New Faces Join Disaster Group
South Burnett Councillor Danita Potter has been appointed Chair of the South Burnett Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG).
Cherbourg Turns On Royal Treatment
Cherbourg played host to a special Vice-Regal visit on Wednesday to celebrate the opening of major upgrades to the community’s water treatment plant.
Numbers Down At Winter Races
Crowd numbers were down at Sunday’s Nanango Race meeting but the quality of the day’s racing was particularly high.
COVID Toll Rises To 39
The death toll from COVID-19 in the Darling Downs Health Region has risen to 39.
Free Workshop For Gardeners
Council is offering a free workshop to show how to turn food scraps into fertiliser.
Blaze Guts Timber Home
A timber house in Scotts Lane at Runnymede was razed by fire on Wednesday evening.
Mobile Clinics Coming Back
The mobile women’s health clinics will be visiting Blackbutt, Nanango, Kingaroy, Goomeri and Kilkivan this month.
Flood Loans Now Available
Low-interest loans are now available for primary producers and small businesses in the South Burnett affected by this year’s floods.
Wind Farm Almost Complete
The Coopers Gap Wind Farm – which began generating its first power in June 2019 – is expected to be fully operational by August or September this year.
Six To Contest Callide Poll
Six candidates will be contesting the upcoming Callide by-election.
Man Charged Over Knuckledusters
A 27-year-old Kingaroy man has been charged with a number of offences after police intercepted a Subaru in First Avenue, Kingaroy, at midnight on Sunday.
Albanese Names His Ministry
Queensland Senator Murray Watt has been named Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry – and Minister for Emergency Management – in the new Federal Cabinet.
Prices Remain Firm To Dearer
Agents yarded 600 head for the fortnightly combined agents Fat and Store Sale at Murgon’s saleyards on Tuesday (May 31).
Range Cracks Pose No Risk: TMR
Cracks which have appeared in a concrete wall beside the D’Aguilar Highway on the Blackbutt Range pose no risk to road users, according to DTMR
Girl ‘Threatened With Knife’
Police are investigating an incident during which a young woman was allegedly threatened with a knife.
Woman Hurt In Bike Crash
A woman in her 20s was flown to hospital after a motorcycle crash on a private property near Goodger on Tuesday morning.
Quake Shakes Residents
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake rattled windows in parts of south-east Queensland about 1:25pm on Tuesday.
Free Flu, COVID Vaxes
Darling Downs Health has advised that a temporary influenza and COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be at the Murgon Youth Hub on Thursday (June 2).
Medals Lunch Draws A Crowd
The COVID pandemic may have led to a long suspension for the South Burnett’s Order Of Australia lunches, but it didn’t spell the end of them.
Caitlin’s Making Change Come True
“Be Brave, Make Change” may be the theme for this year’s National Reconciliation Week but the words also resonate deeply with Wakka Wakka woman Caitlin Robinson-Cleary.
