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New Cherbourg mayor makes history and four new councillors are declared.

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Council News New Cherbourg mayor makes history and four new councillors are declared.

  • 8th Apr 2020 12:20 PM
ORCHARDISTS in the region are stressing the need for major changes to house seasonal workers.

premium_icon Orchardist talks held over COVID-19 'humanitarian crisis'

Rural ORCHARDISTS in the region are stressing the need for major changes to house seasonal workers.

  • 8th Apr 2020 11:01 AM
A ‘rapidly evolving’ coronavirus situation calls for farmers to work out a ‘plan B’.

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Rural A ‘rapidly evolving’ coronavirus situation calls for farmers to work out a ‘plan B’.

Two South Burnett residents have been diagnosed with coronavirus – will we get a quarantine centre?

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News Two South Burnett residents have been diagnosed with coronavirus – will we get a quarantine centre?

RSPCA launches Poorly Drawn Pet Portrait campaign

RSPCA launches Poorly Drawn Pet Portrait campaign

Pets & Animals In light of recent RSPCA op shop closures across the country, RSPCA Qld has come up...

Premier’s six-month warning as case total inches higher

Premier’s six-month warning as case total inches higher

News Queensland coronavirus: Nine new cases overnight, 943 total cases

Firearms dealers ‘furious’ after strict laws enforced

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Business ‘A lot of other retail businesses are still open and we should be too.’

Coronavirus restrictions impact residents in mourning

premium_icon Coronavirus restrictions impact residents in mourning

News ‘Everyone has been very understanding at this time, but it doesn’t make it any...

Sport journo’s top 10 sports movies of all time

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Sport With sport postponed across the region, athletes are facing hours of unwanted...

$3 million road upgrade brings 30 new jobs to region

premium_icon $3 million road upgrade brings 30 new jobs to region

News A roads working group welcomes the thoroughfare’s upgrade, but says there is more...

Ministers thrashing out back-to-school plan

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Education Coronavirus Qld: Will schools reopen at start of term two?

Queensland in front in COVID-19 fight

premium_icon Queensland in front in COVID-19 fight

Health But experts don’t exactly know why, and warn it could change

Officer tested for coronavirus after Cherbourg assault

premium_icon Officer tested for coronavirus after Cherbourg assault

Crime The teenager was charged for seriously assaulting multiple emergency services...

Rural Aid workers stranded in the Burnett

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News Following the coronavirus restrictions, this interstate couple has pulled up stumps...

BOQ to defer dividend after APRA advice

BOQ to defer dividend after APRA advice

Money Bank of Queensland defers paying shareholder dividends amid pandemic

  • 8th Apr 2020 12:52 PM
Hadley, Jones in bitter clash over George Pell case

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News An almighty stoush erupted today involving top-rating radio hosts

  • 8th Apr 2020 12:43 PM
One adult, child positive from Hilton hotel

One adult, child positive from Hilton hotel

Health An adult and child have been rushed to hospital from quarantine

  • 8th Apr 2020 12:39 PM
How JobKeeper will change your work

How JobKeeper will change your work

News The $130B wage scheme could spell big changes to your normal role

  • 8th Apr 2020 12:28 PM
UNCERTAINTY over the future of New Hope Group’s New Acland Stage 3 expansion could be laid to rest by late May.

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News UNCERTAINTY over the future of New Hope Group’s New Acland Stage 3 expansion could be laid to rest by late May.

Man who robbed pregnant woman still on run

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Crime Police are searching for a man who car jacked a woman’s vehicle while her 3yo was...

Carer reveals why wild animals are vanishing from backyards

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Environment His backyard used to be full of wild animals, now they’re few and far between.

West Moreton Health staff in isolation after virus scare

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Health Lab workers isolated after exposure to coronavirus

Unimaginable loss devastates Darling Downs Zoo

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Pets & Animals Zoo struggles to keep on top of colossal costs during pandemic

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    News Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has poured $US1 billion of his own fortune into a new fund dedicated to “global COVID-19 relief”.

    • 8th Apr 2020 12:45 PM
    Another virus case confirmed in Tweed's health district

    Another virus case confirmed in Tweed's health district

    News Virus cases in the Tweed's Local Health District have risen to 48

    • 8th Apr 2020 12:13 PM
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    • 8th Apr 2020 12:28 PM
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    • 8th Apr 2020 12:15 PM
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    • 8th Apr 2020 12:01 PM

    Sport

      Whether you feel at home on the track, in the pool, on the field, court or dance studio, these reader pics show there’s plenty of passion for sport in the South Burnett.

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      Region’s sport stores facing major supply shortage

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      Business Home gym equipment in high demand as people try to stay fit while gyms are...

      The season that could’ve been for the Gladiators

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      Rugby League Queensland Rugby League have handed down their official ruling, suspending our...

      Burnett tracks still open, despite park closures

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      News A number of national parks are still open for locals to exercise after national...

      New-look golf club to emerge after coronavirus

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      Golf One club is using virus-imposed downtime to undergo a significant facelift.

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        Rugby Union Rugby plan could include revolutionary Bledisloe Cup schedule.

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        Rugby League Israel Folau set to be unleashed by Tonga.

        NRL braces for grand final with no crowd

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        Rugby League Paul Kent: NRL braces for grand final with no crowd.

        Rugby league’s reluctant hero takes a stand

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        Rugby League Why Joey Leilua felt compelled to become a voice for all NRL players

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        News State in front in COVID-19 fight

        • 8th Apr 2020 11:45 AM
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        Man dies in fiery single-car crash

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        Environment A man has died in a fiery car crash in Brisbane’s south overnight after his vehicle...

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        News A team of volunteer computer boffins is working around the clock

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          Firefighters have made an alarming discovery as they try to contain bushfires near the infamous ruined nuclear power station.

          Radiation levels soar as Chernobyl burns

          Offbeat Firefighters have made an alarming discovery as they try to contain bushfires near the infamous ruined nuclear power station.

          • 8th Apr 2020 11:55 AM
          Controversial plan to stop virus spread

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          ‘Disgraceful act of greed’: Pensioner pleas for help in bank battle

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          News Couple in financial straits make plea for help from bank

          KCCI president urges region to stick together

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          Business The South Burnett Chamber of Commerce president Damien Martoo said it’s important...

          Army found on Bundy farms

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          News Growers have been advised to apply extra caution to their crops

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            • 8th Apr 2020 12:30 PM
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              Today show host Karl Stefanovic and Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk have gone head to head over the state’s holiday policy.

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              TV Today show host Karl Stefanovic and Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk have gone head to head over the state’s holiday policy.

              • 8th Apr 2020 12:14 PM
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                      Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed a new mandatory code of conduct will help protect commercial leases during the pandemic.

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                      Landlords who support tenants in financial distress because of coronavirus will be offered land tax relief.

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                        Hundreds of thousands of Aussies have been stood down but one retailer is rewarding rather than sacking their staff on the frontline of the panic-buying fiasco.

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                          A learner driver has copped a $1600 fine for “non-essential travel” for going out on a driving lesson with her mum.

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