Tag: News
Achievements celebrated
The St Patrick’s College Gympie Awards Ceremony was a massive night full of achievements.
Held at the Matthew Horan Centre on Tuesday 15 November,...
Learning from tragedy – the ‘milestone years’
The superficially dull wording of an annual report reviewing domestic violence deaths, contrasts with its dedication, almost a prayer - a pledge by government...
Tale of two toilets
It is a tale of two toilets, or two public toilet systems really, at Kandanga and at Widgee.
The quite different problems in each area...
Get paid to care
Plenty of people are concerned about the rising cost of living but what if I told you there is good money to be made...
Hospital is broken
“I’ve been to third world countries. I’ve spent time in Indian hospitals - you can get your broken arm cast there, but not at...
DV hope – ‘We can and must do better’
A leading government-appointed investigator of domestic violence-linked deaths has called for more effective responses "to protect victims of intimate partner violence and their children."
"We...
Every graduate in full colour
With Schoolies well in swing this past week, the school year is done and dusted for the senior class of 2022.
That also means that...
Last race day a blast
The last race day of 2022 was quite the celebration at the Gympie Turf Club, Saturday 19 November.
The Gympie MG Race Day was...
Help when you need it
Help, the kind that could save lives, is at hand for families affected by domestic violence.
But who do you ask?
The Queensland body charged with...
Schools Out!
The culmination of 13 or more years of schooling came to a satisfying conclusion for students from St Patrick's College in Gympie, when they...
MPs back Borumba
Gympie MP Tony Perrett has made a big distinction between two different plans to raise Borumba Dam, one rejected by the state government just...
Help out this Christmas
There are plenty doing it tough this festive season.
With the upcoming holidays not far ahead, Gympie families are feeling the strain.
Christmas lunch, decorations and...
Two days shy of 36, Glenwood crash victim identified
The victim of a fatal crash outside Glenwood State School on Friday, 20 March, has been identified as 35-year-old Gladstone man Mathew Ireland.
A GoFundMe...
