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Why does Australia have earthquakes? The whole continent is under stress from distant forces

Last Saturday at 9:49am local time, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred about 50km west of Gympie in Queensland. The earthquake was experienced as strong shaking locally, but did not produce any significant damage, likely because of the remote location of the epicentre.

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Space to Gympie and beyond: satellite texts go live

Telstra has begun rolling-out the nation's first satellite to mobile texting service, a move the telco hopes will keep rural Australians better connected.

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Movers muster into Gympie and other towns off the track

Australians continue to escape to the country, but growing regional towns are calling for better funding to support their changing populations.

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Severe weather warnings for parts of NSW, Queensland and Victoria as thunderstorms and heavy rain continue

Two women reported missing in flood waters in Gympie as Bureau of Meteorology warns of further thunderstorms on Boxing Day night

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‘I only want the truth’: Queensland mother hopes for answers at inquest into young cyclist’s 1999 death

Brad Edwards was hit by a car while riding his bike in Gympie. Decades later, a coroner has reopened an inquiry into the cold case

The Guardian - AU

Man charged with murdering elderly grandfather

Ryo Jay Anan, 27, of Gympie, has been charged with the murder of 87-year-old John Kerr, who was found unconscious near the Noosa beachfront.

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Hope Reins riders complete 1,300km trip from Gympie to Longreach for mental health charity

Kylie Reed and her friends have travelled 1,300km in the saddle for a cause close to their hearts. Now, all they have to do is ride home again.

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Researchers say native Gympie limes could help fight citrus greening disease killing crops

Researchers say native limes from Gympie could hold the cure for a devastating citrus disease that has killed crops and sent orange juice prices soaring worldwide.

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Family of alleged Gympie hit-and-run victim Carla Benson searches for missing dog

Carla Benson is in a critical condition after allegedly being hit by a drink driver who fled the incident, and her beloved dog Chopper is still missing.

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Gympie-Gympie stinging tree shows potential for pain relief, say researchers

The agony caused by brushing against the notorious Gympie-Gympie tree can last for months, but researchers think its toxins may one day provide relief to chronic pain sufferers.

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Calls for all-hours ultrasound services in regional Queensland hospitals after girl's misdiagnosis

Amy Russell says all regional Queensland hospitals should have 24-hour access to ultrasound machines, after her daughter's potentially life-threatening illness was missed.

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Court told Sharon Graham counselled Gregory Roser to kill her ex, Bruce Saunders, whose body went through a woodchipper

Sharon Graham is accused of masterminding the murder of her former partner, whose body was allegedly fed into a woodchipper near Gympie.

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Hope Reins founder Kylie Read starts 1,200km Ride for Hope from Gympie to Longreach

Kylie Read admits she is not really into riding horses, but there is a good reason why the equine therapy expert will be seated in a saddle for nine bum-bruising weeks.

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Gympie-Gympie stinging tree causing hospitalisations in Far North Queensland

Naomi Lewis said nothing could have prepared her for the excruciating and long-lasting pain of an encounter with a venomous stinging tree in Queensland's far north.

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Flood-hit residents say it's impractical to raise their homes to the heights required to receive funding

Since floodwaters rose a metre above the floorboards of his high-set home, Des Lawlor has been desperate to raise it higher. But to qualify for funding it'll need to be so high off the ground it would be impractical to live in.

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Booming feral horse population at state forest north of Gympie leads to rise in road accidents

A booming population of feral horses is being relocated from a Queensland forest, with authorities saying car strikes are posing a grave danger to horses and humans.

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Large hail, lightning strikes and flash flooding as severe storms hit south-east Queensland after days of hot weather

The Bureau of Meteorology said large hail was observed near Toowoomba and storm warnings extend from the Wide Bay and Burnett including Gayndah and Eidsvold, the Lockyer Valley, Gympie and through to Brisbane City.

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Gympie teenager Levi Hanna dies in hospital after being hit by car on way home from school

The 14-year-old boy died in the Queensland Children's Hospital, three days after he was hit by a car on his way home from school near Gympie.

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Sunshine Coast, Gympie region loses third medical clinic in five months as GP crisis worsens

Patients were informed of the closure by text message, with concerns elderly people in the region will no longer be able to access health care.

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Family of three Australians killed in US single-engine plane crash

Former Gympie resident Christian Kath, his wife Misty and their 12-year-old daughter Lily died when plane crashed in Gulf of Mexico

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Gympie family dies in light plane crash in United States, police continue search for father

A mother and daughter from Queensland have been confirmed dead in a light plane crash in the United States with hopes fading that their pilot father will be found alive.

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ATSB criticised for refusing to investigate Gympie plane crash that killed two pilots

Aviation groups and the loved ones of the two pilots killed in a mid-air collision near Gympie say the ATSB's refusal to investigate the incident is making the pain worse.

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ATSB finds Queensland Rail missed flood warnings for 40 minutes before freight train derailed by rising water

The driver of a train that derailed in floodwaters outside Gympie during the February floods should have had almost an hour-and-a-half to stop, but he was never told.

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Glider pilot 'loved soaring flight' as tight-knit community devastated by mid-air crash

A 77-year-old pilot who for decades fulfilled his flying passion is being remembered for his musical talents as he and a fellow crash victim are mourned by the tight-knit aero community.

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Two small aircraft crash at Kybong, near Gympie, both pilots killed

Emergency crews were called to the area near the Gympie Aerodrome just before 3pm this afternoon.

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