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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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HAVE YOUR SAY: Federal MP Llew O'Brien urges Gympie region residents to join the campaign to have government department headquarters returned to the regions. Picture: Patrick Woods

Decentralise Australia and get jobs back to regions

Federal MP urges residents to make their opinion count and add strength to the Get Out of the City campaign which aims to get govt depts back to the regions

A storm is crossing the region but fire fighters are on the scene of a grassfire at Bells Bridge. Picture: Warren Lynam

Fire fighters on scene at Bells Bridge

Fire fighters on scene at Bells Bridge

Llew O'Brien. Picture: Contributed

Bosses must register for backpacker tax rate

GYMPIE region employers wanting to claim the 15% tax backpacker rate for their working holiday staff must register with the tax office to be eligible

The Mary River Catchment Co-ordinating Committee wants the Federal Environment Minister to reconsider the Colton Coal Mine proposal. Tanzi Smith is a spokeswoman for the MRCCC. Picture: Tanya Easterby

Mary River group ups pressure over Colton coal mine

Mary River group ups pressure over Colton coal mine and says it will impact on Great Sandy Strait and Mary River ecosystems

Something in the water at the Redistribution Commission

Something in the water at the Redistribution Commission

There must be something whacky in the water at the Qld Redistribution Commission for them to come up with the proposed boundary changes for Gympie

Paramedics attend the man at the Gympie region property before he was airlifted to hospital.

Man, 50, airlifted after roof fall near Gympie

Gympie man airlifted after falling off roof at private property

Traffic held up at Normanby Bridge.

Normanby Bridge lane closed due to traffic accident

Normanby Bridge lane closed due to traffic accident

HAPPILY EVER AFTER: Chanelle and Mathew Castley (nee Edwards) at their Pie Creek wedding late last year.

Chanelle and Mathew’s wedding at the Pie Creek Hall

It was an intimate celebration of 50 family and and friends

Will the LNP preference One Nation?

Will the LNP preference One Nation?

FIVE days ago the Queensland LNP categorically ruled out making a deal with One Nation at the next state election.

Gympie Family History Society's Di Woodstock is a co-ordinator of the Connecting the Community event at The Pavilion this Saturday. Picture: Contributed

Gympie ‘movement’ gets connected at The Pavilion

THE Pavilion on Gympie’s Southside will be pumping with music, movement and people this Saturday as dance groups and a host of community groups come together

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