Country Tourism – the regional organisation that the South Burnett Regional Council recently quit – is claiming a record number of domestic tourists over the past year.
PCA Takeover Offer On Track
Bega Cheese has advised the ASX that its unconditional takeover offer for all of the shares in the Peanut Company of Australia Limited is “progressing well”.
Energy Audit For Council
Toowoomba Regional Council has been selected to take part in a State Government program aimed at cutting its power bill by up to 40 per cent.
Coal Mine Decision ‘By Next Christmas’
Moreton Resources expects to have a decision from the State Government on its proposed open-cut Kingaroy coal mine by next Christmas.
AGL Announces Community Grant Winners
The Coopers Gap Wind Farm has begun to produce benefits for the towns located closest to it
Local Winery Wins Big In Asia
Moffatdale Ridge has won five medals at Hong Kong’s 2017 Wine Luxe International Awards, one of Asia’s highest profile wine events.
Three-Year Deal For TSBE
Toowoomba Regional Council has endorsed a new three-year funding deal for the Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE), a key economic development organisation in the region.
Storm Strikes Murgon Fair … Again
A large storm which cut short Murgon’s annual Christmas Fair on Friday night may be the last straw for the festival’s organisers.
CTC Says Thank You
Retiring treasurer Max Lehmann was presented with a gift for his many years of service at the South Burnett CTC annual general meeting held in Kingaroy recently.
