Survey says: Locals against Park development
An Associate Professor on Environment and Ecotourism from a Tokyo university is keen to gauge the public's reaction to the controversial Cooloola Great Walk...
Diamonds to be best friend to monitor concussion, dementia, epilepsy
Scientists have taken a promising step towards a new generation of accurate, affordable and portable devices to detect concussion, epilepsy and dementia.
The...
’Farmers’ friend’ budget
“The Queensland agriculture sector has never had a greater friend than the Palaszczuk government,“ Agriculture Minister Mark Furner has claimed in state parliament.
He spoke...
Power price shock
High and rising electricity prices, combined with sometimes critical shortages were a national challenge resulting from long term "energy policy chaos" under the previous...
Plenty to smile about, school’s out!
The second week of school holidays were wet and soggy, but thankfully the Gympie region had plenty on offer for our little holiday makers!...
Hive of activity for the bees
The wet weekend proved to be a deterrent for some of the visitors to the Valley Bees Open Day at the weekend, with numbers...
Hospital heartache
Gympie residents had the chance to have their voices heard this week at a Health Crisis Meeting with Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli,...
‘Dinosaurs’
State Energy Minister Mick de Brenni has blasted the LNP opposition, calling its MPs "dinosaurs" on the issue of renewable electricity generation and their...
Dragon boats converge
Team spirit, happy volunteers and good sportsmanship were the ingredients that made the 2022 Tin Can Bay Dragon Boat Regatta a huge success. ...
Optus says merger will get Telstra regional monopoly
On Thursday, 30 June, Optus lodged a submission in relation to the proposed Telstra/TPG merger authorisation with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC).
A...
82-year-old Fangio nabbed at 127kph in region’s west
Police from the Gympie Patrol Group, Goomeri and Kilkivan Divisions have been busy in the West of the region, nabbing leadfoot drivers, including an...
Flood resilience options on offer
The State Government last Friday released design guidelines to help Queenslanders understand options to improve their home’s resilience to floods.
Minister for Emergency Management, Senator...
$2M flows into Mary River projects
Critical habitat for threatened species in the Mary River has received a major boost, with more than $2 million in joint State and Federal...
