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On the podcast this week … the urgent fight to save rare species within the Mary River.

Locals push to use historic methods to protect hundreds of properties from future floods.

The cane industry optimistic ahead of the 2024 crush.

And we chat to Queensland legend Billy Moore about the local talent in the Maroons squad.

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On the podcast this week....farmers worried about the potential of a coking coal mine in their backyard.

The free mental health service launching in the Wide Bay.

What’s causing young women to suffer in silence and sacrifice their education.

And the Goomeri Pumpkin Festival is back after a few tough years.

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Confusion over budget allocations for a major project.

Locals react to proposed new rules at a favourite beach holiday destination.

Grassroot groups struggle to find volunteers. 

And this week in our local legend segment....a love story that started six decades ago at the Gympie show.

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In this week's episode of the podcast, we examine the fallout from budget airline Bonza's likely demise.

A major boost for research into a sacred indigenous site on the Burnett River.

And this week's local legend is helping feed those less fortunate in Glenwood near Gympie

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In this episode we look at e-scooters which are seriously injuring and in some cases killing people.

A call to upgrade a deadly section of the Bruce Highway.

Why are people bringing snakes to emergency departments?

And this week's local legend tells us how she recovered from a broken neck to continue with her passion.

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This week we examine the impact of a fatal stabbing in Kilkivan on the small community west of Gympie.

You'll be surprised at the age of the oldest nesting turtles on the Bundy coast this nesting season.

What’s in store for this year’s Gympie Music Muster amid mass festival cancellations

And we're being urged to get behind our local ag shows that get underway this weekend 

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This week on the podcast we look at a deadly section of the Bruce Highway and why some locals believe re-opening a driver reviver may reduce the death toll.

 New hope in the fight against pasture dieback.

And our local legend has retired after more than 40 years in radio right here in Bundy

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This week....calls to revisit a probe into patient treatment at Bundaberg Hospital.

We look at the highlights & lowlights of the Council election...

And the multimillion-dollar development getting closer for Bundy.

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This week we hear how a government review of supermarket pricing will impact Wide Bay growers.

We delve into a program helping disengaged teenagers stay on track.

And our local legend this week is a man who has raised thousands of dollars to help drought, bushfire and flood victims....and it doesn't stop there.

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This week we check out how $5 million will help re-open Imbil's GP clinic and bring more tourists to the tiny town..

We hear from a veteran turned pig hunter.

And our local legend is a Bundaberg rower who smashed the record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

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A local group wants help to buy a former church to keep seniors in Kilkivan as they get older.

A community push to save an unofficial tourist attraction.

And our local legend this week is Kin Kin's Leasa Diggins who's in the running to be named school bus driver of the year.

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This week we look at how local renewable energy projects will help Queensland lead Australia in transitioning from fossil fuels.

We hear from a Bundy man who has found 5000 used needles in the city in a year and is battling to get anyone to take responsibility.

And our local legend is newly crowned world champion swimmer Isaac Cooper.  

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This week Tayla and Bruce look at what's killing Lorikeets from Bundaberg to NSW.

We'll also take a peek at a Mary Valley business that started as a hobby and is now selling its goods in David Jones and Parliament House in Canberra.

And a local legend is cycling from Perth to Bundy.

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This week we look at some ideas aimed at easing the housing crisis in our region.

And we learn more about Speckles the dolphin....we've never seen one like it in Australian waters before.

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This week we take a look at an alleged DV murder of a Fraser Coast mother.

And why Curra residents are being left in the dark.

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A deep dive into the local news issues that affect you across the Wide Bay-Burnett

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A recap of this week's top stories and a deep dive into the issues that matter across the Wide Bay-Burnett

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A recap of this week's top stories and a deep dive into the issues that matter across the Wide Bay-Burnett

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