We all know the importance of buying local and keeping our money in the local economy and a new initiative spearheaded by Coolum Business and Tourism is aiming to make this process even easier with the launch of the ‘Sunny…
Doonan Creek Environment Reserve in Peregian Springs is now the largest reserve in Sunshine Coast Council’s conservation estate thanks to the acquisition of an additional property. The latest purchase adds 94 hectares to the existing reserve and brings it to…
would you like to have a direct say on the future of the sunshine coast? Then apply for one of the positions on the Sunshine Coast Council’s Community Reference Group (CRG), which will support the development of the new Sunshine…
PENSIONER HOUSING Dear editor, There is no reason for pensioners to not have housing. We have seen what can be done with containers turned into accommodation. I have as a young person lived in a car garage that I had…
When the opportunity became available to take over the old paint store on the corner of Greenoaks and Sth Coolum Road the Coolum Salvation Army relished the opportunity to open another store, which will stock furniture and also have for…
Members of Quota Coolum Beach are pleased to have raised $1009 for the Mater Foundation for research into ovarian cancer recently. A ‘Tea for Teal’ morning tea was held at the Coolum Beach Holiday Park in May with all proceeds…
Yandina School of Arts members and supporters Gab and Wayne Pawson (of Yandina Hardware), Heath Stone, Daniel and Karyn Weepers, Carol Price, Dawn Gerring, Noel and Sandra Brown, and Audienne Blyth. The Yandina School of Arts were lucky recipients of…
The State Government has backflipped after being called out on a massive 112 per cent hike to an emergency services levy, which was to be picked up via an increase in council rates. Ninderry MP Dan Purdie said the proposed…
RSL regulars – Veteran Don Holt, Membership Officer Susan Austin, veteran Joe Daenens, Vice President and veteran Noel Messer and WW2 veteran Frank McGreevy at a recent BBQ held for volunteers and veterans. Pictured is 98 year old Frank McGreevy reflecting…
ASSISTED DYING LAWS Dear editor, In coming months our 93 state MPs will vote on a proposed law to introduce voluntary assisted dying (VAD). The state government asked the independent and expert Queensland Law Reform Commission to draft a VAD…