‘It’s been bloody tough’: Council wages, financial books laid bare
Gympie Regional Council’s push for financial stability has hit a snag, with its books slipping back into the red after only a year of running at a profit.
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Man trapped by feet under excavator
A man has been rushed to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital after his feet became trapped under a machine on a property in the Mary Valley.
‘They were on fire’: Harrowing moment rescuers dragged boy from deadly Bruce Hwy fireball
A courageous Sunshine Coast couple have revealed the moment they dragged a young boy from a flaming car wreck as two other people burned alive and how they heard another voice scream ‘don’t leave me!’
Tributes flow from family of ‘the boy who lived’
The Queensland family of SIDS survivor Ashton Burns were told their little boy would die once he was taken off the ventilator doctors believed was keeping him alive – that was nine years ago.
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30 PHOTOS: The Jynx House Amplified music festival gallery
Thousands of eager festival goers partied on late into the night on Saturday for the Jynx House Amplified music festival. See the photos
Ice-fuelled charity thief’s bizarre beach themed car break-in
An ice-fuelled burglar who targeted a Meals on Wheels charity used a popular beach collectable to smash a car window in a busy Maroochydore street. Read why here:
‘They’ve killed us’: Flight company to fight council over fee hike
Gympie’s only flying school and air charter company says it’s prepared to sue the council after an “unconscionable” 400 per cent fee hike they claim has “killed the business”. Find out more:
Wide Bay’s 1314 sex crimes as region’s rapists named
Sex crime in the Wide Bay region has increased to horror rates with the area recording rape and sexual assault higher than its southern neighbours. Now, some of Wide Bay’s worst rapists can be exposed. Full list.
Gympie Bowls Club notes, February 8 2022
Once again it was a rain interrupted week at the Gympie Bowls Club, Bowlers Drive on the Southside.
Rattler’s books finally open up for the last financial year
The latest glimpse at the books of Gympie’ council’s controversial heritage shows things are looking up, but the venture is far from being entirely self sufficient. Read the latest breakdown:
Tributes flow for ‘Pope’ of the saleyards, community legend
One of the key figures in the growth of Gympie’s cattle industries and the city’s longest serving Rotary member has been remembered as a ‘scallywag’ able to ‘swagger his way through some tricky moments’.
Toowoomba school’s connection to college at centre of gender controversy
The college that made headlines this week after issuing a controversial gender identity and sexuality contract to parents, which has since been withdrawn, is one of four Queensland schools connected to the former Christian Outreach Centre.
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