Hinkler Park Plantations goes carbon positive
Hinkler Park Plantations, a 3000-hectare macadamia farm based in Bundaberg, Queensland, has achieved total greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and removal of 17,670 tonnes (t)...
Massive macadamia sale
As demand for healthy, sustainably produced food rises dramatically around the world, macadamia nuts are considered a premium due to their unique health benefits...
Bundaberg farm exploitation claims
Members of the horticulture industry have responded to claims made by Pacific workers under the Seasonal Worker Program (SWP), who say they were exploited...
Half of $1.2 billion Paradise Dam repair job committed
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has committed some money to rebuild Paradise Dam to its original capacity, after her government reduced the dam wall by...
Snap up a ‘Great Queensland Getaway’
Outstanding holiday deals and cut-price airfares will be on offer, as Queensland launches a $5.2 million national and international marketing assault, to continue the...
COVID raises challenges for local building industry
Just like many other industries, the building industry is seeing delays in the face of COVID.
Master Builders Queensland, regional manager – Burnett Wide Bay...
School off to a positive start at Norville
For Norville State School principal Veronica Geiger, it was fabulous to see all of the smiling faces of students and many parents, as all...
Help kids be what they can’t see
The Wide Bay region has the third highest youth unemployment rate in Queensland at 17.4 percent, with the issue a generational one in the...
MAGPIES FLY OVER THE WAVES
CRICKET: The East Bundy Magpies claimed the points against The Waves on Saturday in round 10 of the Rum City Foods Division One...
Locals struggling to afford medication
Alarming research findings of our local electorate has revealed more than one in five adults have gone without prescribed medicines, as they simply cannot...
Electric bicycles stolen, Burnett Heads
Overnight on 6 February, two electric bicycles were stolen from a holiday park at Burnett Heads.
One of the bicycles is described as Rove E...
Celebrating 100 tee-rific years
Regular social outings, golfing, water aerobics and mah-jong are the secret to a long and happy life, according to Bundaberg local, Mabel Matthews, who...


















