Pizza Night For Chappies
Enjoy pizza? Like dessert? Then the Kingaroy Local Chaplaincy Committee’s latest fundraiser could be your perfect night out.
LNP Wants Poll Plan Scrapped
The LNP is warning that Council elections across Queensland cost more if Labor doesn’t abandon its plan to introduce compulsory preferential voting in local government polls.
Recipe For Reaching Out
Speak up, reach out for help … these are the messages that the South Burnett Suicide Prevention Working Group is trying to spread during Mental Health Week.
Balladeer In Nanango
Canadian singer-songwriter Scott Cook will be bringing his much-travelled mix of roots and folk ballads to Nanango on Saturday night (October 12) at The Shed.
Man Hurt On Quad Bike
A man aged in his 20s was treated by ambulance paramedics at Wattle Grove after a quad bike crash on Monday evening.
Shannus Captures Country’s Pain
Celebrated Hivesville artist Shannus O’Sullivan has works hanging in collections in Asia, Europe and America … now two of his evocative pieces are in the South Burnett Regional Council’s permanent collection.
Cherbourg Holiday Declared
Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council has declared Friday, October 18, a public holiday within the shire to mark “Cherbourg Day”.
BOM Issues Fire Weather Warning
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Fire Weather Warning for Tuesday for the Wide Bay-Burnett, Darling Downs and Granite Belt, Central Highlands and Coalfields, and South-East Coast.
Graziers To Launch QA Program
A voluntary program for beef producers aimed at providing certified quality assurance will be launched in the South Burnett on Thursday
AgForce Calls For Rise In Fees
AgForce is calling for Queensland councils to increase their travel and agistment permit fees to allow more maintenance to be done on the State’s vital stock route network.
Water Releases Begin From Dam
Natural Resources Minister Dr Anthony Lynham Water says water releases have now begun from Paradise Dam, near Biggenden.
Red Earth Hosts Info Evening
An information session will be held in Kingaroy next week for people interested in taking part in the 2020 Community Leadership Program organised by the Red Earth Community Foundation.
Qld Switches On To Solar
The State Government is boasting that Queensland is a world leader in solar power, with solar panels now producing twice as much electricity as the State’s biggest power station.
Durong Man Charged
Police have charged a man with several drug offences after a search of a property in Durong last week.
Listening Tours This Week
South Burnett councillors are getting ready for a big week of Listening Tours with eight events scheduled over the next four days.
Trail Feasibility To Be Examined
The South Burnett Regional Council will conduct a feasibility study into extending the South Burnett Rail Trail from Murgon to Proston.
Small Quake Off Coast
A small earthquake occurred in the Coral Sea, east of Rockhampton, on Friday morning.
LNP MPs Demand Dam Answers
Five Federal and State LNP MPs have kicked off a social media campaign – “What’s your Dam Plan?” – to press the State Government over the future of Paradise Dam.
TRC Seeks Feedback On Sport Plan
Yarraman and Cooyar residents have been invited to comment on a new Sport, Active Recreation and Healthy Living Plan for the Toowoomba Regional Council area.
Forum To Focus On Growth
Local businesspeople have been invited to attend the sixth annual Wide Bay Burnett Regional Economic Development Growth Forum in Gympie on November 7.
