Stormy Weather Affects Matches

Stormy Weather Affects Matches

Summer storms over the last week played havoc with lawn bowls around the region, forcing the abandonment of some games and the cancellation of others.

Hay … Can You Help Out?

Hay … Can You Help Out?

Fundraising has already begun for a second Burrumbuttock Hay Run to western Queensland … and the South Burnett is again heavily involved.

Course For Parents

Course For Parents

Graham House is bringing the six-week “Circle of Security” parenting program to Murgon and Kingaroy later this year.

Council Election Forums Planned

Council Election Forums Planned

Three of the region’s peak business and community organisations will be holding community forums next month so members of the public can meet candidates for the 2016 Council elections in person.

MBDA President Says Tide Is Turning

MBDA President Says Tide Is Turning

The Murgon Business and Development Association’s (MBDA) confidence that bleak business conditions at the start of 2015 would improve appears to have been well-founded.

Stolen Wages Scheme Opens

Stolen Wages Scheme Opens

The State Government’s $21 million stolen wages reparations scheme is now open to receiving applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders whose wages or savings were withheld by previous governments.

Chinese Business Delegation Visits

Chinese Business Delegation Visits

A group of five business people from the city of Jinan in eastern China visited the South Burnett on Wednesday as guests of the South Burnett Regional Council.

Miracle Night In Murgon

Miracle Night In Murgon

A Christmas miracle happened in Murgon on Friday night … the annual Christmas Carnival escaped the worst of the storms that were buffeting much of the rest of the South Burnett.

Deadly Finish To Formal Parade

Deadly Finish To Formal Parade

Cheers and applause erupted from the crowd of spectators lining Gore Street on Friday night when Shane Dynevor emerged from the car that had ferried him and Shajuana Button to Murgon Town Hall.