Hot advice: Danger of online product reviews
Want a good electric blanket or other household item? Scott Pape says in an age of fake reviews, there’s one key place to check.
Want a good electric blanket or other household item? Scott Pape says in an age of fake reviews, there’s one key place to check.
Whether it’s the beloved mince pie with tomato sauce, chunky beef, cheese and bacon, or chicken and veg, we are searching for Burnett’s best go-to spot to grab a meat pie, with 15 businesses in the running.
This Audi RS e-tron grand tourer looks fast and expensive … yes, you can judge this book by its cover.
Citi CEO Mark Woodruff is talking up Australia on the global funds stage with hundreds of billions needed for energy, minerals and housing development.
The billionaire retailer is calling all the shots in Oliva Wirth’s audacious bid for the department store to get bigger.
Millions of dollars have been spent exploring what is thought to be a gas-rich region, with little to show but frustration. Victoria needs to encourage new exploration instead of clinging to El Dorado.
The stock market popularity contest between the world’s most populous nations has one clear winner, but the future is clouded.
The Taste Bundaberg Festival is back in August, with 10 days of fresh produce, celebrity chefs, markets, masterclasses, and unique dining experiences. Highlights include a gala dinner with Colin Fassnidge and new events like A Night on the Greens and Sunset Feast.
South Burnett businesswoman and hair stylist Ebony Jade O’Brien has been voted the best in the Burnett for the second year in a row, taking out 25 per cent of the vote in our most recent poll.
Community and business leaders in Central Queensland’s resource-rich towns have responded to the Federal Coalition’s pitch for a nuclear power plant near Biloela. It comes as a major solar farm is planned for the same spot.
Real estate investors are battling high interest rates like other borrowers, but many have a way to claw back big bucks.
The Kia EV9 Air is a seven-seat SUV all-electric offering which shows how good the future could be.
For business, nuclear represents a solution to a problem that is set to be solved by the time the first reactor is switched on.
Despite thirteen interest rate rises since May 2022 and some economists tipping more by the Reserve Bank board, things are not happening as they should. Here’s why.
Despite being late to the hybrid party the Hyundai Kona comes with good looks and thrifty ability.
A tax time windfall awaits for investors and small business owners who follow these experts’ end-of-financial-year tips.
Barefoot Investor Scott Pape says consumers are being overcharged by technology when they pay for things.
A card-only payment entry policy to Queensland’s largest travelling gourmet food market was met with such huge backlash by one community that organisers have rethought the decision.
A customer who missed medical appointments after buying a vehicle from a Bundaberg car dealership has been granted a refund from a tribunal that found the HiLux was not up to scratch.
A dump deadline is looming that will force South Burnett landfill sites to close, with a temporary weighbridge solution in the works to the tune of $210k.
Nine is now moving toward full-blown crisis mode as the media company lacks the authority to deal with its deep-seated cultural issues.
A Bundaberg childcare educator has been voted the best in the state by our readers and says she still loves the job after nearly 20 years in the industry.
Whether it’s a simple touch up or a hair transformation, we are on the search for Burnett’s best hair colourist. Vote in the poll and help give your favourite the recognition they deserve.
Work has started to fix erosion at a small town’s beautiful beach after public protests regarding the issue, as debate rages about what has caused it.
Beyond Bank Australia, P&N Bank and BCU Bank are set to be combined under a plan unveiled as “a merger of equals”.
Just as many chief executives are bunkering down, preparing for a slowdown to arrive, Rob Scott is looking over the horizon.
Career business banker Andrew Irvine has two big challenges ahead as he drives the nation’s second biggest bank.
Aussie shares flirted with a record high in March but it’s been downhill since then. Can it rebound to fresh peaks this year?
It is becoming clear that responsibility for the casino’s reform efforts in Sydney were falling through the regulatory cracks.
The airline which promised the world had its wings clipped from its much-delayed start.
A country motel and glass repair shop are among the unpaid small businesses left in the lurch after a Queensland mining equipment repairs and maintenance company went into liquidation. SEE CREDITORS LIST.
Boral has bought Booyal Quarries, a 75ha hard rock quarry 60km south-west of Bundaberg to feed ongoing construction demands across the ‘rapidly growing’ Wide Bay region.
The supermarket giant is on the cusp of a long-awaited step change in the way it gets the food on the shelves or to your doorstep.
A Mundubbera resident has leapt at the chance to return to the family farm and open the town’s newest gardening, coffee and camping hot spot.
Activist shareholder Tanarra Capital has stepped up the pressure on the property major ahead of a critical briefing, demanding ’fresh thinking and leadership’.
Anglo American had been on BHP’s radar for years – not months – although the Australian giant believed it had to get its own house in order before any mega-deal.
Wagons may be a rarity but the Skoda Octavia RS Wagon trumps an SUV in just about every way,
In making the high-risk $60bn mega-deal, BHP’s boss Mike Henry needs to prove the miner is not slipping back to its destructive old habits.
A high-stakes inquiry into Star’s Sydney casino has failed in its efforts to cast former CEO Robbie Cooke as its villain.
The state’s powerful casino regulator chose his moment to heap maximum pressure on the board of troubled rival Star.
A farming company in operation for almost 50 years has gone into liquidation while owing $16 million to creditors, in the latest financial scandal to hit the Bundaberg-based empire.
Supermarkets have manipulated generations of Australians to expect only perfect, outsized produce. This has devastating consequences for the bottom line and mental health of our hardworking farmers, writes agronomist and farming advocate Judy Plath.
Originally launched as a three-door, the Suzuki Jimny mini off-roader is now more functional with the XL five-door version.
Queensland farmers have revealed the impact of alleged “mafia” tactics being used by the big four supermarkets, leaving them in some cases with to throw out almost half their crops or use excessive fertiliser to satisfy ‘big’ fruit demands.
There’s one major cultural reason why the casino operator has found itself so deeply in trouble.
Just as markets have started to get bumpy, investors should take heed of the saying no pain, no gain.
Fire which has ripped through a storage shed and multiple containers at the Eidsvold club, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.
A new Bargara restaurant is offering an elevated Japanese menu to those looking for authentic, traditional Asian cuisine close to the beach.
For Bruce Mathieson, his move on Star is more than a punt on whether or not the casino can stay alive.
New research by business marketing website Localsearch has revealed the regional city where dentists are in more demand than any other place in Qld, and all but one other place in all of Australia.
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