Tag: News
Care for vulnerable older residents
Gympie region has a new service specifically designed to help support vulnerable older people to access and navigate the My Aged Care services.
Anyone who...
Volunteers needed
Recently it was National Volunteers Week, and another worthwhile local organisation is keen to recruit more volunteers.
The Lions Club of Gympie is offering locals...
‘I’m pleased he’s dead’
"It's good he's dead. He can't hurt anyone anymore."
Gympie victim of extreme institutional child abuse, Joe Kiernan, was talking about the once revered...
Uncle Jimmy has his day
Gympie region made history last weekend when its council became the first local authority in Queensland ever to succeed in having a geographical feature...
Wide Bay nearly $3M in debt to SPER
Wide Bay residents with outstanding SPER debts have had their vehicles clamped and seized as part of the latest field enforcement operation by the...
Signing off
Kilkivan Action Group (KAG), an association of protestors voicing opposition to the Powerlink Pumped Hydro Project's choice of transmission line corridors, has accused the...
Good news on youth crime
While youth crime is a hot topic around the country, Gympie region seems to be the exception to the rule.
Inspector Brad Inskip of the...
Award chance for Gympie ginger pioneer
If you like ginger confectionery, curries or soft drinks, you owe a lot to Gympie ginger growing operation, Templeton Ginger, which is in the...
Gympie link to World Record win
Gympie men Percy Elliott and Milton Hose are among a hundred or so other stationary engine enthusiasts who have found themselves in the Australian...
Morning tea and many donations
The Gympie Quota Club ladies and many supporters enjoyed the Cancer Council's 30 years of the Biggest Morning Tea at the Coffee Club, on...
Government Grants Keep Kids Afloat!
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has launched a new lifesaving program, aimed at teaching Queensland kids how to swim.
SwimStart will provide greater access to swimming lessons...
‘Pylon parasites’ ruin our west
Powerlink's "pylon parasites" would invade Wide Bay under the "state government's pumped-hydro-power gamble," Gympie's Wide Bay MP Lew O'Brien told federal parliament this week.
"If...
Community asked to collab on Kilkivan park upgrades
Kilkivan’s much-loved Lions Park is set for a fresh chapter, with Gympie Regional Council calling on locals to help reimagine the space from the...
