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Subscriber only A speed reduction has been endorsed for a 3.75-kilometre stretch of road near the site of a fatal crash that killed a 29-year-old man at Wolvi last week. Josiah William Stevens was a passenger in a 4WD when it collided with a school bus full of children at a T-intersection on Kin Kin Road and Wilsons Pocket Road about 4pm last Tuesday. Josiah died at the scene. The driver of the car, Josiah s 68-year-old father Alan, was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital in a critical condition and with life threatening injuries. Alan Stevens (inset) is recovering in hospital after being injured in crash that killed his son at Wolvi last Tuesday.
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Reports of the Bonnick Road dump’s demise may be premature, with Gympie Regional Council now exploring whether more life can yet be squeezed out of the city tip.
An expansion of the city’s dump is one of several options reportedly on the table as the council works to identify where the region’s waste will wind up once Bonnick Road is full.
Also under consideration is a proposed new waste transfer station at Laurenceson Rd expected to cost $10-12 million to build.
Funding for it would be spread across several years of the council’s budget, with support from government funding and some borrowings.
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Subscriber only A Gympie council rubbish truck was forced to dump a load of recyclable waste on the road at North Deep Creek this morning to avoid a fully-fuelled truck fire breaking out. The truck s driver called for help when he noticed smoke heaping from the back of the truck near the intersection of North Deep Creek and Wood Roads about 7.30am. Recyclable rubbish dumped on the road after smoke was seen billowing from the back of a Gympie garbage truck at North Deep Creek on Thursday morning. Photo: Kristen Camp He was forced to dump the load on the road so firefighters could stop the small fire spreading, Gympie police senior constable Alastair Harris said.
Appalling is how Gympie Mayor Glen Hartwig has labelled a Facebook boast by a person claiming to have 100 photos of his car parked outside his partner s home on the Sunshine Coast. The post, made by someone identifying themselves as Richard Cronium, appeared on a Facebook page on March 8, following a question about which councillors lived in the Gympie region. Mr Cronium said he knew of one councillor who did not live here, and had not since 2019. I have about 100 photos of their car parked there sent to me by one of their old work colleagues, the post said. The account is one of several that have been heavily critical of Mr Hartwig and the new Gympie Regional Council, particularly on the council s own Facebook page.
Deputy Queensland Premier Steven Miles says he has been assured by Gympie Mayor Glen Hartwig of the councilâs commitment to koala protection as criticism mounts over its decision to remove two environment planning laws late last year.
The Deputy Premier and Planning Minister has been urged by environmental groups to step in and overturn the repeal of the two temporary planning instruments last December.
The decision sparked protests and outcry, including an online petition with more than 44,000 signatures asking Mr Miles to use his powers under the Planning Act to intervene.
This week the Wide Bay Burnett Environment Council renewed the push for State involvement, whether by reinstating the laws or expanding the governmentâs own southeast koala habitat protection laws.