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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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The LNP's Llew O'Brien talks to a Wide Bay voter. Picture: PeterGardiner

Have a chat with Llew next week

llew O’Brien will meet constituents in Gympie next week

Jody Allen and Walt Collins will co-host the Seven Network's Stay at Home Mum television series from April.

How Stay at Home Mum blogger Jody Allen struck it big

THE self proclaimed Gympie “dag” who has built a multi-million dollar empire out of her online advice for stay at home mums is about to launch a TV series

TAKING SHAPE: Work is ongoing at the Six Mile Creek rest stop toilet block. Picture: Jacob Carson

New roads, new drains and new loos

Six Mile Creek Rest Area gets a face-lift

50 shades of weather creates a storm on Facebook

50 shades of weather creates a storm on Facebook

We couldn’t run it in print but it’s worth checking out this terribly cheeky weather system

Sunday’s Tin Can Bay tragedy a reminder to us all

Sunday’s Tin Can Bay tragedy a reminder to us all

The terrible events that unfolded at Tin Can Bay on Sunday afternoon are a heartbreaking reminder that we must all be vigilant about water safety.

Who was the Mary behind Mary St? Picture: Contributed.

$30,000 Mary St statue unveiled on Valentine’s Day

A 170-year-old romantic tale will be on everyone’s lips in Mary St today where a $30,000 sculpture of aristocrat Lady Mary Lennox will be unveiled.

INSPIRATIONAL: Helen Garrett has helped more than 500 grief stricken families through the Jake Garrett foundation. Picture: Renee Albrecht

Mary Valley mum gets special mention in Canberra

FEDERAL Member for Wide Llew O’Brien today paid homage in Federal Parliament to Mary Valley woman Helen Garrett and her Jake Garrett Foundation

President Donald Trump shows off a signed executive order. The loss of trust in the political establishment which contributed to Trump's election will be put under the microscope to determine the implications for Queensland at the upcoming Queensland election. Picture: Evan Vucci

Former Gympie MP chairs political ‘rebellion’ forum

THE decline of trust in the political establishment and what that could mean for Gympie and the rest of Queensland will the subject of a forum

Keep your cool and don’t cook your goose tomorrow

Keep your cool and don’t cook your goose tomorrow

Llew O’Brien has backed the appointment of Kerren Smith to a $20 million federal job creation board but it hasn’t stopped some unimpressed cries of “nepotism”

DEVASTATING: Tin Can Bay father and businessman Ian Window was the victim of a devastating collision at the Rainbow Beach turn-off in April, 2016. Picture: Patrick Woods

Action taken at deadly regional intersection

Twelve people lost their lives on deadly Gympie roads last year, twice as many as 2015, and now some action is being taken against the worst spots.

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