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• Sunshine Coast Uni to develop major campus at Petrie | Sunshine Coast Daily

  

  THE University of the Sunshine Coast, which has long been considered the minnow of the tertiary education sector in Australia, is about to get much bigger.After recently signing agreements to take control of the University of Southern Queensland's campus at Hervey Bay, the USC has been selected to develop the new Moreton Bay Region University Precinct at Petrie.Announcing the decision yesterday, Moreton Bay Regional Council Mayor Allan Sutherland said the USC had been selected through a tender p..

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• ARMCHAIR CRITIC: It's about time we had a trial

  

  STARVED Sunshine Coast footy fans will be salivating over the news there will be an NRL trial at Bokarina in February.With Melbourne and Wests due to meet at Sunshine Coast Stadium, there is already a high sense of anticipation.That's because it's been almost seven years since the region last hosted a pre-season encounter, when the Storm beat the Broncos.That's a long time between drinks for one of the code's most fervent support bases,In fact, it's probably too long.With a burgeoning population..

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• Can you help save the 1000Coastkids in need?

  

  GORDON Barratt realised that if he and his wife skipped a cup of coffee once a week, he would have enough money to help one of the 1000 at-risk kids living on the Sunshine Coast.Mr Barratt, a member of the charity the Board Meeting, was one of the first people to pledge his support to SunnyKids' It Takes a Village child sponsorship program and the stockbroker has already encouraged three others to sign up."This is the easiest thing I've ever had to sell," he said at the launch of theVirtual Vill..

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• Motorcyclist killed on Sunshine Coast | The Courier-Mail

  

  FOUR people died on Queensland roads in 24 hours after a motorcyclist was killed in the state’s southeast last night.Initial information suggests the 46-year-old male rider crashed after riding along Coolah Pl in Cooroibah, on the Sunshine Coast, about 6.35pm yesterday.Police said it is believed the man, who died at the scene, lost control of the motorbike at the Illoura Pl intersection.It comes as three people in a four-wheel-drive were killed almost instantly yesterday after crashing with a ca..

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• Brough, Roy stay silent after federal police raid Ashby

  

  MEMBER for Fisher Mal Brough and Member for Longman Wyatt Roy maintained their silence yesterday after federal police raided the Coast home of former political staffer James Ashby.The two federal MPs would not comment on the matter after it was reported AFP officers were searching for evidence of communication between Mr Ashby and Mr Brough, Mr Roy, frontbencher Christopher Pyne and a number of news outlets.READ MORE: Police search James Ashby's home over Slipper diaryMr Ashby worked for Peter S..

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• Last-minute decision savesCoasttravellers from WA fires

  

  OUR destination yesterday morning was Esperance.We had spent longer in beautiful Denmark, Western Australia, than planned and decided to make a bee-line for Esperance, about 550kms away so we could start crossing the Nullabor.It had been a terrible weekend, with the most spectacular and terrifying thunderstorm shaking our van and lighting the skies all around us for hours on end.We had absolutely no idea what damage this thunderstorm had caused across the State.We stayed with friends in Perth Hi..

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• Associates support Sunshine Butterflies with golf day | Sunshine Coast Daily

  

  SUNSHINE Butterflies are the proud recipient of a cheque for $15,000 thanks to the recent Charity Golf Day hosted by Sunshine Coast Business Associates.Noosa Springs Golf Course was the venue of choice for corporate golf enthusiasts to swing to their hearts content at an event hosted by major sponsor White House Celebrations.Olympian Speed Skater made a stylish entrance by helicopter.The Miami Vice themed day with novelty and decorative sponsored holes, attracted more than 100 players.Hot 91.1 a..

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• Girl power is having a blast in sports boys play

  

  A NOOSA primary school is building a reputation as a powerhouse for girls playing what have been traditionally male sports.The St Thomas More Primary School girls' team has won the Milo T20 Blast cricket state title to add to its victories in state AFL championships and the Billy Moore Shield rugby league competition.Its T20 Blast victory defends the title the school won last year. The girls will now contest the national titles in Melbourne on December 10, where it finished fifth in 2014.Cricket..

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• Noosa's Gift offers a purse of $6000

  

  ATHLETICS: The Noosa Gift has established itself as one of the richest running races in the country with $6000 up for grabs on Saturday, when some of fastest line-up at Girraween Sports Complex.In its six years the Gift has fast become a staple for many athletes drawn by the cash and the picturesque area of Noosa."It is such a great race and we are now getting runners from New South Wales and the rest of Australia here which shows how much interest there is out there in the race," track and even..

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• Rohan steps up to the plate

  

  BUDDINA'S Rohan Messer is eager to rip in to the 2016 Intrust Super Cup with the Sunshine Coast Falcons.The club has only just started pre-season recently. How are things going so far?"We're sort of easing into it I guess. There are plenty of kilometres in the legs but nothing over the top. I guess the first few weeks are probably the toughest though when you're going back, to get the body used to it again."You're a new member of the state league squad?"I was in the (Falcons) colts side for the ..

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