{"id":292081,"date":"2021-01-12T15:12:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T05:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=292081"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T05:49:12","slug":"contract-signed-for-meatworks-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/01\/12\/contract-signed-for-meatworks-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Contract Signed For Meatworks Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_239317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239317\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190709meatworks2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-239317\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190709meatworks2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190709meatworks2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190709meatworks2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190709meatworks2-269x167.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Murgon Meatworks has been standing empty on the edge of town since 2007<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>January 12, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After months of rumours, it has been confirmed &#8230; a contract has been signed for the site of the former Murgon Meatworks.<\/p>\n<p>The property, which is owned by Teys Australia, has been vacant since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Local councillor Kathy Duff said the sale was still subject to due diligence until May.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I am confident that we will see some positive activity after May that will be great for the local economy,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Part of the plan that is being looked at is an industrial hub as there is a large piece of industrial zoned land with plenty of available water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More information about the proposal is yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/07\/08\/meatworks-for-sale-to-serious-buyer\/\">Meatworks For Sale &#8216;To Serious Buyer&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239165\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-239165\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190708murgon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190708murgon.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/20190708murgon-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLASHBACK: Former South Burnett Economic Development manager Phil Harding and former mayor Wayne Kratzmann led a Chinese delegation through the South Burnett Meatworks site in December 2015 in an unsuccessful bid to drum up interest\u00a0 &#8230; the meatworks closed in 2007 and the 70ha site has sat vacant since<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of rumours, it has been confirmed &#8230; a contract has been signed for the site of the former Murgon Meatworks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":239317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[28],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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