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August business breakfast

The Gympie Chamber of Commerce is continuing with their theme of assisting local businesses to work through the recent challenges and start planning for...

Baking a change

The RSPCA is calling on Gympie schools, social groups and workplaces to bake and fundraise in August for RSPCA Cupcake Day. It’s free to...

Paradise by name and nature

Queenslanders will have a say on officially renaming Fraser Island as its Indigenous name, K’gari (meaning "Paradise"). The proposed change means the island's official name...

‘Make them serve’

Gympie's population of fly in-fly out workers may be caught up in a new call to widen the net for jury duty in the...

Kindness moves fire victim

A Gympie woman has expressed her gratitude for the kindness of strangers in the wake of a disastrous fire that destroyed her Cartwright Road...

Power prices: ‘Get used to it’

Australia's East Coast energy crisis will last for at least another year, according to Gympie political neighbour and federal Opposition Climate Change and Energy...

Looking for love

The boys are bounding with plenty of energy this week with youngsters Simmons and Smurf keen to find their forever homes. Simmons is a handsome...

High praise for our coastline

Rainbow Beach and K'gari (Fraser Island) are among the four top places to visit in Queensland, according to the Urban List tourism rating website. The...

‘Speak up’ call

Farmers from regions like Gympie are being urged to tell their stories to predominantly urban Royal Brisbane Show patrons. And city=based Queenslanders are being urged...

Budget spending needed

Long term Gympie Regional Council watcher, Kathy Little Walker, has defended council budget spending, as criticised by Cr Dolly Jensen, who voted against it. She...

‘In gold we trust’

John Parsons used to be able to joke that he was "sitting on a gold mine." But no more, the now former owner of the...

Biosecurity boost

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk this week announced a big boost to biosecurity staff numbers and resources. But LNP Agriculture spokesperson Tony Perrett dismissed it as "window...

Lions can get as good as they give

Over sixty people attended the first Lions Club of Gympie Community Morning Tea for 2026, held at the Senior Citizens Centre on Thursday, 12...