Tag: News
Solar farm shock
High voltage safety concerns have emerged at the Woolooga solar farm project, including claims of unapproved and potentially lethal power supply cabling.
But Industrial Relations...
Police ‘fail’ on gun law claim
The Queensland Weapons Licensing Branch has been underperforming to the point where police themselves are breaking the gun laws they are supposed to uphold,...
Heartbreaking end to month long search
It is believed that local man Tarci Carey's remains have been found.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner after a body was located...
Gympie News in brief
Stolen trailer
Between Wednesday, 27 July and Wednesday, 31 August, a homemade box trailer was stolen from the Burnett Highway, Barambah (Goomeri division).
The trailer is...
New eco-authority dilemma
Doubt continues about Queensland Government intentions to establish an "independent environmental protection agency," including concerns about its role in vetting development plans over much...
Birds, bees and forestry
Gympie region's western districts MP Deb Frecklington has criticised a 20-year extension to beekeeping access to national parks as not good enough.
She told state...
Eco-law impacts
New and emerging conservation laws are expected to have direct impacts on Gympie region's economy as well as its eco-systems.
Public debate, including in state...
Changes not ‘bee-fore time’
Beekeepers had been "given the runaround" for years but would now have 20 years of certainty, following Nature Conservation Act changes welcomed by Gympie...
‘National Sparks and Wildfire’ jibe
Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie Katter has strongly criticised what he alleged wete maintenance failures in national parks, saying the Queensland Parks and Wildlife...
Briefs
New national park links
Near-Gympie state forest land has moved a big step closer to its planned conversion into national park, with notice of the...
Duntroon cadets hit Coast
Many locals and visitors have noticed the army conducting exercises around Inskip Point and in the Wide Bay Bar over the past week.
Four...
Esky killer seeks parole
One of the men jailed for the killing of Gold Coast man Shaun Barker in 2013, Matthew Leslie Armitage has applied for parole.
Armitage, along...
Dragons go for gold at State Champs
March has been a golden month for the Cooloola Dragons (Wide Bay Warriors), with the dragon-boat club winning gold, silver, and bronze medals at...
