THE SUNSHINE Coast-based LifeFlight were in action on the afternoon of Sunday, February 22, doing what they do best, with the aeromedical team successfully winching a man from Mt Coolum. At 11.25 am, the helicopter was sent to a walking…
BUY LOCAL Dear editor, The collapse of our last maker of architectural flat glass should ring alarm bells. The 169‑year‑old Australian manufacturer, Oceania Glass, has gone, 150 jobs are gone, and another chunk of our sovereign capability quietly shipped offshore…
THE QUEENSLAND Police Service is urging motorists to take greater care on our roads following a tragic week, with five lives lost in six days. These lives lost are a powerful reminder of the devastating impact that road trauma has…
IT WAS billed as a ‘young v old’ match with the Coolum Colts going up against the Coolum Sports Club Bowlers in a friendly game of barefoot bowls on Sunday, February 22, with all money raised going to the Coolum…
THE AUSTRALIAN Electoral Commission recently released its political contributions data for the 24/25 year, and the data reveals the major parties raised and spent hundreds of millions of dollars last year. The biggest spenders were the now-split Coalition parties, which spent $212 million between them and the ALP who…
IN WHAT could be a huge sporting coup for the local region and the wider Sunshine Coast, the community are being asked to get behind the call out for an indoor sports centre. Two sites, one in Mudjimba and the…
THIS SUNDAY, March 8, is collectively known as ‘International Women’s Day’ and the theme this year is ‘Balance the Scales’. Balance the Scales is a promise that every woman and girl – regardless of background or identity – should be safe,…
Vanessa Hall Editor THE AUSTRALIAN Winter Olympic Team has been doing exceptionally well at the games being held in Italy, and at the time of going to print, our Australian team currently sits at number 11 on the medal tally…
DEMENTIA AWARENESS Dear editor, In 2026, there are an estimated 446,500 Australians living with dementia, a figure projected to more than double to over one million people by 2065. In Queensland, there are an estimated 88,200 people living with dementia in 2026 and without a significant…
Vanessa Hall Editor A COMMUNITY environmental volunteer was saddened to see that a picnic table was deliberately vandalised when arriving to weed along the watercourse which runs off Stumers Creek road recently. The picnic table, which provides shaded respite for…