Complaints Review Recommends Changes
People who lodge frivolous or vexatious complaints against Councillors – especially during election periods – could face heavy fines under a series of reforms being considered by the State Government.
What’s In It For The South Burnett?
Councillor Ros Heit was impressed with what she saw on a recent AGL-funded tour of two wind farms in Victoria, but fears anyone expecting a long-term economic boost from the $1 billion Coopers Gap project will be sadly mistaken.
Dog Owners Will Receive A Freebie
The South Burnett Regional Council’s return to six-monthly rates notices will have an unexpected bonus for dog owners – a free month of registration.
Four Get Grants In Funding Round
Insufficient attention to detail proved the undoing of more than half the groups that applied to the first round of this year’s Mayor’s Community Benefit Fund.
Council To Push For
More B-Double Routes
The South Burnett Regional Council will ask the Local Government Association Of Queensland to join its push to open up more local roads for B-Doubles.
Golf Club Swaps To Recycled Water
Kingaroy Golf Club will be the first local sports club to benefit from recycled water produced by Kingaroy’s new waste water treatment plant.
Voters ‘Fined For Not Voting’
The LNP claims Queenslanders who voted at this year’s Council elections are now being threatened with fines for not voting because of Electoral Commission Queensland “incompetence”.
Councillors See Heavy Vehicles In Action
A heavy transport demonstration day was organised in Bundaberg on Friday for local councils
Crowd Votes Down Mine … Again
South Burnett residents attending a forum organised by the Kingaroy Concerned Citizens Group have again voted almost unanimously against Moreton Resources’ proposed coal mine near Coolabunia
Wet Soil Delays Rail Trail
Plans to open the South Burnett Rail Trail between Murgon and Kingaroy on the October long weekend have been frustrated by the weather.
Estate Owners To Get Bills Soon
Memerambi Estate owners will be receiving their first bills from the South Burnett Regional Council soon following the bailout to get the troubled housing estate back on course.
Building Our Regions Not So Simple
The SBRC did not apply to Building Our Regions because it was too busy acquitting earlier grants
Boost For Eisteddfod Committee
Kingaroy Eisteddfod committee members – the small group that organises one of the South Burnett’s largest cultural events – won’t be tearing out their hair quite so much at next year’s event.
O’Dowd To Focus On Road Improvement
Road trains could be on the Mundubbera-Durong Road within a few years if Ken O’Dowd has his way
Judy Loses Fight For Life
Judy Antonio, wife of Toowoomba mayor Paul, died at home on Sunday after a long struggle with motor neurone disease.
Kumbia Road Works Start Soon
The South Burnett Regional Council will be starting road works on the Kumbia-Brooklands Road next Wednesday (August 3).
New Site Sought For Work Camp
Anyone want to add almost $400,000 in benefits to their community every year … plus the possibility of a few local jobs?
Memerambi Estate Almost Finished
Work on building Memerambi Estate’s missing infrastructure should be completed by the end of this month.
Cherbourg Council Applies
To Upgrade Recycling Plant
An upgrade to Cherbourg’s recycling facility is one of 63 projects shortlisted by the State Government for funding under Round 2 of the Building our Regions program.
New Planning Scheme Almost Ready
More than eight years after the 2008 council amalgamations, the South Burnett is finally getting close to having a region-wide Planning Scheme.
