Residents from areas around Booubyjan, Tansey, Goomeri, Kilkivan and Woolooga turned up in force at a special meeting on Saturday to spell out the communications hurdles they had to overcome during the recent flood emergency.
The flood-hit communities of Booubyjan, Goomeri and Kilkivan played host to a visit by Queensland Governor Dr Jeannette Young PSM on Tuesday.
Landholders in the Goomeri region – inundated during the January floods – are pressing for flood warning gauges to be installed to give them an alert before the next disaster strikes.
Police have confirmed the search for a teenager who was swept away by floodwaters is ongoing, although scaled back.
A pub crawl with a difference last weekend ended up raising about $15,500 for flood-hit community groups in Tansey.
The search for a 14-year-old schoolgirl swept away by floodwaters at Booubyjan during the early hours of January 8 is being scaled back.
Police hold very grave fears for the safety of a 14-year-old girl who is still missing after being washed away in floodwaters near Booubyjan at the weekend.
Police and emergency services are searching for a teenage girl reported missing in floodwaters at Booubyjan in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Emergency crews were called to more than 31 rescues from houses and cars on Friday night and Saturday morning.
A man has suffered a serious leg injury in a machinery accident at Booubyjan on Friday afternoon.
Paramedics have assessed five patients after two separate collisions in the South Burnett region on Monday.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) has imposed a local fire ban for some North Coast residents.
Four people escaped injury when their vehicle rolled on the Burrett Highway near Booubyjan on Monday afternoon.
QFES issued an “Advice: Stay Informed” alert to local residents on Friday afternoon for a bushfire at Booubyjan.
A woman aged in her 60s was airlifted to hospital after a single-vehicle crash on the Burnett Highway on Thursday.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died in a single vehicle traffic crash on the Burnett Highway at Booubyjan on Wednesday night.
A motorbike rider was flown to hospital on Saturday night after a crash on a private property at Booubyjan.
A woman has been injured in motorbike fall on a private property at Booubyjan.
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred on the D’Aguilar Highway at Woolmar, near Kilcoy, at 3:20pm on Friday.
A man has died after a van ran off the Burnett Highway and hit a tree on Sunday afternoon.
