Health

Healthy Living Starts At Home

Healthy Living Starts At Home

Next week is “Australia’s Healthy Weight Week”, and the local Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service is urging South Burnett residents to get on board.

PTSD Breakthrough For Veterans

PTSD Breakthrough For Veterans

Veterans living in the South Burnett will now have access to faster treatment for a range of disorders following the Federal Government’s decision to unlink help for some conditions from war service.

MP’s Plan For Mental Health

MP’s Plan For Mental Health

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has unveiled a key election promise … $250,000 funding to establish a South Burnett “Clubhouse” in Kingaroy to help improve the lives of people with mental illness.

Items Sought For Charity Auction

Items Sought For Charity Auction

Boots’n Bulldust and Pathway 2 Hope – the two organisations behind a push to establish a “village” in the South Burnett to support people with mental illness – are seeking donations for an auction to be held in May.

Check Vaccination Facts

The Darling Downs South-West Queensland Medicare Local is urging local parents to ignore “debunked information” on the internet and get their children vaccinated.

Reach Out For Help

While Christmas is a joyful time for many, for some it can be the most difficult time of the year.

More Aged Care Places

St Mary’s Aged Care Program in Kingaroy will receive Federal Government funding to provide 25 more aged care places.

$200m Boost For RACQ CareFlight

$200m Boost For RACQ CareFlight

The RACQ CareFlight helicopter rescue service has been given an early Christmas present with the announcement today of $200 million in funding over the next 10 years.

Expo To Explore NDIS Choices

A group of South Burnett carers hopes to spread the word about “self-management” under the National Disability Insurance Scheme at an expo being held at the Wondai RSL Club next week.