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• Work/Life Balance

  

  Work/Life Balance 26th Jun 2016 10:09 PM Updated: 27th Jun 2016 12:00 AM Georja Ryan Journalist Hailing from the Gold Coast, I am a beach-bum and adventure-junkie. I love learning ne..

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• Mr Individual heading to Sunshine Coast

  Mathew Toogood Melbourne Sunday 26 June 2016, 10:29am Troy Corstens has no questions about Mr Individual's ability and is hoping the colt can show it off at his second Queensland start in the Sunshine Coast Guineas.Mr Individual will be chasing a first stakes win in Saturday's 1600m-Group Three race at Caloundra after a forgettable introduction to Queensland racing at Eagle Farm on June 11.The three-year-old finished 10th in the Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m) and Corstens, who trains ..

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• Investing big for cash of the Irish

  

  IF IT’S Leprechauns you seek, take a walk over the rainbow to Brisbane’s new Irish bar Finn McCool's which opened its doors this month after a $3.5 million refurbishment. Nestled in the heart of Fortitude Valley, Finn McCool's is now Brisbane’s largest Irish bar and already plotting its expansion with two new franchises to open on the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast this year.The bar is also eyeing a Sydney expansion, which is yet to be finalised.“After noticing a gap in the Brisbane bars and club..

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• Queensland weather: State shivers through coldest morning

  

  Queensland dropped into freezing temperatures on Sunday morning as the State's coldest morning this year took hold.Kingaroy woke up to particularly chilly conditions with the mercury plummeting to -6 degrees at 3.30am, while Dalby experienced -5.9 degrees at 5.30am on Sunday and Toowoomba recorded an overnight low of -3.9.   More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Coldest night of the year Airlift after Warrego crash Artificial reef to save Palm B..

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• MY SAY: Funds short change hwy

  IT'S that time in the lead up to an election when our politicians are suddenly more visible and promises are made in a bid to secure votes. The reality is the Sunshine Coast has been ignored for far too long and throwing us a few bones at this stage of the campaign is not enough. While the recent Coalition announcement that $187 million of the $6.7 billion, 10-year Fix the Bruce Highway plan will be brought forward to the 2019/20 financial year is a start, it's nowhere near enough given..

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• Radio hosts laud local generosity

  IT'S been a busy month for Mark and Caroline from MIX FM and everyone involved in the Give Me 5 For Kids campaign. Held annually in June, the Give Me 5 For Kids fundraiser supports sick children and their families on the Sunshine Coast. Caroline Hutchinson said the community's generosity shone through this year and the fundraising would continue until July 8. "Every act of generosity has blown me away - artists who donate their work to us for the art auction, men who sacrifice themse..

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• Three-way race for Brisbane jockeys title

  Mark Oberhardt Brisbane Sunday 26 June 2016, 8:38am The Brisbane jockeys' premiership is set for the most exciting finish on record with just 1-1/2 wins separating the top three with 10 meetings left in the season.Reigning champion Jim Byrne leads on 64-1/2 with Jeff Lloyd on 64 and apprentice James Orman on 63.In the 90 years of record keeping in Brisbane no premiership has been such a close three-way tussle a month from the end of the season.Lloyd and Orman both rode winners on Saturday w..

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• Tin Can Bay Chamber of Commerce weighs in on election

  A Letter to the Editor from the president of the ChamberWITH the most important federal election in many years due in just a week, I thought that it may be beneficial to share some information learnt recently. Whilst a chamber of commerce remains “apolitical”, it sometimes becomes hard to remain impartial.I have had several discussions with the ALP candidate for the Wide Bay Lucy Stanton.Her plans for this region are to shut down commercial net fishing and have the area World Heritage listed. T..

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• BT Slams Geelong Over Game-Changing Incident

  

  Posted: 26 June, 2016 by Footy Newsroom BT Questions Geelong Over Game-Changing Incident "This was an absolute joke" Tags: AFL, Geelong Cats (Image: Getty/Twitter) Brian Taylor has slammed Geelong over an incident that cost them the game. Geelong were leading by nine points late in the last quarter but the Saints responded with two goals to take the lead. All this happened while stars Patrick Dangerfield and Steven Motlop ..

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• Rugby union: Can England beat All Blacks after 3-0 thrashing of Wallabies

  

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