Mining company fined $65k after worker crushed between truck and loader
A mining company and one of its heavy machinery drivers have been sentenced over a sickening incident at a Wide Bay quarry which crushed a fellow worker between two vehicles.
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$7.2 billion Bruce Highway fix priority questioned
A Queensland LNP MP has criticised plans to prioritise fixing the Bruce Hwy from Maryborough to Benaraby, saying the deadliest stretch lays between Gympie and Maryborough.
Revealed: 37 nominees in running for Gympie Australia Day awards
Young sports stars, community stalwarts and festivals are among the Gympie region nominees for the 2025 Australia Day Awards. See the full list:
Qld man accused of impersonating dead people in alleged $460k loan fraud
A 31-year-old man is facing 140 charges over an alleged fraud scheme in which he is accused of impersonating multiple people, living and dead.
‘Get him!’: Trawlerman sentenced for three-on-one attack that led to stabbing
A 53-year-old helped incite a vicious attack and ‘whipping’ of a man at his Gympie home, which ended with one of the other attackers getting stabbed in the stomach.
Bike rider suffers ‘life-threatening’ injuries in serious Bruce Highway crash
An off duty doctor is among responders desperately working to treat a motorcyclist aged in her 60s who suffered serious injuries in a collision with a car on a notorious stretch of the Bruce Highway.
Violent tradie threatens to kill his partner and kids after family dinner
A trip to Pizza Hut took a terrifying and traumatic turn when an abusive Gympie man threatened to bash, punch or kill his family, and drive their vehicle over a cliff in a shocking case of domestic violence.
Grazier punches driver in Bruce Highway road rage attack
A cattle grazier once jailed for an horrific domestic violence attack where he bashed a woman unconscious before “branding” her, has been released on parole over an attack at an infamous Bruce Highway intersection.
First look at cost of controversial pumped hydro powerline plan
The expected cost of a controversial plan to run hundreds of kilometres of high voltage powerlines from a proposed multibillion-dollar pumped hydro plant near Gympie, sparking community outrage, has been revealed.
Aspiring teen beautician charged over shocking Christmas Day crash
A young girl who miraculously survived a shocking Christmas Day crash at Gympie in which a 19-year-old boy was seriously injured, has broken down as a Magistrate warned her she was on her ‘last chance’.
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