Happiness Hampers created by students
The Kingaroy State High School Year 7 Wellbeing Class has many projects on the go, all with the aim of teaching students to build...
A mural for future students
Kingaroy State High School sees a Wellbeing Class where their Year 7 students developed critical life skills and built confidence through tasks and projects...
Year 7’s and their Prep buddies
The teachers aren’t sure who enjoys it more, the Year 7 students or the Prep students.
As part of Kingaroy State High School’s Wellbeing...
School’s cultural leaders
Gayndah's Burnett State College held its 63rd annual awards night on Tuesday, 11 November.
As part of its long list of awards, the North Burnett-based...
Caravan park residents put on notice
The North Burnett's council said it would offer only minimal assistance to long-term residents displaced from the region's four caravan parks following its vote...
Small, but united graduating cohort
As the year draws to a close, Goomeri State School says goodbye to another cohort of Year 10 students.
2025 saw a very small...
Durong grow-house shut down
A Gold Coast area man who allegedly used the South Burnett town of Durong as the staging ground for a drug-growing operation will face...
Burnett’s Best with… Goomeri’s 2025 Dux
At the 62nd annual Goomeri State School Awards night, the 2025 Dux of the School was announced to be Eli Richards.
Eli has been...
A well deserved retirement
After nearly five decades in the industry, a local Woolworths employee is set to retire.
Jan Fleischfresser began her career at Kingaroy Woolworths back...
Council break to impact ‘problem-solving’ app
North Burnett residents looking to report new potholes, dumped rubbish or vandalism will need to change course over the Christmas holidays, as their council...
PCA fires not connected to looming sale: Bega
Peanut Company of Australia owner Bega Group has denied it was slackening safety protocols at its Kingaroy sites in the lead-up to its sale...
Jones allowed to get on with job
North Burnett deputy mayor Melinda Jones will retain her position as chair of the region's Local Disaster Management Group, having been unanimously voted back...
Mayor’s lunch a festive affair
A festive crowd attending South Burnett Mayor Kathy Duff's 2025 Christmas lunch on Friday left no seat in the Kingaroy town hall empty.
The event...
