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Shelley Strachan is the respected and award winning Editor of The Gympie Times, a mother of four, and a passionate advocate for her hometown (Gympie), the region it is the centre of and the people who live there. A recipient of multiple PANPA Community News Brand of the Year awards, and the coveted News Corp Achievements in Regional Journalism award, Shelley Strachan cut her journalistic teeth as a cadet at The Gympie Times before spending some time as a sub-editor with Quest Community papers in Brisbane and then returning to the idyllic lifestyle the Gympie region offers. She proudly leads a talented team of journalists covering all the news of the Gympie region 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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In tribute of Erinn Beames. 39 year old, loving mother of three.

‘Goodbye Mum’: Family mourns death of former branch manager

Erinn Beames lived most of her life between Emerald and Tieri, attending Emerald State High and building her family and career in Tieri.

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South Kolan pub owner Alec Duffy and his wife Jo.

Town on its knees after 11 days without internet, phone

Businesses, the local school and a country pub west of Bundaberg have been left without phone or internet for the past 11 days, and there is no end in sight.

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Photo taken from the 2013 Gympie flood.

Photos: Remembering the 2013 Gympie floods

Ten years ago, the Gympie region was subjected to back-to-back floods, which started a debate that would last for years on whether or not to build a multi-million dollar flood levee near Albert Park. Twin floods struck again in 2022.

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It is late January 2023 and it hard to believe it has been 10 years since the catastrophic Bundaberg floods of 2013.

Gallery: Remembering the catastrophic 2013 Bundaberg floods

It has been 10 years since devastating flooding engulfed Bundaberg with river volumes and speeds never seen before. These photos capture the ferocity and destruction of that disaster, its aftermath, and the men and women who became heroes.

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The Sunshine Coast LifeFlight helicopter crew has airlifted an elderly man to hospital, after he was injured in a quad bike crash, in the South Burnett region.

Man airlifted from Gympie farm with multiple injuries

A man was airlifted from a property near Gympie on Sunday afternoon following a quad bike accident

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Former Gympie man Christian Kath and his family were killed in a crash off Florida.

Haunting final post before Qld family killed in Florida light plane tragedy

A former Gympie man is missing and his wife and daughter are confirmed dead after a light plane he was piloting crashed off Florida in the USA.

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A crash has stopped traffic on Eel Creek Road.

Disaster averted in Eel Creek Road crash

Two vehicles have been damaged in a nasty accident that has stopped traffic on Eel Creek Road.

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The 150 applications for social housing in Gympie will have a wait of mroe than two years, alarming new figures have revealed.

New units, homes to ease Gympie housing crisis

With 150 applications for social housing in Gympie – 147 of those urgent – the Housing Department is showing signs of life, with construction almost completed on a five-bedroom house and two duplex units, and more on the way.

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Rescue chopper prepares to fly survivor from scene of tragic fatal accident near Kandanga on September 28.

Woman, 56, killed, teenager critical following horror crash

A 56-year-old Brooloo woman has died and a 17-year-old injured after a horrific head-on collision at Imbil. A Toowoomba region woman was also taken to a Sunshine Coast hospital.

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Crash at the intersection of Eel Creek Road and Lawson Road

Two people rushed to Hospital after crash on Eel Creek Road

Multiple emergency crews are on the scene of a crash at an intersection just outside of Gympie involving a car and a motorcycle. This is what we know.

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