A service beyond price
Somewhat belatedly, I read the Donna Jones pieces, ’A service beyond price’ and ‘Love, loss and a haven’ (Gympie Today, Friday 11 July) and...
Fast progress for GMT
This year has been progressing very fast towards 2026.
Sally and I attended the Local Govt Small Business and Customer Service Committee Public Hearing inquiry...
It’s easy to forget the danger
When Kerry-Ann trusted me to tell her story in 2024, I felt an immense sense of responsibility to narrate it as sensitively as I...
Solution to cost of living and skills shortage in one
I am writing to bring to your attention a significant issue affecting working pensioners in our community.
The Problem:
Current pension rules create substantial barriers for...
Not what they were!
I was appalled to read of Drew Hutton’s expulsion from The Greens— the Queensland Branch of which he founded in 1990.
I have known and...
Climate change forcing up food costs
Australians are making the connection between climate change and rising food prices — and they’re right to.
A recent Farmers for Climate Action poll...
One for the archives
What a night it was for Queensland Rugby League fans!
And how many would have been expecting it?
There is something very special about a...
Heartfelt Thanks
On behalf of the Gympie Show Society, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your generous support of the 2025 Gympie Show.
Your...
Parking at Dog Park
This is what we have to drive over to park at the dog park near Pacific Hyundai.
For six months this problem has existed...
A rare cancer
This Rare Cancers Awareness Day, the Leukaemia Foundation is called for greater awareness and urgent investment in research to tackle one of the deadliest...
We’ve got a full dance-card
Something that "gets up my goat", as Kath Day-Knight would say, is when I hear someone exclaim, "Nothing happens in Gympie!"
This weekend is just...
Solar on NZ farms a great idea
We at Farmers for Climate Action (FCA) know what a difference solar and batteries can make to a farm’s bottom line.
That’s why we’re...
Gympie’s generosity keeps on shining
Fundraiser, farmer and man of many business talents, Tony Stewart, has restarted his drought, flood and fire runners fundraising efforts to help people still...
