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Schooling Builds
A Strong Future

Schooling Builds<BR> A Strong Future

Noel Haslam realised he had a good worker when Derek Jerome ran to get something he needed

Digital Workshops Begin In July

Digital Workshops Begin In July

Three digital workshops which will teach South Burnett businesses how to use modern technologies to increase profits and lower costs will be held in Kingaroy and Nanango between July and September this year.

Feedback Sought On Health Plan

Darling Downs South West Queensland Medicare Local is seeking feedback on a draft five-year Aboriginal health plan which covers the South Burnett.

Training Course For Tourism Workers

Training Course For Tourism Workers

People who would like to secure a job in the tourism or hospitality industry are being invited to take part in a four-day training course later this month.

No Move Yet On Alcohol Plan

No Move Yet On Alcohol Plan

The State Government is yet to receive an application from Cherbourg Council in regards to the future of its alcohol management plan.

SB Teams Demolish Visitors

SB Teams Demolish Visitors

If the four Central Burnett A Grade rugby league teams who came south on Saturday expected a warm welcome, they were sadly mistaken.

Arts Dinner A First For Region

Arts Dinner A First For Region

Artists and art lovers will be painting the town red (and possibly other colours as well) this Friday night when The Wondai Hotel and Cellar holds the South Burnett’s first-ever Arts Degustation Dinner

Gumps Win Touch Grand Final

Gumps Win Touch Grand Final

The Kingaroy Touch Association wrapped up its first season this evening with six separate Grand Finals games at Kingaroy’s T.J. O’Neill Oval.

Tanduringie SS Takes
Home The Cup Again

Tanduringie SS Takes<br> Home The Cup Again

For the second year in a row Tanduringie SS has taken out the South Burnett Readers’ Cup

Stags Win President’s Cup

Stags Win President’s Cup

Nanango Stags proved too strong for the home team Wondai in their U12 President’s Cup rugby league match on Saturday.

New Radar Gun Nabs
120 Speeding Drivers

New Radar Gun Nabs<br> 120 Speeding Drivers

Police have a new weapon in their arsenal to target speeding motorists in the South Burnett

Crackdown On Illegal Firearms

Crackdown On Illegal Firearms

Queensland is joining a nationwide campaign to crack down on illegal weapons.

Four Accidents Keep Police Busy

Four Accidents Keep Police Busy

Police and emergency services personnel were kept busy at the weekend after a spate of potentially serious traffic crashes in the Nanango – Yarraman area.

Wet Weather Fails To Dampen Competition

Wet Weather Fails To Dampen Competition

After a week’s break for the Queen’s Birthday holiday, football returned to the South Burnett with a vengeance on Saturday for the ninth round of this year’s Evolution Solar Football League.

Alice Plans A Black Tie Winner

Alice Plans A Black Tie Winner

Just outside Kingaroy a boutique horse stud is breeding a very special type of quarter horse … so special that there’s no one else in Australia, or the southern hemisphere for that matter, doing anything similar.

Junior Soccer Results – Round 7

Junior Soccer Results – Round 7

Rain washed out most of the younger grades but U12/13s and Cadets matches in Football South Burnett McDonald’s junior soccer competition went ahead as scheduled at Nanango on Saturday.

Futsal News – June 12

The Seniors Winter Competition kicked off on Thursday (June 12) with a game between the current Summer champions Panthers against a new team called the Bakery Misfit Boys.

New Footpaths Planned For Murgon

New Footpaths Planned For Murgon

The MBDA has welcomed a $400,000 plan by the SBRC to replace footpaths in the town’s CBD