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Scott KovacevicSenior Journalist

Scott Kovacevic is a senior journalist, graduating with honours from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Theatre, a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours and a Master of Arts in Journalism. He now specialises in business, property and council reporting. Scott has played a pivotal role in exposing the devastating impact of collapsed businesses such as Stirling Homes and Ri-Con on local sub contractors and suppliers, helping put pressure on our lawmakers to change the law and give small businesses like our local subcontractors more protection. His analysis and investigative reporting on the Gympie Regional Council leading up to and following the 2020 local government election was relentless and illuminating, bringing about a shift in local politics that Scott continues to follow closely and report on.

Scott Kovacevic

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Locals line up at the Bonnick Rd rubbish dump this morning.

Council’s biggest greenhouse gas problem revealed

A new report into Gympie Council’s carbon footprint reveals it released more than 33,000 tonnes of emissions into the atmosphere in 2019-20 – but it is still ahead of the curve

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02/06/2021 : Jennifer Beck, 72, former senior flying instructor and current liaison officer for the Gympie airport with Gympie Regional Council, with her yellow Thatcher CX4 ultralight plane at the Gympie Airport, north of Brisbane. Beck won a case (May 2018) and appeal (Feb 2021) against local pilot Blair Rowan in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal following a claim under the Qld Anti-Discrimination Act that Rowan sexually harassed, vilified and victimised her with a number of highly offensive emails he circulated , and a claim of sexual harassment that Rowan made against Beck was found to be false and "made up" and also found by the tribunal to be victimisation by Rowan.. Pic Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Transgender pilot’s 6-year legal stoush finally ends

The Gympie flight instructor was the target of sexual harassment and discrimination in 2015 in emails sent by a property developer and pilot

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Bruce Devereaux provides clarity on propose funeral parlour in Gympie to be possibly built on the old Brodies site.

TMR: Funeral parlour won’t create traffic hazard

Residents’ concerns about the impact a controversial funeral parlour would have on traffic near KFC have not been shared by the state government

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Race 7, The Lexus Melbourne Cup. Won b y Twilight Payment, ridden by Jye McNeil (Navy Blue, white armbands)Picture: Jay Town

Melbourne Cup making a surprise visit to Mary Valley

A Quiet Gympie region township is about to play host to the Australian racing’s biggest prize

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Gympie Regional Council workers and contractors put the finishinf touches to repairs to the Imbil Bridge that will open today. Photo Craig Warhurst / The Gympie Times

CEO: $890k overtime not unexpected

A staff overtime bill of almost $900,000 has been defended by Gympie council CEO Shane Gray, with details on how it compares to previous years.

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Gympie Bruce Highway crash

When, where lives are most often at risk on Gympie region roads

New figures from one of the country’s biggest insurance firms reveal the most dangerous crash locations in Gympie

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Mel Liebetanz, Gympie

Beloved mum, popular Bunnings worker facing long recovery

A Southside woman who saved a man’s life at a serious crash on the Bruce Highway now faces an arduous recovery herself, after suffering horrific injuries when she was hit by a car at the scene of the accident

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PKin Kin Road, Coondoo farm, sold near Gympie for $1.2 million.

Three Gympie region farms crack million-dollar mark

Farmland across the region has proven to be a gold mine as big sale prices continue to be hauled in

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Nationals Member for Wide Bay Llew O'Brien and Nationals member for New England Barnaby Joyce during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

‘Joyce is a friend to the Wide Bay’

The shock return of MP Barnaby joyce to the National Party’s leadership has been met with open arms by Wide Bay Llew O’Brien.

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Mayor Glen Hartwig, Gympie Town Hall

‘Step in right direction’: $1.26m council consultant bill

Outside help continues to be brought in by Gympie Regional Council but there has been a big change in how often that’s happening.

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