Burnett Today

26/07/2025

The 2025 South Burnett Relay for Life's Dinner with the Champions is well underway!

This year Jason Akermanis, Emily Seebohm and Trevor Gillmeister are up to share their sporting stories with the crowd.

26/07/2025

The Nanango Stags are hosting a huge day of footy for teams of all ages!

We'll have more from this for you soon.

25/07/2025

Pop on down to the Kingaroy Performing Arts Centre tomorrow to witness the 80-piece Queensland Youth Orchestra in action!

The travelling troupe will be joined by some of the South Burnett's own musical talent:

Queensland Youth Orchestra's Wind Symphony will be returning to the South Burnett this weekend. A free concert will be held [...]

25/07/2025

For the fifth straight year, Coolabunia State School has taken out the honour of being the South Burnett's most literate school.

The legacy continues as Coolabunia State School emerges victorious from the Readers Cup for the fifth year in a row. [...]

25/07/2025

Wuruma Dam near Eidsvold is due to receive a 'makeover' courtesy of owners Sunwater starting next month, with some sections of the space closed off to allow for construction.

Sections of a dam near Eidsvold will be closed to the public until the end of the year starting in [...]

25/07/2025

Higher-ups at the University of Southern Queensland visited Kingaroy last week to learn from locals how they can - or can't - access tertiary education options.

Regional tertiary students face challenges of distance, but UniSQ wants to hear how learning experiences can be improved. The University [...]

24/07/2025

Kingaroy apprentice Brendon Newman put in an electrifying performance at a national competition in June, earning himself a gold medal.

More here:

Brendon Newman, a dedicated Certificate III in Electrotechnology and Instrumentation and Control (UEE30820 / UEE31220) apprentice, has embarked on an [...]

24/07/2025

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24/07/2025

Regional police officers are overworked, underrepresented in decision-making processes and live in sub-standard housing, a recent review of the Queensland Police Service has found.

Queensland's regional police officers have found themselves abandoned by central command according to a recent review of the organisation, struggling [...]

24/07/2025

Allen Christensen and Kerrie Le Du will be dressed to the nines as they navigate their ninth straight annual fundraising rally in early August.

The South Burnett's Kerrie Le Du and Allen Christensen are counting down the days before their Phantom Team hits the [...]

24/07/2025

Despite a slight schedule change Saturday's big weekend of footy in Gayndah is still blazing full steam ahead.

The North Burnett citrus town is hosting one of this year's Hostplus Cup Country Week rounds, welcoming two coastal rugby league teams to the region this weekend:

The North Burnett town of Gayndah will throw open its gates to footy fans from across Queensland this coming Saturday. [...]

24/07/2025

The Burnett's skilled quilters showed off their finest work across the region last week.

We went on the 2025 South Burnett Quilt Trail:

Crafters followed the thread of the quilt trail last weekend, inspired by the handiwork of South Burnett quilters. The quilt [...]