Rainbow flag flies in protest, not on Sunshine Coast Council poles
THE rainbow flag is likely to make an appearance at the Sunshine Coast Council chambers on Tuesday, just not on its flagpoles.Members of the Sunshine Coast Rainbow Network will stage a protest outside the chambers against the council’s refusal to fly the rainbow flag on the International Day Against Homphobia and Transphobia.Although Noosa and Brisbane councils have agreed to fly the flag, the Sunshine Coast Council has declined to do the same, saying to do so would open it up to similar reques..>> view originalSunshine Coast nurses celebrate special day
CINDY Holland didn't always plan to be a nurse. The Nambour General Hospital nurse unit manager of the department of emergency medicine had actually made other career plans. "Originally I wanted to be a flight attendant," she said. "But you had to be 21 to do international flights so I decided to study nursing in the mean time and I've never looked back," she said. Today, on International Nurses Day, Ms Holland celebrated 14 years in the industry. "I've nursed from the Sunshine..>> view originalPair stop at Sunshine Coast as they aim to see 365 sports in 365 days
KIEREN 'Beefy' Blake and Rob Bryers are spectating their way around the world and into the record books as they attempt to watch 365 sports in 365 days. The pair have spent the last few days on the Sunshine Coast watching the World Outrigger Sprints Championships - their 200th day of travel and 197th sport. Beefy said the feat had been three years in the making and hadn't been as easy to pull off as he'd thought. "It was a typical Saturday night in the pub, we were having a few drink..>> view original13 Sunshine Coast addresses mentioned in Panama Papers
ADDRESSES in suburbs across the Sunshine Coast have been linked to the revealing Panama Papers. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released a searchable database of the papers this week. Thirteen Sunshine Coast addresses were listed among 133 from Queensland and 1409 from across Australia. Suburbs listed included Buderim, Caloundra, Noosa, Sunrise Beach, Sunshine Beach, Mooloolaba, Pelican Waters, Eudlo, Pacific Paradise, Nambour, Maleny and Mount Coolum. T..>> view originalSamsung SUHD TVs: Nano expert 'shocked' by colours
WITH up to a billion colours and a peak brightness of 1000 nits (not the hair variety) - Samsung's next generation of Quantum dot display TVs need an expert in nanoscale technology to explain the genius behind them. So that's exactly what Samsung did when they launched their 2016 SUHD TVs at a multi-million-dollar home at Sydney's Coogee Beach on Wednesday night. Professor David Reilly, from the University of Sydney, is an experimental physicist working at the interface of quantum scien..>> view originalNurses celebrated for International Nurses Day
AT all times of the night, when you press that little red button in your time of need a nurse would come to your aid - no doubt with a smile and a helping hand. For Anne Neilson, she's been doing just that since 1984 when she first started at the Mackay Base Hospital. Her mother and grandmother were both nurses, and she laughs it was only natural she would follow in their footsteps and those of the thousands of other nurses who have continued to show compassion when they are in the hosp..>> view originalSunshine Coast could score national netball team
FIONA Basto has played netball "all her life". Her two daughters play it, even her husband Paul has played it. The idea that she could soon be able to watch her favourite game on prime time telly, or see some of the national netball stars in a game on the Sunshine Coast, is a dream come true. "It is very exciting and reflects how women are becoming increasingly predominant in the sporting world" Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson netball was the highest female participation sport ..>> view originalWhy you probably can't find somewhere to rent
THE Sunshine Coast hinterland is facing a rental shortage crisis, with the tightest vacancy levels in Queensland. While it's good news for landlords, the figures reveal just how hard it is for tenants looking for somewhere to live. The results have led to the state's peak real estate body calling for increased investment in rental properties in Maleny, Nambour and Eumundi as well as the broader Sunshine Coast. The new figures, contained in the REIQ's March quarter 2016 Vacancy Rate R..>> view originalLeague sides could mix it with FOGS A-grade
RUGBY LEAGUE: Sunshine Coast footy could stand the test of the new Brisbane Rugby League competition according to Caboolture’s coach Adrian Rouse. The former coach of Wynnym-Manly’s Intrust Super Cup reserve grade side has taken on the Caboolture job to be closer to his home in Narangba this season and was pleased with the quality of play. His thoughts have been reinforced by the Coast’s recent win at the 47th Battalion carnival in Roma, where the Coast stamped its authority on the Central Divi..>> view originalIsland swim given a turbo boost
ONE team taking part in Saturday’s Island Charity Swim has already been turbo-charged towards the Mooloolaba finish line 11km away.The Yuloos – Gubbi Gubbi language for porpoise – arrived at the event’s safety briefing at the Alex Surf Club’s Bluff Bar $400 short of the $3000 fund raising threshold entry requirement for the team of six.Kira Mayall, Michelle Kane, Kym Thomas, Adrian Johnston, Jodie and Sean O’Rourke will swim in relay as one of a number of teams taking part in the swim that has ..>> view original
Thursday, May 12, 2016
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