Whether you are up for a challenging hike or you just want to take the family on a relaxing picnic, there are a variety of free things to do around the region these school holidays. Check out our list.
The Burnett’s most in-need are getting a helping hand this holiday season as community groups, police, and businesses gear up for another food drive.
As the year reaches an end look back on the Best of Burnett’s winners from across the past year and meet the people locals trust for everything from coffee to electrical work.
Investigations are under way after multiple people claimed they were struck by rocks in night-time attacks near a South Burnett primary school which damaged cars and reportedly hit one woman in the head.
A Burnett horse trainer busted with 2kg of cannabis in clip sealed bags, 64 cannabis seedlings, 34 cannabis plants, three bongs and meth claimed she’d grown the cannabis to feed her horses in the drought.
A mega health hub that will generate hundreds of jobs, inject millions of dollars into the local economy and open up multiple health career pathways will include a new hospital and aged care facility in Kingaroy.
Analysis has revealed the best primary and secondary schools for NAPLAN results across the South Burnett. CHECK YOUR SCHOOL
A heated debate preceded a vote on whether South Burnett council should chase dog owners who owe more than $72,000 in unpaid registration fees, with the vote going down to the wire.
South Burnett police are on the hunt for a group of youths after a spate of increasingly disturbing crimes in the region, including a brazen car theft where a woman was threatened with a gun, and a violent carjacking in Wondai.
A South Burnett councillor has gone on the attack against speed cameras positioned across the region after a woman caring for her terminally ill husband copped $1000 in fines.
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