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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...

Perrett questions Inskip camping cuts

Drastic cuts in camper numbers at Inskip Point will be the subject of a parliamentary explanation from Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon later this month. Gympie...

PM talks up Gympie resilience

Prime Minister Scott Morrison rejected political criticisms of the federal government's flood disaster response and talked up Gympie resilience, on a tour of the...

Minister talks money, homes and skip bins

Housing, skip bins and federal government money were all in short supply in post-flood and post-Covid Gympie, according to explanations this afternoon from state...

Rail repairs hampered by floods

The rail lines at Traveston are still cut and will be for the foreseeable future according to Queensland Rail Acting CEO Scott Riedel. Severe rainfall...

New family members are waiting

Jen and Tanner couldn't be more opposite. Jen is a sweet but shy 6-year-old girl, who is looking for that special someone to shower her...

‘Internet boom for regions’

Bernard Salt, the demographer who predicted Gympie's property boom years before it happened, says the rush to the regions has now become a permanent...

Grants for flood-hit small businessess

Financial support for flood-affected Wide Bay small businesses, farmers, not-for-profit organisations, and sporting and community clubs are available to assist them with clean up...

Daisy and Coco are keen to go home

Sunshine Coast Animal Rescue have had a couple of trying days with their cattery flooded two days in a row, so they had to...

Nation should be green at Gympie’s Irish heritage

St Patrick’s Day is next Thursday 17 March 2022, so continuing on from last week, we will explore how the Irish contributed to the...

Covid schools query

How many teachers have been stood down in Gympie region as part of state government moves to enforce Covid vaccination mandates? How many are left? Education...

TMR blamed over Nolan flood

Gympie beef export success story, Nolan Meats, has suffered a flood damage and stock loss hit valued at roughly $15 million after alleged damage...

Prepare for patchy service at Chatsworth during upgrade

Mobile users across Corella, Bells Bridge, Chatsworth, and Araluen are being advised to prepare for temporary service disruptions, as Telstra upgrades a key mobile...