When a Qld woman noticed a “pimple” on her neck, she never imagined it would nearly end her life and mark the beginning of a year-long battle with a flesh-eating bacteria involving more than 15 surgeries and multiple ICU stays.
Police have renewed their plea for public help to find a Monto woman missing for almost three months and last seen on the Sunshine Coast.
Development of a Qld beachside suburb famous for its laid-back lifestyle is well underway and attracting retirees in droves to its tree-lined shores.
A rescue chopper has flown a woman to hospital after she was bitten by a snake while working in thick bushland in the North Burnett.
The hunt for the Fraser Coast’s cutest dog is over and it’s time to find out which pooch was voted the favourite four-legged friend.
As the South Burnett continues to make its mark as a must-see on Queensland’s wine trail, we’re naming the best spots for a sip as voted by you. Here’s the nine wineries in the running.
A Bundaberg region farming advocate says she does not believe she will see the rebuilt dam in her lifetime, as 60,000 people living downstream have been assured they are safe despite the fact the dam was not up to “contemporary safety standards”.
The Burnett could be about to lose four of its country shows following a council decision to no longer be responsible for local showgrounds, leaving already struggling show societies to bear the costs of rates, fees and maintenance. Full report and reaction:
The life of Nigel ‘Nige’ Dwyer was one well lived, and filled with music, decency, honesty, love, dogs, horses and motorbikes.
The North Burnett Regional Council will engage with the world’s leading suicide prevention and intervention training company following a rise in natural disasters across the region.
The long-awaited $1 billion Gympie Bypass is less than one year away from completion, but there remains no shortage of mega-projects on the horizon in all corners of the Wide Bay Burnett.
He’s saved hundreds of lives, delivered babies on the roadside, and was involved in an emergency response that will forever go down as one regional town’s darkest day. Now after 44 years a much-loved paramedic has hung up his stethoscope.
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