Muster’s almost here
Two months in the Gympie calendar get my pulse rate up— May and August.
In May it is the Gympie Show, the special local event...
Garma not the ‘Holy Grail’
The Prime Minister’s misrepresentation of Garma as the Holy Grail of Indigenous opinion and approval is arrogant and the antithesis of truth-telling and genuine
engagement.
One...
Thank you for wonderful care
On 3 June 2024, I had the misfortune to have a fall at the bottom of the ramp outside, resulting in a badly broken...
Stupid and dangerous
It never ceases to amaze me the number of criminal knuckleheads who consistently underestimate the long arm of the law.
They told you they would...
Rates hike a ‘disgrace’
The recent advice by the Gympie Regional Council of a 9.3 per cent increase in rates is an absolute disgrace.
I don’t know which world...
Renewables popular
It is always encouraging when people spend time and effort in putting their view to the broader community.
So the "Let's Rethink Renewables"...
Nuclear power
I am surprised the LNP under Peter Dutton is pushing for nuclear power.
I noticed in the media nobody asked where the nuclear waste...
Australian patriots
Merv Welch (Gympie Today 26th July 24) when he says the Ozzie Fans are there when you are winning but very absent if you...
Well said
Well said, John Allen, in your brief but punchy letter, ‘For the love of god' in last week’s Gympie Today.
So sad, as you pointed...
Community-managed alternative
I was interested to read Tony Jakeman’s letter outlining the “staggering” savings made by moving to a self-managed Home Care Package (HCP) option for...
Money’s too tight to mention
Honestly, I was shocked when I read Tony Jakeman's letter to us regarding the My Aged Care system and how he was able to...
For the love of God…
Struth; what's next?
In Brisbane, God is on trial for failing to save the life of an eight-year-old child, Elizabeth Struhs.
Modern medicine has been proven...
The Lazarus Effect
Some weeks ago I wrote regretfully about the decline in attendance at the Saturday night Social Dances at Long Flat (Gympie’s only surviving regular...
