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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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Federal Small Business Minister Michael McCormack is meeting with Gympie businesses today.

Federal Minister on Gympie visit to CPM Engineering

IN GYMPIE today as part of a nationwide small business roadshow, the Federal Government says it wants to empower young people to start their own small business.

Australia is paying attention, Gympie, and it’s about time

Australia is paying attention, Gympie, and it’s about time

We don’t aspire to set the national agenda. We don’t want to be “trendy”. We don’t even want to be Noosa. We are Gympie, and we are awesome.

TREATED WITH CAUTION: Crews work to remove biohazard material from the property at Lagoon Pocket before a horse there was cleared of suspected hendra virus. Picture: Jacob Carson

Lagoon Pocket horse has been cleared of hendra virus

Authorities have confirmed a horse that had to be put down at Lagoon Pocket on Sunday did not have the deadly hendra virus

GOOD NEWS: House values in the Gympie region rose by more than 7% last year, and will impact on local rates notices as of June 30, this year. Picture: Brett Wortman

House prices are up but that means rates will be too

HOUSE values in the Gympie region rose by more than 7% last year, and will impact on local rates notices as of June 30, this year.

NEW TO THE TEAM: New journalists at The Gympie Times (from left) Jacob Carson, Scott Kovacevic and Rowan Schindler. Picture: Renee Albrecht

New faces join The Gympie Times newsroom

THERE are some new faces in The Gympie Times newsroom, with Scott Kovacevic, Jacob Carson and Rowan Schindler joining the award winning team

The drought is starting to bite in the Gympie region and primary producers who are impacted are encouraged to apply for drought assistance. Picture: Patrick Woods

Drought affected farmers can apply for help: MP

GYMPIE region primary producers who feel they are being impacted by the extended dry season have been encouraged to apply for drought assistance.

Riding out the big dry will take co-operation

Riding out the big dry will take co-operation

THE dry continues unabated in the Gympie region but common sense seems to be prevailing on how to best ride it out.

WIND FARM: The wind farm at Coopers Gap near Kingaroy has taken a giant step forward. Picture: Photo Contributed

South Burnett wind farm part of $700m announcement

THE State Government has welcomed a $700 million advance in four large-scale renewable energy projects and the creation of more than 500 construction jobs

Leader of the Nationals Barnaby Joyce. Picture: Cathy Adams

Education review will help close gap for Gympie youth

National review of education in the regions can only be good news for Gympie region students.

Never too late to help Clean Up the Gympie region

Never too late to help Clean Up the Gympie region

IT’S Clean Up Australia Day this Sunday and many schools in the region will be having their own private version of it tomorrow on Schools Clean Up Day.

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