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Every graduate in full colour

With Schoolies well in swing this past week, the school year is done and dusted for the senior class of 2022. That also means that...

Last race day a blast

The last race day of 2022 was quite the celebration at the Gympie Turf Club, Saturday 19 November. The Gympie MG Race Day was...

Help when you need it

Help, the kind that could save lives, is at hand for families affected by domestic violence. But who do you ask? The Queensland body charged with...

Schools Out!

The culmination of 13 or more years of schooling came to a satisfying conclusion for students from St Patrick's College in Gympie, when they...

State acts on report recommendations

The Queensland Government Monday released its response to the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce report Hear her voice – Report Two – Women and...

State commits money to help in DV ‘scourge’

The Queensland Government will invest $100 million in a raft of reforms and initiatives to provide enhanced support and protections to those caught up...

MPs back Borumba

Gympie MP Tony Perrett has made a big distinction between two different plans to raise Borumba Dam, one rejected by the state government just...

Help out this Christmas

There are plenty doing it tough this festive season. With the upcoming holidays not far ahead, Gympie families are feeling the strain. Christmas lunch, decorations and...

Gettin hairy for Movember

Saturday 19 November marked the annual “Have a Larry with Harry“ fundraiser for Movember. Hosted at the Bunker Smokehouse and Bar, even owner Jarrod...

Qld Hydro community drop-in

Queensland Hydro returns to Imbil and Gympie this week for two more community drop-in sessions where the Borumba Dam pumped hydro energy storage project...

Gympie man’s East to West journey

In 1893, a Gympie man became the first European to ever cross Australia from the East coast to the West. That man was Thomas Whitmore,...

DV – a child’s nightmare

Murray Benton, of Gympie Community Action, told White Ribbon Day supporters of his own experience of domestic violence. "I think I was 10 years old....

Regional rage and legal doubt over hate and gun laws

A regional Queensland petition calling for more understanding of law-abiding gun owners has gathered more than 2000 signatures in its first week. The petition coincides...