Resisting Powerlink’s powerline push
Property rights are being eroded, trampled, or put aside by the roll out of power transmission projects.
Landowners and farmers have made it clear at...
What does Powerlink value?
Powerlink Queensland have shown little respect for the value of land to landowners, agricultural production, the sweat, and aspirations of people who invest in...
The truth comes out
Intelligence services in the United States are now acknowledging that the recent corona virus pandemic in all likelihood originated from a laboratory leak after...
Ax Patient Tax says MP
I recently met with staff and Doctors from the Nanango Medical Centre to discuss the many issues affecting GP’s and medical centres, especially the...
A fond farewell to Hazel
January saw the passing of another long time Gympie resident.
My mother, Hazel Elizabeth Duthie, spent most of her 92 years in Gympie.
She...
We need to do better
The holiday season can be quite the intoxicating time of year, with Christmas celebrations and New Years quickly to follow, it’s no wonder police...
Pinched by fuel prices
It’s been a few days since the fuel excise ended, and I’m sure a lot of us are feeling the strain already. As a...
OPINION: Koalas come last in priorities
The quiet rural town of Widgee is home to lots of wildlife including koalas, which are now listed as endangered, and yet this year...
A colour character fondly remembered
Peter Lorensen, one of Barry Lorensen's two sons, shares his recollections of memories they shared during his dad's lifetime in a candid and moving...
We’re not the undeserving poor
Diving into the Census Data, I was dismayed at comparisons between the Gympie region and elsewhere.
It showed that on average, households in Gympie were...
Sweet, sweet charity
Flying well below the radar was a feel good story about our young people being considerate to the needs of local businesses hit hard...
Farewell beautiful Janice
Janice Yvonne Monteath (nee Brown) was born on 9 April 1942 and raised in Tākaka New Zealand.
It was a small town situated at the...
Communities mourn truckies lost in horror Burnett crash
Two families have been devastated and the near-Gympie transport industry rocked by the tragic death of two much-loved and highly regarded truck drivers, including...
