AgForce reckons there’s a lot going on in the beef industry at the moment … the Red Meat 2030 strategy, a proposal to create a unified red meat peak body, the imminent introduction of new Reef regulations, the risk of biosecurity incursions and the rise of vegan activism.
Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s latest meet’n’greet had a bit of everything on Tuesday night … good news, useful advice and a surprise announcement.
Threatening skies, a storm and rain weren’t enough to stop the Kingaroy Aero Modellers club enjoying a weekend of flying fun.
Police from the Murgon Child Protection Investigation Unit have arrested a 13-year-old girl following the investigation of an alleged armed robbery at a Murgon supermarket car park last Friday night.
Brazen thieves have stolen up to $60,000 worth of goods from the owners of the historic Stonehouse at Moore … taking everything from quad bikes and tools right down to soap and toothbrushes from the bathroom.
The Rural Fire Brigades Association of Queensland (RFBAQ) has called on the State Government to rethink its policy of forcing rural fire brigade volunteers to have Blue Cards from January 1.
Water restrictions have been tightened in all Toowoomba Regional Council communities, including Yarraman.
The Containers For Change refund depot operated by Cherbourg Council in Kingaroy is now opening earlier on Saturday mornings.
Local fire bans in the South Burnett, Cherbourg, Gympie and North Burnett council areas have been extended again.
The Toowoomba region is avoiding the “boom and bust” cycles of other area, according to Mayor Paul Antonio.
The South Burnett Regional Council’s “Listening Tour” to the Bunya Mountains turned into a medical emergency on Monday afternoon when a motorcycle rider crashed on the Bunya Mountains Road.
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered more than $40 million in underpaid wages to 18,000 employees during the past financial year.
A 60-year-old man died in a house fire on Monday night at Wivenhoe Hill, adjacent to Wivenhoe Dam.
For the second week in a row, rain played havoc with South Burnett cricket matches at the weekend.
A group of 35 Rural Aid volunteers received a warm welcome to Wondai on Sunday afternoon to kick off their week-long stay in the region.
Kingaroy Rotary members believe they have broken a club record … serving up more than 400 sausages to hungry workers in an hour.
Thirteen fire crews are at at a bushfire burning on a property on Neale Road at Goodger.
A site in Kingaroy has been named as one of more than 60 PFAS-contaminated places in Queensland.
Wondai’s big Caulfield Cup Day race meeting was cut short on Saturday afternoon when a storm dumped rain and hail on the course
A man suffered head and leg injuries in a single-vehicle crash in Nanango on Sunday morning.
