The Lady Bjelke-Petersen Community Hospital could re-open as early as June or July, restoring up to 15 full-time jobs and reinjecting an estimated $2.6 million a year into the region’s economy, both lost when the hospital closed.
Last week the pallet-building team in the wood workshop at Murgon’s Gumnut Place set an unusual record.
The South Burnett’s freshly minted councillors will take their places officially in the Warren Truss Council Chambers for the first time on Thursday at 9:00am for the mandatory post-election meeting.
Same felt hat … different shirt. With these words, a stalwart of Kingaroy’s peanut industry signed off from the Peanut Company of Australia at Easter after a 24-year stint servicing peanut growers from northern NSW to the Atherton Tableland.
Former Deputy Mayor Cr Keith Campbell was declared as the South Burnett’s new Mayor at 12:51pm on Sunday, April 3.
South Burnett residents Peter Ranasinghe and Brett Whitewood are gearing up for some special Anzac week talks, which explains why parts of Kingaroy Library have taken on a distinct Melanesian feel at the moment.
The South Burnett contingent of the Burrumbuttock Hay Run made it safely into Muckadilla on Wednesday night, their first stopover on their journey of hope to western Queensland.
NRL star Gavin Cooper was the pride of Murgon on Saturday when he returned to his old home town clutching the (very heavy) NRL Premiership trophy.
South Burnett Deputy Mayor Keith Campbell has packed up his desk, ready either to shift into the Mayor’s office – as now seems most likely – or, in his own words “out the side door to the car park”
Exactly a year ago, well-known local resident Pam Brunjes was officially opening the Goomeri Show Society’s new pavilion … now that building bears her name as a mark of respect following her tragic death last month.
Two South Burnett cricket Grand Finals were played at the weekend with hosts Murgon and Kumbia both coming away with wins.
Cherbourg’s mayor will be Arnold Murray; in Toowoomba, Paul Antonio has been easily returned; and in Gympie, Mick Curran has been re-elected.
In the South Burnett, Keith Campbell is ahead and the count is continuing …
By 8:00pm on Saturday, South Burnett residents will probably know who their new Mayor will be.
This Saturday Cr Deb Palmer will be heading to the ballot box to cast her vote alongside everyone else in Division 2. But this election is special.
It took 41 years to grow and only seconds to remove … but Murgon businessman Mark Smith’s sacrifice was worth it on Wednesday.
Numbers at this year’s Wine and Food In The Park Festival were down by a few hundred this year, but the several thousand who made their way to Kingaroy’s Memorial Park on Saturday were rewarded with a relaxing day of food, wine and live entertainment.
Health is a State matter but Kingaroy Hospital should have a new advocate in Canberra following a visit to the region by Senator James McGrath last week.
A “monster truck” was a new attraction at the 2016 Murgon Show, taking patrons for rides on Friday night and all-day Saturday.
The music echoing from Kingaroy’s Memorial Park on Friday night is a signal that the annual South Burnett Wine and Food in the Park Festival is on this weekend!
The lives, achievements and inspirational stories of South Burnett women were celebrated in a special photographic exhibition officially opened by Minister for Women Shannon Fentiman in Kingaroy on Wednesday.
