The Banana Shire Council has been working on a reports, studies and plans for quite some time and this week councillors have accepted "in principle" the conclusions of the draft Floodplain Management ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gladstone. Followed categories will be added to My News. These are the reasons Banana Shire is being labelled the “forgotten people of Flynn” by acting Mayor ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Community News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The 2023/24 budget was handed down at a special council meeting earlier this week, with BSC ...

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 ...

The Banana Shire Mayor says the council is in good financial shape. The latest financial report shows the council has an operating surplus of $3.3 million. Councillor John Hooper says the outlook is ...

Mayor Nev Ferrier administered the pledge to the new Australians during the ceremony on April 28. "Acquiring Australian Citizenship is a public declaration of your commitment to Australia," Cr Ferrier ...

The Mayor of the Banana Shire in central Queensland says a strategy to address the region's water crisis will be made by the end of next month. John Hooper says the water shortage is worse than it was ...