Community

1 March 2024

Singles brekkie meeting

Fifteen people turned up at the first breakfast at Woodford Gardens on January 7, before 12 appeared at the follow-up dinner at the D’Aguilar Hotel on January 23. One of the organisers, Cammy Wilson, said the concept arose after someone had moved to ...

1 March 2024

Homeless hub design

The new building will include a dual-tenanted service centre, commercial-grade kitchen, office space and consult rooms, storage space, shower, toilet and laundry facilities, and a repaved and repainted car park. Demolition works have begun and, once ...

1 March 2024

Red Dragon put on hit performance with Lions Dance

As was the case at previous Moreton Bay Lunar New Year festivals, Red Dragon opened and closed the event with Lion Dances. There were three lions in the Traditional Lion Dance which began proceedings at 3pm, before there were two LED Lions in the fin...

1 March 2024

Moreton scholarships awarded

The annual program offers seven scholarships valued at $8,000 per year throughout the duration of the degree, as well as up to 16 Study Support Bursaries valued at $2,000 each, available to local students of any age pursuing an undergraduate degree, ...

29 February 2024

Clean Up Australia Day

The countdown is on, and City of Moreton Bay Mayor, Peter Flannery, urges residents to register their clean up sites in time to claim their very own free clean up kits. “The Moreton Bay community has let us know that our natural spaces are important ...

29 February 2024

Kilcoy house goes ablaze

Emergency services personnel were on the scene at the Atthow Street premises, which had been the occupant’s home for about 52 years. No lives were lost, while social media reports indicated nobody was physically hurt or injured as a result of the fir...

29 February 2024

Kilcoy Cancer Support Group (Breast and the Rest)

We can arrange free transportation for appointments and/or treatments, house cleaning and garden maintenance. In 2023 we were supported by donations from various local groups: Kilcoy Craft Market, Kilcoy Lions Club, C & K Kilcoy Community Kinderg...

28 February 2024

Divisions are locked in

Electoral Commissioner Pat Vidgen said the situation has created a number of flow-on effects for the City of Moreton Bay, which is Queensland’s third largest council. “Firstly, we won’t need to open polling booths in those five divisional areas, so h...

28 February 2024

Goodbye to Somerset’s Mayor Graeme Lehmann

Thinking back to his 30-year long local government career, Mr Lehmann has recognised some key challenges he has faced, naming cost pressures as one of the most current ones. “One of the most disappointing things, I have found, is the cost shifting fr...