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Proston Show Ready To Go!

Proston Show Ready To Go!

The 61st annual Proston Show will fill Proston’s Showgrounds on March 8-9, and the Proston Show Society launched it with a special High Tea on Saturday.

Rally Crews Stop For Smoko

Rally Crews Stop For Smoko

A startling array of odd-looking vehicles rolled into Kingaroy on Saturday morning but it was nothing to get alarmed about.

Council Cuts Swickers’ Water Charges

Council Cuts Swickers’ Water Charges

South Burnett Regional Council will temporarily cut Swickers’ water charges to help one of the region’s largest employers save money during a downturn in the pork industry.

Bridge To Be Replaced

Bridge To Be Replaced

Toowoomba Regional Council will be temporarily closing Emu Creek Hall Road  from Thursday (February 28) to allow the replacement of a single-lane timber bridge.

Double Celebration For Century

Double Celebration For Century

Turning 100 is a big occasion so it’s fitting that South Burnett resident Jean Black had two big celebrations to mark the occasion recently.

Man Trampled By Cow

Man Trampled By Cow

A man aged in his 60s was airlifted after being trampled by a cow south on a private property south of Gympie on Saturday afternoon.

Murgon Expo Targets Safety

Murgon Expo Targets Safety

The third Community Health Expo organised by Murgon Area Community Health Nurses attracted a strong turnout of stallholders at the South Burnett PCYC on Thursday night.

Council Submits 2019-21 Wish List

Council Submits 2019-21 Wish List

South Burnett Regional Council will spend more than half of a $4.5 million grant on gravel resheeting over the coming two years if the project is approved by the State Government.

Bree Earns $5000 Bursary

Bree Earns $5000 Bursary

Former Nanango State High School student Bree Pogany was presented with a $5000 bursary at a University of Southern Queensland ceremony on Thursday night.

Mystery Clouds Solar Farm Vote

Mystery Clouds Solar Farm Vote

South Burnett councillors have voted on the next step in legal proceedings involving Terrain Solar but no one is willing to state publicly exactly what that next step is.

Meet The New $20 Note

Meet The New $20 Note

The Reserve Bank has revealed the design of the new $20 banknote, which will be released into general circulation in October.

Proposal To Debate Federal Petitions

Proposal To Debate Federal Petitions

Petitions to the Federal Parliament with more than 20,000 signatures would be debated in the House of Representatives if recommendations made by the House Petitions Committee this week are adopted.