‘Powerless’ landowners in the path of proposed high voltage lines to connect the Borumba pumped hydro facility to the state’s power grid are suffering mental anguish and uncertainty as they wait to learn their fate.
New data on council water services across the Wide Bay and Burnett have revealed which parts of the region are paying top dollar for their water, and where residents are winning with cheaper prices.
Gympie Regional Council has hosed down fears the recent detection of blue green algae at its Kinbombi water source threatened a repeat of 2019, in which an outbreak crippled the town’s water supply.
The Gympie region’s 2023 school captains and leaders have been revealed as they share their goals for the coming year and life plans.
Footage of campers waking to waves smashing their site and beach drivers taking big risks has emerged amid monster tides on Fraser Island and near Noosa.
From the removal of two trees in Mary St, to a clash with its workers’ union, there was no shortage of landmines Gympie council had to navigate in 2021 – with some of the shrapnel still flying in the New Year.
One of the only GPs servicing the Cooloola Coast has dodged volatile patients throughout the pandemic, but has come under fire from anti-vaxxers who labelled the practice ‘discriminatory’. Find out what they had to say here:
A Sunshine Coast Health expert has urged people to only get tested if they have symptoms or are a close contact as long queues return to Gympie’s drive through clinics. See the latest update.
Gympie’s health care services are getting a shot in the arm with a new medical centre given approval to be built not far from one of the city’s major shopping centres.
WARNING GRAPHIC: A group of Curra residents are demanding council action be taken after a series of vicious dog attacks across the township, including the savage mauling to death of two goats.
Campers have been left stranded and roads have been washed away as the Cooloola coastline and its popular holiday areas are impacted by higher than expected tides.
More than $6.9b in major infrastructure work is on the cards for Gympie, Bundaberg and the Fraser Coast, spread across seven large scale projects. These are the major works in the pipeline for the coming years
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