A new report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that living with disability, previous incarceration, being female and low levels of education are the most significant factors associated with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people being out of the labour force.
Eleven people have been charged with drug-driving offences after allegedly failing roadside tests in the Kingaroy area during the past week.
Goomeri Police will join forces with the Department of Transport and Main Roads on Tuesday (August 27) for a Road Safety Week event at the truck parking site in Moore Street.
Car thieves stole keys and personal items after forcing open a window in Thorn Street , Murgon.
A motorbike rider was flown to hospital on Saturday night after a crash on a private property at Booubyjan.
Queensland Road Safety Week is kicking off on Monday with plenty of safety slogans about to hit the media … but Kingaroy Police have a simple message: “Make safety, your priority”.
Fifteen people will appear in Murgon Magistrates Court after a string of police drug raids across the South Burnett earlier this week.
Emergency services were called to a single-vehicle crash on the Burnett Highway at Glan Devon, north of Nanango, on Thursday evening.
The State Government passed new laws on Thursday to keep young people out of watchhouses.
A Holden Commodore burst into flames on Tuesday night after it ran off the road and crashed into a barbed wire fence near Barkers Creek flats.
Police are seeking public assistance to help locate a 66-year-old man who was reported missing from Sandgate on Monday afternoon.
A local fire ban is in place until midnight on Friday (August 30) in the South Burnett and North Burnett council areas due to the high risk of fires starting in the current conditions.
Kingaroy Police will be holding the third in their popular series of “Coffee With A Cop” mornings next week at Shoppingworld.
Fire crews rushed to Sakina’s Food in Wondai just after noon on Monday after reports smoke had been seen coming from the building.
A Queensland police officer and a former colleague have received Bravery Medals (BM) for their efforts during an incident which occurred at Cherbourg more than 20 years ago.
The Bunya Highway was blocked near Murgon on Saturday night after a B-double loaded with bales of sugar cane mulch crashed into trees and caught on fire after striking cattle on the roadway.
A small group of people turned up to a meeting organised this week to discuss the formation of a Kingaroy Neighbourhood Watch group.
A woman aged in her 60s has been flown to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition after a single-vehicle crash on the Wide Bay Highway on Thursday morning.
A teenager has been charged with going armed to cause fear after an incident in First Avenue, Kingaroy, on Saturday.
A man aged in his 50s suffered chest and abdominal injuries when a broken-down bus rolled on to him at Ban Ban Springs on Sunday afternoon.
