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Lowlifes loot during flood clean up

Gympie Police are seeking assistance from the public regarding the recent theft of property from within the vicinity of the Gympie CBD and surrounds...

ScoMo no show according to Canberra

Last Monday, just as the clean up got started in earnest, and more homes and businesses emerged from the floodwaters, many noted a grey...

They’ll give the shirt off their backs

Help and assistance is on the way for thousands of people across the Gympie region community who are now starting the recovery process after...

‘Devastating’ cost of floods

"Irreplacable" is how Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum spokesman Ralph Richardson describes the loss of exhibits due to recent flooding. During it's peak, the...

Worst since 1893

Gympie did once have a worse flood than the one we are currently getting over, but you have to go back to 1893 to...

We called in the Army

Personnel from 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment have been in Gympie, undertaking recovery efforts since Monday of last week, camped out at the Gympie...

Borumba slow start query

The Borumba Dam pumped hydro-electricity scheme may already be running behind schedule as it heads for an assumed mid-2023 deadline for early reports. That is...

Gympie Show cancelled: Shock Covid news

The Gympie Show has been cancelled for May, as devastated show society members responded to the impossible issues brought on by coronavirus vaccination mandates. And...

Young gun selected for QLD Development Team

Year 11 James Nash student Keely Jackson has been scouted for the Queensland Academy of Sport union development team, after being eyed by development...

Encephalitis risk after flooding

Gympie region residents are being asked to remove as much still water around their homes as possible to avoid giving mosquitoes somewhere to breed...

Pandemic, floods and now a tornado

As if two sets of flooding and the ongoing scourge of Covid weren't enough, residents of Woolooga have had to endure what can only...

Feds ‘penny pinching on floods’

The federal government has been accused of penny pinching to avoid using its $5 billion disaster fund to help Queensland flood victims. Shadow Disaster and...

‘Conservation a priority’, but not for Gympie koalas

The state says saving koalas is a priority - just not the ones living outside its mapped zone. Gympie Today contacted the Department of the...

Dammit, Janet!