Local, national and world news for Gympie, QLD | Sunday 6 July, 2008
News Archive
- Friday, July 04, 2008
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Dam legalities give 'limited rights'
ENVIRONMENTAL lawyer Melanie Simmonds says people opposing the Traveston Crossing dam proposal have only limited rights... -
Gympie building on the road to ruin
VANDALS have stripped a former prominent Gympie building to its ageing foundation through constant trespassing and use of... -
Still no guarantees on timber exhibits
GYMPIE'S WoodWorks Museum saga may be headed for a happy ending but there is no guarantee yet from the office of the man... - Thursday, July 03, 2008
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Red alert issued for public to give blood
A MAJOR shortage of blood has the Australian Red Cross Blood Service desperate for donors to come forward, however a... -
New doubts on Woodworks
THE future of Gympie's WoodWorks Museum remained in doubt yesterday, despite an assurance from Public Works Minister Robert... -
Murder remand
RETIRED Gympie funeral director Philip Tonal Scott has showed no emotion in court, the morning after he was charged with... - Wednesday, July 02, 2008
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Double-digit rates rise warning
MAYOR Ron Dyne has warned of "double-digit rates and charges increases or severe cuts in services" in the Gympie Regional... -
Schwarten saves timber museum
GYMPIE'S iconic WoodWorks Museum has been saved. The surprise announcement follows days of bureaucratic buck-passing among... -
Kind tributes flow in for family man
UNITED feelings of devastation and loss rippled through the small coastal community yesterday as residents struggled to... -
Father shot dead
THE tight-knit Rainbow Beach community is in shock after Peter Brady, fondly described as "Rainbow's favourite son", was... - Saturday, June 28, 2008
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Truant tragedy
WITNESSES told of their continuing horror yesterday, after three high school students apparently wagging school became... -
Dam blackmail on timber museum
ANGRY Gympie wood workers had a few choice words for the State Government yesterday, as their beloved WoodWorks Museum... -
Timber relics to be packed up on Monday
IT was a sad day at Gympie's iconic WoodWorks museum yesterday, when years of hard work by dedicated volunteers became,... -
Better helipad,safer highway
MEMBER for Gympie David Gibson has called for urgent action to the hospital helipad and a speedier highway upgrade after... -
Monitoring roads to help traffic flow
MOTORISTS travelling in and around Gympie could be forgiven for thinking big brother is watching them, with cameras... - Friday, June 27, 2008
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Kilkivan wakes with Sunrise
Residents rose earlier than normal to spend the morning with cast members from popular daily breakfast show Sunrise, and... -
Gympie's mining history heats up
This fire was lit in a boiler on Wednesday and after four days of hard stoking and burning through five tonnes of wood,... -
Triple-0 response puts life in danger
Suffering from emphysema, pneumonia and suspected collapsed lungs, Colin Kerle began having extreme breathing difficulties... - Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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Schoolboy battles a rare condition
MUM-of-two Carolyn Elliott grew up without a hero to aspire to, but watching her brave son adapt to having his world turned... -
Late confession on hit and run
A YOUNG male driver embroiled in a hit-and-run scenario took a month to confess his part in the Glastonbury crash to escape...
Australian news
Gough Whitlam released from hospital
Diggers formally welcomed home in Darwin
'Scooby Doo' track invader charged
Labor move to replace Iemma: report
Man stabbed in head in Mackay
Three men lost at sea off Yeppoon in Qld
Climate change rally wants govt action
Corby's father accused of dealing drugs
Aussie icons, agriculture 'at risk'
Boy found off coast but dad still missing
World news
Kosovar fathered child with 11 yo girl
Hero's welcome for Betancourt in France
Mugabe wants recognition as president
US air raid kills 22 in Afghan: official
Australia praised, pedophile sentenced
Man gives birth
French students die in frenzied stabbing
Italy starts fingerprinting Gypsies
US marines to stay longer in Afghanistan
Zimbabwe opposition MP 'abducted'
