As more and more North Burnett property owners struggle with the cost of living, rates debts are spiralling and the council is on the cusp of moving to selling off those properties in the worst arrears.
As the North Burnett Regional Council gathers community input for its new corporate plan, housing and childcare availability have been revealed as among the top issues.
Neighbours in a beachside suburb in Queensland say they’re living beside the house from hell and fear nobody and nothing will help them.
A proposed 1200ha solar farm between Monto and Eidsvold has met with backlash from the local community, and follows an incident earlier this month where angry protesters tore down the fence around another nearby solar farm.
A pub-loving pair behind the restoration of multiple iconic Brisbane buildings has fallen in love with another riverside city, breathing life into three long-closed historic hotels – the oldest of which will open this weekend.
There are new fears Queensland graziers are reaching breaking point with revelations some are being charged more than $100,000 annually in rural rates from their local council.
A fishing village’s chance to become the next Whitsundays is on ice as a $250m development collapses and goes on the market.
A longstanding, key player in the Queensland construction industry has revealed the harsh reality of rising costs and how he’s stayed successful amid a spate of builder busts.
A group of individuals with a passion for Bundaberg’s history have submitted the Old Nurses’ Quarters of the Bundaberg Hospital for official heritage listing, fearful of it meeting the same fate as the Anzac Pool.
Despite a boggy start to the 2024 Eidsvold Cattle Drive, volunteers and attendees were all smiles on day four of the major fundraising event that drives 400 head from Culcraige Station to Euroka Station. See the photos, video.
A series of units slated for Gin Gin are hoped to help retain young people in the region as housing affordability continues to shrink.
Land value increases of more than 80 per cent – and in one case almost 180 per cent – have put Bundaberg region property owners in a spin over potential massive rates hikes later this year.
The race is officially on for the 2024 local government elections. These are the 17 people who have so far announced they will run for North Burnett council, their background and what they stand for.
Life changed for astronomer and NASA collaborator James Barclay when he was six, and saw something streak across the night sky. In his many decades watching that sky, he has witnessed some extraordinary, inexplicable things.
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