AgForce May Fight Miner In Court
AgForce is urging Federal and State MPs to step in to stop Australia’s largest freshwater resource, the Great Artesian Basin, from being “pumped with industrial waste” by mining giant Glencore.
Quad Bike Rider Hurt
A quad bike rider suffered facial injuries in a crash on a private property at Black Snake at the weekend.
Cricket Heads Into Semi-Finals
The South Burnett Senior Cricket competition has come to the sharp end of the season with two semi-finals this weekend.
Is This Your Motorbike?
Gympie police are looking for the owners of a KTM motocross bike located at Kinbombi, near Goomeri.
More Turbines For Wind Farm
Stage 2 of the Wambo Wind Farm – located south-west of Kingaroy – was announced this week, doubling the size of the project to 83 wind turbines.
Obituary: Col Sippel 1929-2024
A funeral will be held in Murgon next week for former Murgon Shire Councillor – and South Burnett Lifetime Achievement Award winner – Col Sippel, 95, who died on February 20.
Property Portal Proves Popular
A record number of businesses are using Toowoomba Regional Council’s online real estate portal to look up rates and charges information.
$2800 Grant For Auxiliary
The Nanango RSL Sub-Branch Auxiliary will receive a $2800 grant from the 2024 Ergon-Energex Community Fund.
Author Shares Hope With Art
A book that explores the ways art and education can help promote healing was launched in Cherbourg earlier this month.
$1m Heritage Grant Programs Open
The State Government has allocated $1 million in grant funding to assist heritage conservation and promotion in Queensland.
Free Workshops For Artists
Former South Burnett artist Olivia Everitt is holding two more grant-writing workshops for artists in the local region.
Community Aims To Raise $100,000
A $100,000 GoFundMe campaign has been launched by the Kilkivan & District Community Care Association in a bid to buy the former St Kevin’s Catholic Church building.
CSIRO Invites ‘Citizen Scientists’
The CSIRO is calling on rural residents to join the longest-running citizen science survey of rabbit diseases in the world to help keep the pests in check.
TRC Releases Arts Strategy
Copies of TRC’s key policy guiding the creative arts, Connecting Through Creativity, are now available.
Nanango Man Faces Nine Charges
A 38-year-old Nanango man has been charged over an incident in September last year which left a man with serious head injuries.
Man Bitten By Snake
A South Burnett man has been treated at Kingaroy Hospital after he was reportedly bitten by a snake on Wednesday night.
Candidates Praised For Their Courage
The toxicity of social media meant many good people in Queensland’s 77 councils will not be recontesting their positions at the upcoming March 16 elections, a candidates’ forum held in Kingaroy heard on Monday night.
Dumping Damages Sewage Plant
Trade waste dumped illegally into Kingaroy’s sewerage system has been blamed for South Burnett Regional Council being issued with an Environmental Protection Order.
Vale Miles Noller
The death has been reported of well-known rural journalist – and former Kumbia resident – Miles Noller, 77.
Pumped Hydro EIS Process Begins
The Office of the Co-ordinator-General has invited public comments on draft Terms of Reference for the Borumba Dam pumped hydro project.
