The development of a sovereign, Australian-based aerial firefighting capacity – including a very large air tanker – is one of 80 recommendations from the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements tabled in the Federal Parliament on Friday morning.
Have you ever heard of NaNoWriMo? Don’t worry, we hadn’t either but it’s pretty big in writing circles!
Many South Burnett residents have already voted in this weekend’s State election – either by turning up at early voting centres or by ordering postal votes.
Motorists on the Burnett Highway will be pleased to hear construction work will start next week on a replacement for the Three Moon Creek Bridge, north of Eidsvold.
Police have charged two alleged bikies with various offences after a statewide operation targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs.
Kingaroy Speedway will miss out on hosting the Production Sedans National Title at Easter after a decision by Speedway Sedans Australia to postpone all Australian titles.
New “modern and affordable” electricity tariffs will be introduced for irrigators should the LNP win power at Saturday’s State election.
A 20-year-old Murgon man was lucky to escape serious injury after his car was washed off Aerodrome Road at Taabinga on Wednesday night.
Students from three South Burnett schools will be performing their own compositions as the “warm-up” act for Topology’s upcoming Wondai concert.
Taabinga State School will receive $10,000 from the Federal Government’s Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program.
A teenager has been issued with a string of traffic tickets after a three-vehicle crash on the D’Aguilar Highway at Coolabunia on Saturday.
Health authorities fear there could be undetected COVID-19 cases in the Ipswich area after viral fragments were found in a wastewater treatment plant.
A medical incident may have led to a fatal single-vehicle crash on the Burnett Highway at Wyalla on Wednesday morning.
There was rain, mud and a lot of racing at the Kingaroy Showground on Saturday morning for the fifth annual John Titman Golden Steel Shoe Challenge.
All senior cricket games scheduled to be played in the South Burnett at the weekend were washed out, but the juniors had a lot more luck with the weather!
South Burnett Regional Council has reminded residents to “be prepared” now the storm season has arrived.
A Victorian-based company which has been selling tractors nationally has run afoul of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Police are seeking help from people who travelled along the Wide Bay Highway between Goomeri and Kilkivan to Gympie on Sunday (October 25).
The Queensland Farmers’ Federation has welcomed an ALP commitment to reduce water prices for Queensland irrigators by at least 15 per cent if elected this weekend.
RSPCA’s annual Cupcake Day – or should that be Pupcake Day? – was held on Monday across Australia.
