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Subscriber only High growth areas and a flood of interstate migration is spurring on enrolment growth in schools across the Gympie region. Latest Education Department statistics reveal Gympie East and Gunalda State Schools have been the region s fastest growing public schools in the past five years. Gympie East recorded an enrolment of 191 students in 2021, 85 per cent higher than its 2016 enrolment of 103 students. Gunalda State School registered an even bigger jump thanks to its smaller numbers, with enrolments doubling from 20 in 2016 to 40 in 2021. Less than one third of Gympie East s students came from its catchment area, whereas at Gunalda more than half of the 40 students were from within the catchment.
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Subscriber only The Goomeri community has rallied around local farmer Don Louis after he was critically injured in a cow attack on his property on Tuesday morning. Mr Louis, aged in his 60s, was working with cattle on his farm when he was attacked by a heifer on Tuesday and had to be airlifted to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical but stable condition. Paramedics initially treated the man for critical upper body injuries, before the Sunshine Coast RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter arrived. Princess Alexandra Hospital confirmed on Wednesday morning that he remains in Intensive Care in a critical but stable condition.
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A major overhaul of the regionâs pools could be on the cards, with Gympie Regional Council throwing open the doors to possible new management of its $23 million aquatic centre and regional facilities.
The council is inviting tenders to take control of its four community owned pools, which includes the aquatic centre and public pools at Kandanga, Goomeri and Tin Can Bay.
The pools have been managed by Belgravia Leisure for the past five years.
The companyâs run has not been without controversy. The 2016 appointment of the Victorian-based company as managers was met with community backlash and in 2017 it made national headlines over its internal photograph policy after a Gympie grandmother was told staff had to check the photos she took on her phone before she left.
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