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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.

Shelley Strachan

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Gympie

Celtic music with an Australian heart at the Gympie RSL

Asleep at the Reel evokes the sound of the lively Irish pub, of flying fiddles and rich voices in harmony around an open fire.

Gympie

Council hammered over basketball court fees hike

One Gympie councillor has defended the hike, blaming multiple previous failures to ensure fees kept pace with costs, and says it’s time for a conversation about the council and sport.

Gympie

Gympie artist to collaborate with ARIA winning producer

Aspy Jones will work on a creative collaboration with ARIA award-winning producer Pailie Bromley and Steve Summers for a new body of work to be launched in 2022.

Gympie

‘Not unexpected’: Housing approvals double in 12 months

The Gympie region boom times continue, and the high number of new homes and units being built is not expected to slow any time soon.

OpinionGympie

Gympie region must rail against Children’s Ward closure

If our leaders don’t start making some noise, if our community does not fight this unacceptable loss, Qld Health bean counters will take our silence for acceptance and permanently close the Gympie Hospital Children’s Ward. For our children’s sake, this cannot happen.

Gympie