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A state-of-the-art farm plastics recycling facility is set to take up two of the five tenancies occupying the Utilitas site […]

Premium Content Subscriber only People with a keen interest in business stepped into the Startup space this weekend with a 54-hour educational experience. Facilitated by entrepreneurship educator Baden U’Ren, this weekend’s Techstars Startup Weekend Bundaberg was supported by The Generator Bundaberg and Community Lifestyle Support. Mr U’Ren said Startup Weekend was a global movement designed to build grassroots entrepreneurial activity within communities and delivers a discipline on how ...

Premium Content Subscriber only Farmers are staring down the barrel of burying crops, incentive schemes just arent cutting it and backpackers say theyre willing to foot the bill for their own quarantine. But its not necessarily a simple solution. Increased prices at the check-out are one of the ever-present concerns circling the agriculture industry in the wake of Covid-19 and a subsequent lack of labour. Meanwhile, travel company Global Work & Travel announced the results of a report saying...

Ploughing into Greensill’s farm connection The Aussie farm outfit of Lex Greensill says it’s separate from his failed finance operation. Documents show that has not always been the case. The Greensill brothers, from left: Lex, Peter and Andrew.  Save Share On a stinking hot Queensland morning, a farm worker is slouched inside a white ute outside the $4.1 million beachside holiday house of fallen financial wizard Lex Greensill. The worker, wearing a blue-and-yellow shirt emblazoned ...

Premium Content Subscriber only Bundaberg is full of positive news and that is something to celebrate, which is why we are bringing you a weekly dose of good news stories from around the region. Here are just some of the things that happened recently that made us smile. Colleagues reflect on retirees huge contributions to local youth Nurturing, dedicated and passionate are just some of the words colleagues used to describe Heather Cummings ahead of her retirement. The 66-year-old started vo...

Premium Content Subscriber only Designed to encourage more people to consider employment opportunities in the horticulture industry, a Bundaberg organisation will take part in a $1 million trial. Five organisations including Bundaberg Fruit and Vegetable Growers (BFVG) have been selected to participate in the Harvest Trail Services Industry Collaboration Trial. Representing the region, BFVG managing director Bree Grima said the program will deliver services to employers, job seekers and grow...

Premium Content Subscriber only Entrepreneurs, business owners and movers and shakers will have the rare and exciting opportunity to sit down with a nationally recognised entrepreneurship educator, as well as a group of successful mentors, to get insights into the world of start-ups. Facilitated by award-winning innovation professional Baden URen and supported by The Generator Bundaberg and Community Lifestyle Support (CLS), Startup Weekend Bundaberg will be hosted over three days next month....

Premium Content Subscriber only Plans to import a biopesticide from overseas are in motion, in a bid to solve one of the growing pest problems for farmers in the Bundaberg and Burnett regions. Sightings of the fall armyworm (FAW) were first reported in Australia, in January last year and until now, no imminent solutions had been found to combat the invasive pest. Bundaberg Fruit and Vegetable Growers (BFVG) managing director Bree Grima said she encourages growers and agronomists to conduct r...