ROAD TOLL Dear editor, Queensland’s roads have claimed 21 lives already in 2026, to January 26, surpassing most states and representing 19-22% of the national toll, despite our 20% population share. This follows 2025’s shameful 308 deaths, the worst in…
OPERATION Coolsafe was held across January 24 to 25 at a number of locations across the Sunshine Coast with police charging 15 people with offences. During the operation, officers conducted more than 1,100 random breath tests (RBTs) resulting in six…
WHEN you see the yellow and blue helicopter up in the sky, you can be sure that the LifeFlight crew is going off to rescue and save lives and stats from 2025 show that the Sunshine Coast-based crew airlifted nearly…
OUR local eco legends, Coolum and North Shore Coast Care, who week in and week out do their absolute best to protect and advocate for our beautiful region, would love to see every environmental hero at the Coolum Civic Centre…
APPLICATIONS are now open for Queensland’s largest one-off community grants program with the Gambling Community Benefit Fund offering grants up to 35,000 to support community organisations across Queensland. The Gambling Community Benefit Fund grants program supports not-for-profit groups to deliver a range of projects , including renovating…
SINCE the calculated fraud attack which targeted our Council in December 2024, we’ve successfully recovered a further $200,000, bringing the total amount recovered to $640,000. This reduces the original $2.3 million loss to $1.7 million. I want to reassure the…
INVESTIGATIONS continue following the serious assault of a man in Maroochydore onSaturday morningJanuary17.Just after midnight, two groups of people became involved in an altercation onOceanStreet, with a 21-year-old man punched and knocked to the ground. He was transported to Sunshine…
Dear editor, FRIENDLY TRAVELS There was a time when every country road came with its own unofficial greeting. You’d pass another car, lift a couple of fingers off the wheel, and the other driver would do the same. Just a…
PEOPLE accessing beaches along Noosa Council’s Eastern Beaches region with their four-legged friends will find a series of new signage installed in an effort to help dog owners know where they can and can’t take their dogs. Noosa Council has…
Vanessa Hall Editor THERE will be no reduction in the amount of existing off-leash access at the popular Stumers Creek dog beach after Sunshine Coast Council adopted the Sunshine Coast Dog Exercise Area Regional Plan after a vote at the…