Health

Meet A Fair Dinkum Champion

Meet A Fair Dinkum Champion

The Kingaroy Town Hall Forecourt will come alive on Monday afternoon (September 14) with a special “All Walks And Wheels” event featuring gold-medal winning Paralympian Jodi Elkington-Jones.

A Question For Every Day … RU OK?

A Question For Every Day … RU OK?

It’s just three little words … but it could save a life: Are you okay? The South Burnett threw its weight behind RU OK? Day again this year with yellow balloons springing up in shops, cups of coffee on offer and free breakfasts in Nanango and Kingaroy.

Health Expo Seeks Exhibitors

Health Expo Seeks Exhibitors

A group of Nanango health workers is seeking expressions of interest from businesses interested in taking part in a Health & Well-Being Expo next year.

Gift To Cherbourg Will Save Lives

Gift To Cherbourg Will Save Lives

St John Ambulance have an ambitious goal: they want to have a first responder on every street in every Aboriginal community in Queensland to help save lives.

Flu Epidemic No Threat In SB

Flu Epidemic No Threat In SB

A disease strain that was removed from the annual Australian influenza vaccine three years ago is contributing to Queensland’s worst flu outbreak on record.

Meals On Wheels Thanks Volunteers

Meals On Wheels Thanks Volunteers

The efforts and dedication of Meals on Wheels volunteers throughout Australia will be celebrated as part of National Meals on Wheels Day on Wednesday (August 26).

Brown Responds To SB Mayor

Brown Responds To SB Mayor

Mayoral candidate Michael Brown says some recent assertions by South Burnett mayor Wayne Kratzmann are “transparently false”.

Talk Of ‘Plan B’ Angers Mayor

Talk Of ‘Plan B’ Angers Mayor

South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann has not given up hope of finding an operator to take over the South Burnett Private Hospital so premature talk of a “Plan B” for the building has made him mad.

Coroner Releases Quad Bike Findings

Coroner Releases Quad Bike Findings

The Deputy Coroner investigating the death of Durong resident Zoe McInnes in 2013 – and eight other Queensland quad bike riders between 2012 and 2014 – released the results from the second phase of his hearings this week.