Landholders from the Hopeland community near Chinchilla have instructed Mullumbimby-based law firm Universal Law to investigate and commence a class action in respect of damage and other potential harm allegedly caused by Linc Energy.
The Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s next Meet’n’Greet will feature a presentation from telecommunications sales consultant Johan Griessel.
The Meandu coal mine at Tarong will be featured in a special on a German TV station which regularly attracts up to eight million viewers.
Member for Flynn Ken O’Dowd has come out swinging to defend Queensland’s coal industry.
Applications are now open for Ergon Energy’s Community Fund with grants between $200 and $5000 available for individual organisations.
Moreton Resources – the re-named Cougar Energy – has unveiled a new company structure which will place all its South Burnett holdings in a new 100 per cent-owned subsidiary company.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has confirmed the Hope Dairies project in the South Burnett is “on hold”.
Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale will be the guest speaker at the next South Burnett Mayor’s Community Charity breakfast.
Ergon Energy has begun its search for apprentices to start work in 2016.
Life-saving defibrillator devices were given to 11 South Burnett organisations as part of $409,000 in funding grants announced by the Heritage Nanango Community Branch at the weekend.
A new supermarket could open on the current site of the Blackbutt Memorial Hall by as early as December next year.
Nominations are now open for the 2015 South Burnett Business Excellence Awards.
Kingaroy RSL will begin a six-month, $1 million upgrade of its Tobruk Room if members approve the project at a special meeting later this month.
The State Government today unveiled plans for a Rural Jobs and Skills Alliance (RJSA) to address seasonal shortages of skilled labour on farms.
A new CEO will take over reins at the QRAA on August 10.
A family-based Goomeri business has won a prestigious Queensland award for designing and installing a large LPG system at a cotton gin in Emerald.
Hundreds of unionists gathered in Brisbane on Monday to protest against what they describe as “anti-worker” elements of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
Community groups from Goomeri to Goombungee received more than $34,000 in grants and sponsorship from the Bendigo Bank on Wednesday night to fund local community projects.
Australian pork producers have welcomed new Australian food labels unveiled by the Federal Government earlier this week.
The State Government is considering introducing a deposit scheme on cans and bottles, and restricting single-use plastic bags as part of a raft of environmental measures.
