Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington is urging primary producers to have their voices heard on proposed changes to the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 amid concerns about impacts on agriculture, investment and regional communities.
Police have charged 47 people with 63 traffic offences following a six-day road safety blitz, Operation Auster, across the QPS’s Southern Region.
Wild Horse FM’s “Shoot The Breeze” interview program has won its category at the new national Australian Audio Awards competition.
One Nation founder Senator Pauline Hanson endorsed two future local candidates during her tour of the South Burnett at the weekend.
Upgrades to Telstra’s mobile base station in the Gordonbrook area will temporarily affect coverage for about eight days from next Monday (June 8).
Police have charged 31 people with a total of 94 offences after a four-day operation targeting property, drug and motor vehicle offending in the South Burnett.
A man aged in 60s suffered leg and pelvic injuries when his motorbike hit a cow on the Kilcoy-Murgon Road on Sunday morning.
The South Burnett Eagles will take on the Central Burnett Brumbies on Saturday to decide who will take home the inaugural Cobbo-Fuller Cup.
Australian Rules will be back at Kingaroy’s Lyle Vidler Oval on Saturday with junior, men’s and women’s teams in action.
Tarong West Wind Farm developers RES hosted the Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s recent meet’n’greet, ensuring a big crowd turned up to hear more about the project.
Queensland Senator Susan McDonald has called for urgent action to cull the growing number of feral pigs.
The Labor Party has refused to guarantee farming families won’t be worse off under the Capital Gains Tax changes, says Opposition agriculture spokesperson Darren Chester.
Saturday’s line up at the South Burnett Race Club’s meeting at Wondai is full of interest.
The Queensland Farmers’ Federation is beginning a recruitment process for a new CEO following the announcement that Jo Sheppard is resigning.
Toowoomba Regional Council has reminded property owners with on-site sewerage facilities to service the equipment at the specified times and always follow approved operating procedures.
A young woman had to be cut free from the wreckage of her vehicle after a single-vehicle crash near Kingaroy on Wednesday night.
The South Burnett Race Club will be holding its annual Winter Race Meeting at the Wondai Racecourse on Saturday (May 30).
You weren’t imagining it if you thought there were a lot more police out and about in the South Burnett this week …
Well-known Yarraman resident Marjorie Smith celebrated her 95th birthday recently with more than 30 family and friends at Frohlies Grill.
Police, QPWS rangers and HQPlantations staff conducted joint activities in State Forests and National Parks at the weekend.
