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Flying foxes to be smoked out by Sunshine Coast Council

IN a second attempt at dispersing flying foxes, Sunshine Coast Council will use smoke and lights on a colony at Elizabeth St drain bushland from 4am on Wednesday. The non-lethal methods of noise, smoke and lighting will take place before sunrise each ... >> view original

Greenpeace ship set to pass the Sunshine Coast

A GREENPEACE vessel is scheduled to pass the Sunshine Coast this afternoon. The Rainbow Warrior Three will pass the Sunshine Coast about 2.30pm after docking at Brisbane. The 58-metre Rainbow Warrior Three is Greenpeace's first purpose-designed ... >> view original

T-Dub rapping to warn of life ruined by drugs, gangs

T-Dub now makes regular visits to Blue Light Discos and skate parks, preaching the horrors of drugs and supplying kids with ice-cream and cheeseburgers through a program called Sunshine Coast Freebies. But he said his message could only reach a ... >> view original

Sale of Big Top Shopping Centre on the cards

The much-awaited $20 million revitalisation of the Sunshine Coast s first shopping centre has been completed by Reed Property Group. The Big Top reopens at Maroochydore Crowds enjoy the tastes and sights of the food markets Photo: Warren Lynam ... >> view original

Sunshine Coast man pleads guilty to raping another man

A SUNSHINE Coast man has pleaded guilty to raping another man ahead of what was meant to be the start of his four-day trial. Phillip Donald Jason, 48, fronted Brisbane District Court on Monday charged with rape, assault and stealing stemming from an ... >> view original

Buddy hell, star forwards out with suspension

THE Sydney Swans will go into Thursday night's match against Port Adelaide at the SCG without star forwards Lance Franklin and Kurt Tippett. The players were offered one-match bans by the Match Review Panel after being reported in Friday night's loss ... >> view original

BUSINESS AWARDS: Your time to shine

RECOGNITION of excellence is important if our business community is to continue to grow, so it's great to see the Sunshine Coast Business Awards are now open for nomination. If incentives for small businesses provided in this year's Federal Budget have ... >> view original

Change in laws to give elderly more control over care

SUNSHINE Coast seniors will celebrate getting freedom of choice tomorrow as the Australian aged care system moves to Consumer Directed Care (CDC) giving greater control to those receiving in-home care. That includes the ability to decide who they ... >> view original

Ken Levy replaced as acting head of Crime and Corruption Commission

With the deadlock which has paralysed the parliamentary crime and corruption commission showing no signs of abating, the government has been forced to appoint a different acting chair to the state's crime watchdog. Ken Levy, who has acted in the ... >> view original

Man in court on murder charge

A MAN charged with murder over a fatal stabbing in Adelaide in April will be required to answer the charge in September. JEFFREY David Szanto, 42, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with the murder of a 27-year-old man at ... >> view original