The Chocolate Factory is Tasmanian writer Mary-Lou Stephens’s second historical novel with Harper Collins. Set in 1920s Hobart, the story unfolds in the aftermath of WW1, as two ambitious women, Dorothy and Maisie, are building their careers (unusual for women of the...
Bottoms English Lawyers are inviting First Nations children and parents to register interest in a class action against the Queensland Government for systemic failure to reunite children removed under child protection laws with their parents. Special Counsel Jerry...
Kenyan refugee Rosemary Kariuki’s life seems to be anything but joyful. In Kenya, she endured countless horrors and loss and her prospects were bleak. Her future was stolen before she was born as her family lost their farm and livelihood through British land...
While firefighters contained recent fires which burned hundreds of acres in Tuchekoi and Obi Obi, QFES and BOM say climate change will cause longer fire seasons and higher fire risks. The cause of the two fires, in October-November, is not confirmed but Queensland...
Vulnerable young people are being harmed by outdated attitudes to sexuality and bigoted abuse in Gympie, according to queer advocates. Following this year’s first Pride Festival in Gympie, the founders say they started the festival to offer a safe space to LGBTIQ+...
Gympie's diverse, beautiful young people are in the international spotlight for the second time this year, this time in French beauty and fashion magazine Malvie. Fashion designer Cindy Vogels, of fashion brand Racy and Lucky and photographer Brea Martin collaborated...
The Queensland Government is partnering with Queensland Ballet to offer clinically designed dance programs to vulnerable Queenslanders. The program was announced at the opening of Queensland Ballet’s Van Norton Li Community Health Institute this month. A $750,000...
Gympie indie singer songwriter Aspy Jones released his new single ‘Look at Us’ this month and as love songs go, it’s a bit different. Known for his fast paced rock style, Aspy’s latest release, ‘Look at us’ is a tender, reflective song about the successful long term...
A botanical survey of the banks of Enoggera Creek at The Gap, in Brisbane’s north-west, has found the area meets the criteria for critically endangered Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia. The survey involved botanist Rob Price and volunteers identifying plant...
House of Desire, a youth theatre cabaret produced in Gympie, is similar and different to the famous 1966 stage show and film version of Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb. Menacing yet kind MC, Mr Sandman, played by Fletcher Colfs? Check. Engaging, flamboyant guests...