$100K renters struggling, new report reveals
With Gympie businesses holding crisis talks regarding anti-social behaviour among vagrants recently, housing affordability advocates Everybody's Home are saying the rental crisis is hitting...
Safety is paramount
The community feeling safe should be number one priority.
The drugs, violence and crime currently overrunning our main street is not only terrifying, but shameful.
When...
Action call on 000 failures
The feedback given to police representatives at the Mary Street business meeting on Wednesday 12 March was that calling 000 achieved nothing.
Comments from local...
Bob Elmer to be remembered
The life of the late Rainbow Beach icon Bob Elmer will be remembered at Tin Can Bay Country Club on Sunday 23 March at...
Leaif’s big heart overcomes barriers to employment
Often people with disability can get locked out of the job market for years, even decades, and join the ranks of the long-term unemployed.
Not...
Chamber seeks feedback on Bypass
The Gympie Chamber of Commerce is inviting all Gympie residents to participate in a Gympie Bypass Feedback survey.
A spokesperson for the chamber said, "With...
Connect with creatives
Creatives and community are warmly invited to join in at the first Gympie Region Arts and Cultural Forum of the year on Tuesday 25...
Record crab catches, new members
The new faces keep arriving at the monthly weigh ins which is great to see for the Rainbow Beach Amateur Anglers (RBAA).
The recent...
Humble sprinkler breeding hope for turtles
Traditional Owners and researchers have copied Mother Nature, using common sprinklers, to help save threatened freshwater turtles.
Seeking to mitigate the effects of climate change...
Wide Bay man bailed on people smuggling charge
A Wide Bay man has been bailed in Bundaberg Magistrates Court on charges of people smuggling and supporting a criminal organisation.
Sean Eamon Ryan, 57,...
Wide Bay man in ‘terror’ link
Police have arrested a Wide Bay man accused of helping smuggle out of Australia an alleged Sydney drug smuggler and "terror" kingpin.
The fugitive he...
Tragic crash at Goomeri
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash at Goomeri last Thursday afternoon, 20 March.
Just before 2pm a vehicle was travelling west...
Community connects
Service providers and those in the community service space gathered at Gunabul Homestead to foster relationships, share stories, learn from each other and ultimately...
