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25/07/2024

Hanging by a hair, by Toni Risson. A new short story set in Maryborough, Queensland. Link in comment

19/07/2024

The Queensland Government is creating a new ‘protected area corridor’ called the Yabba Links priority area, linking Conondale and Wrattens National Parks.

07/07/2024

A vocal group of residents is calling on Noosa Council to scrap or amend its Noosaville Foreshore Infrastructure Plan because it will change the area too much.

04/07/2024

Australian homes are notoriously cold in winter — draughty, with poor insulation, thin glass and inadequate heating. But there's a growing movement of people retrofitting their homes to make them cheaper to run and more comfortable year-round, while also reducing emissions.

01/07/2024

And now for something completely different:

What drives two young, professional women to meet for the first time in a wrestling ring?

01/07/2024

Thanks to all the legends who donated to The Pineapple's first fundraiser in June, held with LINA - Local & Independent News Association and PressPatron. We raised approximately $4000 which we will use to pay journalists and writers: the first time The Pineapple has been able to do this. It's only the beginning: from little things, big things grow.

30/06/2024

An ABC investigation into superannuation funds offering members "ethical" or "socially aware" options unearths millions of dollars of retirement savings invested in companies that make some of the most controversial and devastating weapons of war.

28/06/2024

While Queensland is not a priority for offshore wind farms, there are projects proposed in Gladstone, Brisbane and southern Queensland. Here’s a different angle

While Queensland is not the federal government's priority location for offshore wind farms, there are many proposed wind development projects in the Sunshine

20/06/2024

Uncover creative Gympie region 🍂

The artists in Gympie Region Studio Trails 2024 are excited to open their studio doors and welcome you inside for a rare glimpse behind the scenes.

In July, we invite you to step into the vibrant creative space of fashion designer, photographer, and flamboyant creative Cindy Vogel’s inner-city studio set in lush gardens. Cindy's one-off costumery and fashion garments have graced screens, stages and red carpets across the world, dressing Jaguar Jonze, Regurgitator and creating Lady Gaga’s famous millinery!

There will be a different Studio Trail and collection of artists featured each weekend in July, however some artists' will keep their studio doors open for all four weekends - so you have extra time to visit, and visit again.

🍂 Trail 1 - 6 & 7 July - Gympie & the East
🍂 Trail 2 - 13 & 14 July - Gympie & the West
🍂 Trail 3 - 20 & 21 July - Gympie & the North
🍂 Trail 4 - 27 & 28 July - Gympie & the South
🍂 Trail 5 - All weekends in July - Gympie

View artists’ works, discover their creative process, join a workshop or demonstration, and uncover a new world of creative inspiration and possibility.

For all the details: www.gympieregionstudiotrails.com.au

19/06/2024

As it celebrates 200 years, the RSPCA is helping endorse indefensible abuse in factory farms, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

17/06/2024

The Kabi Kabi people’s native title claim over lands from Brisbane to Bundaberg, including Gympie, was upheld in the Federal Court on Monday 17 June 2024.

17/06/2024

Shankari Chandran’s Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens is both a tale about a Sydney nursing home community and a confronting story of genocide.The novel begins

16/06/2024

The Kabi Kabi people’s native title claim over lands from Brisbane to Bundaberg, including Gympie, is likely to be upheld in the Federal Court on Monday 17

14/06/2024

That's a wrap on LINA's first Our News, Your Voice campaign! We're thrilled to share that 32 participating newsrooms have raised over $85,000.

Not only were there 941 individual donations and 196 of those readers signed up to contribute monthly to their local news publisher.

Our News, Your Voice is not just about the donations during this week – it has put the technology in place for newsrooms to continue their fundraising efforts beyond the end of the campaign.

If you're not a LINA member yet and want to join in on campaigns like this one, check out the hallmarks of our membership today: https://buff.ly/46aB4eY

11/06/2024

Gympie’s LGBTIQ+ and allies community are celebrating Pride month throughout June with a film festival, a Space Girls festival, a community dance project and

10/06/2024

When parents are starting their babies in daycare, a common concern is whether it is good for little ones to be away from their primary carers for long

10/06/2024

The Pineapple is an independent news platform and a proud supporter of the LGBTIQ+ community. We report on, but don't organise events. Re the story below: hate speech comments will be deleted so maybe don't bother. Happy Pride month to everyone who is celebrating inclusion, joy and diversity.

Gympie’s LGBTIQ+ and allies community are celebrating Pride month throughout June with a film festival, a Space Girls festival, a community dance project and

03/06/2024

There is SO much more to the Mary Valley than many people realise. Here, celebrity reviewer Cindy Vogels highlights some examples from a sterling weekend event

As guests arrived at Imbil’s Mary Valley State College for GourMay’s Gala Dinner Party on Saturday night 1 June 2024, the heavy flash of rain did not deter us

31/05/2024

The Pineapple is taking part in a national fundraising campaign for independent news. So we took out our first ad in Gympie Today. From 3-7 June, for every dollar you donate, the LINA - Local & Independent News Association will match it dollar for dollar. To donate https://thepineapple.presspatron.com

30/05/2024

This Media Release may be of interest to wildlife carers in the Gympie region?

Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and InnovationThe Honourable Leanne Linard

29/05/2024

From June 3-7 the Illawarra Flame will be taking part in Australia's first nationwide fundraiser for local news. It's run by the Local and Independent News Association, a professional body founded in 2021 to represent publications like ours. Earlier...

28/05/2024

26/05/2024

On both sides of the Tasman, there are massive shifts on the horizon in the news and production industries, with a raft of closures and cancellations already hitting in New Zealand and mystery surrounding the next moves of one of the world's biggest media empires.

24/05/2024

My article on the struggle of the news media to stay alive made front page of Crikey today.

The Australian news media is in a David and Goliath battle with social media and search engine giants for survival, and it’s going to take more than an inquiry to save small independent players.

23/05/2024

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21/05/2024

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Car parking near Noosa Village was bit affected by flooding this morn. Sections were cordoned off and I had to wade through water to get to shopping centre

Why read the Pineapple? We give two or more sides to every story

Love watching several generations of White Headed pigeons living in the gully behind our dam. Anyone else got these in your backyard? Very shy so can only get long distance pix

Thinking tonight of our neighbours to the north with properties under threat in the coming days from Tuchekoi fire. We are in Carters Ridge and fire travelling north away from us but could come back when wind changes. This video of fire front taken at dusk looking south from Chinaman’s Creek Road. It’s burning along inaccessible ridge lines so likely to burn for days.

We witnessed history in the making today, as the Northern Territory government passed an amendment Bill to remove the word ‘relationship’ from the Sexual Offences Act. ‘Maintaining a sexual relationship with a child’ will now be called exactly what it should be, ‘repeated sexual abuse’ of child. The NT is the final jurisdiction to remove the word ‘relationship’ from this criminal offence name, in harmony with every other jurisdiction in the nation. The unequivocal crime of repeated child sexual abuse is no longer called a ‘relationship’ anywhere in this country. "Thank you to the NT AG Chansey Paech: Member for Gwoja for his support in this space. Thank you as well to fellow courageous victim-survivor advocates @itsharrijames and @j_zza whose tireless, consistent landmark #YourReferenceAintRelevant Campaign inspired further reforms that passed today. So-called “good character references” for child sex offenders will no longer be considered relevant in the NT. And to all child sexual abuse victim-survivors, this is for us." Reposted from @gracetamefoundation

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