Council

3 December 2025

Cooling Lowood down

LOWOOD’S Central Park is set to be transformed into a cool, shaded hub for the community after the Queensland Government stumped up funding for projects that reduce local urban heat.Somerset Regional Council will receive $1.54 million in state fundi...

19 November 2025

Trialling recycle baskets

SOMERSET Regional Council will proceed with a six-month pilot program for recycling baskets in four Council parks. The pilot program involves installing Containers for Change baskets next to all general waste bins in Council parks in Esk, Fernval...

19 November 2025

Somerset RSLs seek funds for memorials

THE Lowood and Kilcoy RSLs are working with Somerset Council for grant applications to deliver projects honouring people who have served in the military. In Lowood, Council is making an application to the Queensland Government’s Honouring our Veteran...

19 November 2025

More businesses get ‘local’ badge

UNDER changes to business boundaries and definitions in Moreton Bay, Aboriginal and Torres Islander businesses of Jinibara, Kabi Kabi and Turrbal communities that extend beyond City of Moreton Bay’s local government area are now considered a local bu...

19 November 2025

Nominate an unsung hero

SOMERSET Council is calling on the community to help celebrate the outstanding contributions of local individuals, groups and events by nominating them for the 2026 Somerset Australia Day Awards. The annual awards shine a light on the people and orga...

19 November 2025

Moreton manufacturing reaches record growth

MORETON Bay’s manufacturing sector is accelerating at record pace, with new data showing strong growth, rising innovation and increasing adoption of artificial intelligence across local industry. The city, already responsible for 37 per cent of all d...

18 November 2025

Elimbah set for infinity and beyond

ELIMBAH’S days as a quiet agricultural community are numbered, with developers behind a proposed $2.6 billion “entertainment city” declaring the suburb’s low-intensity rural positioning “no longer applicable”. RHC City’s proposed “Infinity Planet...

13 November 2025

Mozzies in firing line

MOSQUITOS are being swatted away in Moreton Bay with the first aerial treatment taking place over the weekend. Tasked with tackling nuisance mozzies is Council’s Vector Control Team (VCT), who have been closely monitoring rainfall and tide levels, wh...

12 November 2025

Planning to boost tourism

SOMERSET Council wants to slash red tape to encourage tourism and short-stay projects as part of a series of proposed new planning reforms. Council revealed it was working on draft changes to its planning processes to encourage “sustainable growt...