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All Star girl on uni scholarship

A talented rugby league player who aspires to represent Australia and mentor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has secured an Indigenous university scholarship. Generous...

New reef regulations explained

New legislation will affect Burnett farmers in line with the Queensland Government’s reef water quality program. It will impact Queensland farmers in the Great...

First day as a country Adopt-a-Cop

The students of Windera State School have welcomed their new Adopt-a-Cop from Murgon Police Station with open arms. The little school of 19 students...

Branch closures prompts banking support

Community care groups are helping some people worried about banking alternatives in the wake of two branches closing their doors to rural communities. The...

Foul or fair play: this game lets you decide

Deceitful operations or honest moves can be used in an 18-year-old Kingaroy man’s new land-conquering board game. Seth Schuback released The Peace Treaty for pre-sale...

Fish farm scales up

Built just five months ago, one Moffatdale farm is no fish out of water having already made more than 500,000 sales. After producing fish for...

Markets celebrate female entrepreneurs

Female entrepreneurs juggling full time work and their own small business and other talented Burnett businesswomen will be celebrated at upcoming markets. Murgon's Graham...

Nutty roadtrip

It’s the last chance to get your spare parts in for Kingaroy’s monumental big peanut. The Kingaroy big peanut committee will be heading off...

‘Very high’ risk of dangerous fires

A 'very high' risk of fire danger has been issued for Wide Bay and Burnett. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services forecast the rating will continue...

Digging deep into history

Murgon is one dig closer to putting themselves on the fossil tourism map. Murgon Creative Country Association Inc President Richard O’Neill said the $1.5...

Chatting with Australia’s oldest man

Dexter Kruger is Australia’s oldest man but to talk to him you wouldn’t know it. The vibrant, hardworking and sometimes cheeky 111-year-old has a...

KTP’s cash cow isn’t higher rates

South Burnett Regional Council Mayor Brett Otto has assured residents the Kingaroy Transformation Project will not increase their rates, but may actually discount the...

First 5 Forever storytime

North Burnett families are invited to embrace the power of storytelling this year by heading to their local library for storytime. The First 5 Forever...