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.
Councillors will have a busy time on Anzac Day, April 25.
The South Burnett Regional Council will abandon its previous three week meeting schedule and return to monthly meetings – at least, for the balance of the year.
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.
A Council meeting on Thursday afternoon will decide if a new operator takes over Kingaroy’s private hospital
Kingaroy resident Danita Potter has been declared as the new Councillor for Division 3.
Maidenwell Hotel publican Gavin Jones has been declared as the new Councillor for Division 2.
Roz Frohloff has been elected as the new councillor for Division 1
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.
South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann has called for Qld’s Electoral Commissioner to be sacked
The shape of the new South Burnett Regional Council is starting to become clearer with the Electoral Commission of Queensland making final declarations for two Divisions on Thursday evening
Gympie Division 6 councillor Ray Currie has been defeated in his bid for re-election by just 18 votes.
The first crop of Rail Trail trainees graduated in Kingaroy last week, and 60 per cent of them will be walking straight into employment.
The results of Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council’s election were finalised on Wednesday evening
Deputy Mayor Keith Campbell is as much in the dark about election results as the rest of us
A confirmed case of dengue fever in the South Burnett has prompted calls for residents to be vigilant about avoiding mosquito bites
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”
The South Burnett Regional Council has placed safety cones along a section of Kingaroy Street to allow urgent repairs to be made to a damaged and sagging shop awning.
South Burnett Regional Council plans to begin a project to upgrade the Tingoora State School car park next Tuesday (March 29).
A petition has been launched online in the Western Downs council area – which includes Bell and Chinchilla – calling for Saturday’s election to be re-run.
