Council

23 July 2026

$3.75 million grants open for multicultural projects

The Multicultural Connect Grants program has opened applications for a significant second funding round. A total of $3.75 million is available to empower not-for-profit and charitable organisations or local government bodies which are actively operat...

23 July 2026

Lester Kropp Bridge works continue

SOMERSET Regional Council’s contractor has been given the green light to restart work at the Lester Kropp Bridge site at Villeneuve following a three-month review of the upgrade works. Somerset Mayor Jason Wendt said the review included further techn...

22 July 2026

Community grant applications to open

The next funding round of Somerset Council’s Community Assistance Grants will open on Friday, 31 July 2026. Not for profit community organisations can apply for financial assistance for projects, activities or events that deliver a clear benefit to t...

22 July 2026

River Rd upgrades

UTILITY works will begin in the coming weeks as the next stage of the long-awaited Caboolture River Road upgrade gets underway ahead of major construction later this year. Moreton Bay Council has advised residents that Telstra and Torus Networks will...

22 July 2026

New bail laws to target repeat youth offenders

REPEAT youth offenders who commit serious crimes while on bail could face mandatory jail under the next phase of the Queensland Government’s youth justice reforms, expected to be introduced by the end of the year. The next phase of the reforms, which...

22 July 2026

Growers snap up water

LONG-awaited water security for Somerset farmers has moved closer, with more than two-thirds of a proposed recycled irrigation scheme already snapped up by growers as of July 10, almost two years before the project is expected to be construction-read...

22 July 2026

Powell accepts boundary redraws, mourns communities

ANDREW Powell has described losing the Moreton Bay community from his Glass House electorate as “traumatic”, following nearly 20 years of representation. Mr Powell acknowledges a redistribution by the Queensland Electoral Commission is necessary to a...

16 July 2026

Lives put at risk by sign vandals

SOMERSET Council has slammed the deliberate destruction of road signs across the region, warning the reckless antisocial behaviour is putting motorists, pedestrians, road workers and the wider community at serious risk. More than 35 signs have been d...

16 July 2026

Celebrate Tiny Tourism Town gold win

TOOGOOLAWAH will be celebrated on Wednesday, 22 July at a Community Council Meeting. Somerset Regional Council will hold its next Ordinary Meeting at Alexandra Hall in Toogoolawah, a gold medallist in the Queensland Tourism Industry Council’s Top Tou...