The results are in from our interactive poll where readers graded their councillors and the South Burnett Regional Councils overall performance during 2023. See who passed with a score of C or higher and see who failed.
New Year’s Eve celebrations are set to light up the night sky on Sunday night despite a week of wild weather. See the list of fireworks displays in the South Burnett, Gympie, Rainbow Beach and the Fraser Coast.
From tragic road fatalities that impacted countless lives to ordinary people who did extraordinary things, here are the stories that broke our hearts and inspired in 2023.
A weekend of predicted wild weather has prompted a warning for possible moderate flooding in parts of regional Queensland.
Who are the Burnett’s ultimate power brokers, the heavy hitters shaping our region and, to an extent, our lives? Today we reveal the first 10 on this year’s list of 30, and the insights into why they made the cut and where they are ranked.
Police are investigating the circumstances around the sudden death of a Burnett woman after a freak home incident this week. Neighbours have revealed the kind of person she was and what they saw and heard that day.
The Qld Education Department has confirmed that a Bundaberg childcare centre will continue to be monitored by the regulator as it faces multiple compliance and safety charges.
If you are considering a piercing in the Burnett Region – be it for your ears, tongue, nose or eyebrow – these finalists have got you covered. Vote for your favourite piercing technician in the poll below:
Roadside stalls across the South Burnett could face closure, with the council opting to not renew certain vendor permits, but declining to reveal exactly who will go and who will stay.
Calls are growing for a ‘dangerous’ key road linking Kingaroy to the Burnett Hwy to be upgraded following a string of crashes and fears more will happen.
A complaint by a competitor 50km away has blocked a rural business from stocking its best-selling product, sending the business owner into debt and prompting calls from the business community for the ‘archaic’ arrangement to be scrapped.
A woman has been airlifted to Toowoomba after falling from a horse at a South Burnett property and sustaining serious injuries.
With a third of Qld’s pig herd penned in the Wide Bay, and Australia’s biggest pork factory located at Kingaroy, the impact of climate change on the pork industry could spell disaster for local jobs and gross domestic product.
The super mum in charge of a country Queensland ambulance station has shared the highs and confronting lows of her role as she humbly accepts a national nod to her incredible career.
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