MP Praises Budget Initiatives
Agriculture Minister – and Member for Maranoa – David Littleproud says the future of agriculture in the South Burnett is being supported through initiatives announced in last week’s Federal Budget.
Agriculture Minister – and Member for Maranoa – David Littleproud says the future of agriculture in the South Burnett is being supported through initiatives announced in last week’s Federal Budget.
Medical trips for seriously ill local residents have been thrown into disarray after selfish young car thieves stole and trashed four vehicles from Murgon’s Graham House on Saturday night.
Heritage House in Yarraman threw a special celebration on Monday morning to thank Stanwell for their help in giving the historic building a new lease on life.
Kingaroy Police have been kept busy over the past week with a string of traffic, drug offences and – sadly – the usual calls related to domestic violence.
Work on a new $1.87 million roundabout at the D’Aguilar Highway and Rogers Drive intersection in Kingaroy is due to begin next Monday (May 21).
One person has been taken to Nanango Hospital after single-vehicle crash on Manumbar Road at Wyalla on Monday afternoon.
About 100 people came through the doors of the Yarraman Kindergarten on Saturday to share memories and celebrate the kindy’s 50th birthday.
More than 100 people donned pink clothing and turned out to Gordon McKell Park next to the Timber Industry Museum in Wondai on Sunday morning to help raise funds for breast cancer research.
Well-known University of Southern Queensland climate scientist Professor Roger Stone has been elected president of the World Meteorological Organisation’s Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.
A teenage driver who allegedly sped away from police on multiple occasions around the Kingaroy and Nanango areas has been arrested after help from local residents.
The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was called into help a young girl after she fell playing hide and seek at a property near Proston on Sunday afternoon.
Punters at this year’s 96th annual Burrandowan Picnic Races were greeted with a couple of big surprises when they came through the gates on Saturday.
The South Burnett is about to get a new annual music festival, which the organisers aim to develop over coming years into a “destination event” to attract tourists to the region
The old Greenview State School building has seen generations of young children come and go through its doors, so it seemed a shame that for the past five years it has been sitting vacant in Kingaroy.
South Burnett Toastmasters club hosted its first ever “Showcase” event at the weekend, with speakers coming from six clubs to share tall tales and true on stage.
Kingaroy police have uncovered a large-scale illicit alcohol operation in Nanango that has allegedly been running for 16 years.
Linc Energy has been fined $4.5 million for causing serious environmental harm at its underground coal gasification (UCG) site near Chinchilla.
South Burnett Saints’ men blew Dalby off the paddock in their Round 3 Darling Downs AFL match in Kingaroy on Saturday afternoon.
It’s time to dress up in pink again! The annual Mother’s Day Classic fun run (and walk) will be held this Sunday on the South Burnett Rail Trail at Wondai.
Kumbia’s community is up-in-arms about a proposal to close the town’s only public children’s playground at Apex Park in Bell Street.