Three sentenced over stabbing
Three men involved in the stabbing and assault of well-known Gympie boxer Danny Hawkins were sentenced in Gympie District Court last Friday, 3 February.
Two...
Glowing report card for Gympie staff
Figures released from the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service suggest Gympie Hospital is in the top 5 per cent of rated hospitals according...
‘Why?’ : builders, home owners can’t fathom senseless vandalism
"I'm not a John Farnham fan, but when I heard those lyrics, 'We're not going to live in silence, we're not going to live...
“Health services in our region are in crisis”
The Australian Medical Association has exposed the severity of wait times at the Gympie Hospital.
The 2023 logjam report shows that the majority of patients...
Libby and Eso top the list this week
Libby and Eso are two sweet orphans, currently living at the Gympie RSPCA Animal Centre, keen to find their new families.
Libby is a 2-year-old...
Dogs Day Out
On Sunday 5 February, Kin Kin hosted their Pet Expo drawing crowds from far and wide with their furry friends in tow. The markets...
Owen blasts ’useless’ gun laws
A new push for a national gun ownership register ignored the fact that we already have one - and it doesn’t work.
That was the...
‘Don’t pay it’
Potentially thousands of Gympie shoppers are victims of what Cabinet Minister Mark Bailey says are "dodgy" fines for allegedly overstaying in shopping centre car...
The Star plant roots in region, literally
The Star Entertainment Group has announced it has secured a 170-hectare parcel of farmland near Gympie to help manage its future carbon emissions reduction...
Gap widens between income and housing affordability
As the gap between the cost of housing and incomes rapidly widens, social activists, Homelessness Australia is urging government agencies to act.
The Australian Government...
‘back in time by two decades’
Patient's of Imbil Family Medical may be facing a future without a GP available in the local community.
On Wednesday 1 February, a text...
‘Stop playing games’
Gympie High student Levi Hanna, 14, died last week, because the state government was spending too much of its infrastructure money at the Gold...
Fundraiser launched for critically injured father of five
A Gympie family has been left devastated after father-of-five, Brenton, was critically injured in a motorbike accident last week.
The much-loved husband, dad, son, and...
