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Gympie shows the way on reconciliation

While federal leaders on all sides make political capital out of Aboriginal disadvantage, with secrecy and game playing about the Voice, Gympie Regional Council...

Care for vulnerable older residents

Gympie region has a new service specifically designed to help support vulnerable older people to access and navigate the My Aged Care services. Anyone who...

Volunteers needed

Recently it was National Volunteers Week, and another worthwhile local organisation is keen to recruit more volunteers. The Lions Club of Gympie is offering locals...

Big, bold and practical

Pathfinder has been a cornerstone of the Nissan line-up since 1985, designed as a softer, smaller sibling to the heavy-duty Patrol. Now in its fifth...

‘I’m pleased he’s dead’

"It's good he's dead. He can't hurt anyone anymore." Gympie victim of extreme institutional child abuse, Joe Kiernan, was talking about the once revered...

Uncle Jimmy has his day

Gympie region made history last weekend when its council became the first local authority in Queensland ever to succeed in having a geographical feature...

Wide Bay nearly $3M in debt to SPER

Wide Bay residents with outstanding SPER debts have had their vehicles clamped and seized as part of the latest field enforcement operation by the...

Signing off

Kilkivan Action Group (KAG), an association of protestors voicing opposition to the Powerlink Pumped Hydro Project's choice of transmission line corridors, has accused the...

Good news on youth crime

While youth crime is a hot topic around the country, Gympie region seems to be the exception to the rule. Inspector Brad Inskip of the...

Award chance for Gympie ginger pioneer

If you like ginger confectionery, curries or soft drinks, you owe a lot to Gympie ginger growing operation, Templeton Ginger, which is in the...

Gympie link to World Record win

Gympie men Percy Elliott and Milton Hose are among a hundred or so other stationary engine enthusiasts who have found themselves in the Australian...

Morning tea and many donations

The Gympie Quota Club ladies and many supporters enjoyed the Cancer Council's 30 years of the Biggest Morning Tea at the Coffee Club, on...

State funeral for NT icon and Wide Bay mate, Ted Egan

Ted Egan was many things, including one of the early talents and driving forces behind the Gympie Music Muster and the Woodford Folk Festival,...