The ‘Shoplifters’ who are a group of friends who meet weekly to busk in Tickle Park and just have fun playing music, recently surprised a local family who is dealing with a rare form of cancer by donating their busking…
SCOMO REPORT CARD Dear editor, What have been the most pressing issues for Australians over the past three years? Getting Aussies home quickly and safely? Border controls/lockdowns? Quarantine centres? Vaccine rollout? PCR and RAT tests availability? Religious discrimination? Anti-corruption? Climate…
Sunshine Coast Council is rolling out green lid bins from July of this year to all households. The green lid bins will be for organic matter and will be collected on the alternating fortnight from the yellow lid recycle bins…
It was a victory that was hard-fought and won through community grit, determination and arguably a lot of fundraising via the good ol’ sausage sizzle! Community groups Friends of Yaroomba, Development Watch and Sunshine Coast Environment Council celebrated their win…
ALP candidate for Fairfax Sue Ferguson with ALP member Karen Skepper. Ms Ferguson had her campaign officially launched by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in an online event. Photo: Contributed Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd AC launched the campaign of…
COUNCILLOR CALL OUT Dear editor, In light of the Supreme Court decision regarding Sekisui I call on you, as the representatives of the people of Division 8 and 9 and the Sunshine Coast, to call a vote of no…
Vanessa Bacon-Hall Editor Community advocacy group Development Watch which aims to hold council and government to account over town planning, environmental and development issues has raised concerns over developer Sekisui House (SH) using the name ‘Yaroomba Beach’ in promotional material…
Pictured are Coolum State School prep students with Principal Anthony Ryan. Photo: Vanessa Bacon-Hall After a two-week delay students across Queensland state schools returned to school on Monday, February 7 and amongst them were 134 prep students at Coolum State…
IT’s BEEN a hard industry to monitor however Noosa residents can rest easy to some extent with the introduction of the shire’s new short stay law which will allow residents to report problems with neighbouring short-stay accommodation properties 24 hours…
A huge lineup of acts are set to rock Coolum this Saturday February 12 at the Coolum Football ground from 11am and the Advertiser has a double pass to give away to the full day of music. Joining Brisbane indie…