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Mr Glentworth is guest speaker at the March 17 meeting. “Neil‘s no nonsense and inspiring approach has delighted our members at previous breakfasts,” Mr Goodman said. “We have welcomed him back, to present a much higher level version on what he has spoken about previously....to grow this region, to attract new business and outside investment and to create new jobs. Gympie Chamber of Commerce president Tony Goodman thanks business and political analyst Neil Glentworth during his last ad...

Gympie Mayor ‘unable to comment’ on whether concerns about who signed off on the generous grants have been referred for investigation higher up

Gympie’s only commercial caravan park will be shut permanently after years of controversy and neglect

Premium Content Subscriber only Jim Grayson knows a thing or two about taking a close look at complex issues that have a big impact on people’s lives. This is thanks to his time spent working on some of the biggest financial investigations in Australian history, including into Crown Casino Ltd and HIH Insurance. Now the former ASIC assistant director is stepping into a new role as Gympie Regional Council’s Director for Infrastructure and Engineering Services. He was brought back to Queensla...

Tony Perrett’s extraordinary hat trick of involvement in the rescue of Robert Weber has possibly not received the accolades it deserves

Premium Content Subscriber only The Gympie arts community is calling on the council to give it some certainty as to the future of its River Rd base, saying it is at risk of having to give back more than $40,000 in funding without it. Creative Arts Gympie Region has been calling the former Quartz Hub building on River Rd, opposite Memorial Park, home since the middle of last year after the two groups merged. Secretary Lesa Campbell said the plan was to turn the building into an arts hub, home...

Ensuring Gympie Regional Council tender and procurement processes are about fairness and honesty - "not jobs for mates" - are among the focuses of the council as it closes in on its first year in office. Mayor Glen Hartwig and council CEO Shane Gray addressed a full house at the first Gympie Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting for 2021 last week, outlining the state of the region and the councils top priorities moving forward. Mr Hartwig listed roads as a major focus, saying good roads wou...

More than 750 jobs have been lost in Gympie because of COVID, but other local industries and businesses have prospered

SPECIALISING in aged care, and building on the already dominant industries of agriculture, forestry and fishing were just two ideas touted to have big potential for a rapidly growing Gympie region economy at the 2021 State of the Region presentation by the Gympie Chamber of Commerce yesterday. A full house at the newly renovated RSL in Mary Street heard from Mayor Glen Hartwig, council CEO Shane Gray and Wide Bay Burnett director of regional development Scott Rowe on the regions strengths, we...

Southside residents hoping to be hooked up to the citys sewerage network will be waiting until at least 2022 or longer for work to resume, if it ever does. Gympie regional councillors said they will focus on communication with residents affected by delays to the scheme following more extensive discussion about how to foot the expected $15 million bill to deliver the final nine stages of the 16-stage project. The project was scheduled to be finished in 2026. It has been stalled since 2018 am...