FATAL CRASH Dear Editor, Dear Mr Purdie, forensic crash investigators last week charged a 36-year-old male with two counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle and one count each of drug driving and driver failing to restrain a child under…
E-SCOOTERS Dear Editor, Trying to modify the behaviour of cyclists on shared paths, with the rules, is a path too far! Who are the bike and e-scooter police, enforcing the laws governing cyclists, skateboard riders, and scooters? Where are they…
INJURED WILDLIFE Dear editor, While out walking recently in a Coolum street, I came across a badly injured young plover bird – with highly stressed parents hovering around. I thought the young bird was dead but then it moved its…
CARPARK CALMNESS Dear editor, I would like to congratulate the gentleman in the Coles car on Thursday 7th July at about 2:00 pm. He was minding his own business and quietly reversing from his car park when a woman in…
INTEGRITY REPORT Dear editor, Last week Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk received the Coaldrake Report into accountability in the public sector and committed to implementing all fourteen recommendations, including releasing cabinet papers after thirty days instead of thirty years. This will allow…
ROAD SAFETY Dear editor, With school holidays underway and extra traffic on our roads meaning many visitors not sure where they are going and children out and about, we need to be more vigilant on our roads. So far, as…
PRAISE FOR SCUH Dear editor, On Monday 13th at roughly 10.30am I had an accident at home, knocked about quite a bit!! My wife called 000 and the paramedics were soon there to patch me up. I had a severely…
ROAD CONDITIONS Dear editor, I see that Dan Purdie MP is urging residents to sign his petition “to save lives and bust congestion in Coolum”. Our State MP representative seems to think that the recent death of a 3-year-old child,…
ECONOMICS Dear editor, In 2017 business profits were up 20% and wages were down 5%. No wages growth in that record profits boom- same now in 2022. Was the 2017 ‘trickle down’ economics just some drip’s imagination or will it…
GREEN WASTE BINS Dear editor, Ratepaying residents should be aware of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council’s intention to impose a green waste bin upon all homes and units in the region (Advertiser, May). Previously, this bin was voluntary, available upon request,…