Tag: News
Festival paints the town orange
Gayndah's mammoth two-day Orange Festival wrapped up last weekend, drawing massive crowds and highlighting the region's best in produce and lifestyle despite Covid setbacks...
Murgon secures veteran welfare with Drop-In Centre opening today
Murgon veterans can now connect with other servicepeople and access mental health support following the opening of a $569,950 Drop-In Centre this morning.
As...
‘White elephant’ stomps in Murgon
Cherbourg's cultural museum will miss out on attracting much-needed tourists and funds as Murgon's upcoming Tingamarra Cultural Centre sets to benefit from Indigenous culture.
Murgon's...
IT BELONGS TO MOB: Elders fight to reclaim Dreamtime stories
Wakka Wakka people are still fighting for legal rights to their traditional lands and grappling with inter-generational trauma following years of cultural dispossession. ...
Mum given chance to ‘break cycle’
A young mother was sobbing quietly in the dock as the Kingaroy District Court judge read out her sentence.
The defendant pleaded guilty to...
WONDAI CRASH: Man in serious condition
A man is in a serious condition following a single-vehicle crash on the Bunya Highway at 6.52am in Wondai this morning.
The patient has...
Visa answers seasonal labour shortage
A new proposed visa scheme for agricultural workers is expected to help fill farm worker shortages in Burnett farms.
The visa scheme will enable agricultural...
Region’s ‘best coach’ honoured
It was a touching tribute to a humble, generous man when Nanango Sporting Association named their fields the 'Alan Downie Sports Fields'.
Alan was...
THE TRUTH: Burnett Today clarifies important KTP figure SBRC got wrong
After miscalculating the number of car parks lost to the Kingaroy Transformation Project three times, South Burnett Regional Council has delivered its 'final' figure.
Last...
OPINION: Not even Council knows number of KTP car park cuts
UPDATE: After further investigations by Burnett Today, we have finally been told the correct number of car park cuts. It's different to the three...
Here’s why safety and inclusion requires carpark cuts in the KTP
One died and several were injured on unsafe crossings in Kingaroy's CBD in the last few years.
To prevent such incidents from happening again, the...
PHOTOS: Child’s play for Under 8s
South Burnett children embraced play for Under 8's Day celebrations in Kingaroy's Memorial Park on Thursday 1 July.
Organisations including South Burnett Libraries, Kingaroy...
Joe does well for Kumbia
To celebrate the talent and dedication, South Burnett Regional Council announced the recipients of the local achiever awards at the Australia Day Awards, held...
