Last night’s Mitchell Shire Council meeting was interrupted by a large banana entering the council chamber towards the end of the meeting. The banana handed out bananas to members of the gallery ...

The wind facility will benefit around 500,000 homes. RWE Renewables Australia has received state planning approval for its 1 gigawatt Theodore onshore wind project. In a statement, the company said ...

Median house prices in the Banana Shire have increased eight per cent in 12 months, with the major centre of Biloela experiencing an extremely tight market as young families look to upgrade.

Banana Shire Council Mayor Nev Ferrie called the act “disgraceful”. Speaking with Yahoo News he said hauling the tyres out of the national park had delayed other essential work in the park.

Authorities have spent more than $100,000 and delayed bushfire safety work to remove hundreds of tyres illegally ditched in one of Queensland's most pristine national parks.

The Banana Shire expects construction on the smaller wind farm to start in 2026 and operations to start in 2029. A high voltage powerline circumventing the town of Biloela to the west is proposed ...

A case of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) has been recorded in a pig in Queensland's Banana Shire region. It comes two months after the virus was detected in piggeries in the state's south-east ...

Banana Shire mayor Neville Ferrier warns of mass outages amid rush to renewables A Queensland country mayor says only atomic energy or coal can provide baseload power and has issued a dire warning.

Addressing a federal nuclear energy inquiry in Biloela, Banana Shire mayor Neville Ferrier also slammed “childish” politics about what he said was increasingly safe nuclear power, saying some ...

Banana Shire mayor Neville Ferrier warns of mass outages amid rush to renewables A Queensland country mayor says only atomic energy or coal can provide baseload power and has issued a dire warning.