Sunshine Coast Council donates $50000 to Vanuatu appeal and other top stories

Sunshine Coast Council donates $50000 to Vanuatu appeal

SUNSHINE Coast Council has unanimously agreed to donate $50,000 to a combined local government relief appeal to help the victims of Tropical Cyclone Pam. The appeal is asking for Queenslanders to dig deep into their pockets to help Vanuatu recover ... >> view original

New $10000 award aims to celebrate the Sunshine Coast environment through art

Artworks can explore local environmental themes and issues or the relationship between people and the Sunshine Coast natural environment. Entries which depict natural landscapes and native flora and fauna of the Sunshine Coast will be highly regarded. >> view original

Many living with cystic fibrosis on the Coast

Samson List is a typical boy who loves playing with his mates, but he has the incurable and potentially fatal desease Cystic Fybrosis. Pictured here with his mum Katrina, dad Deon and siblings Asher, Noah and Angus. Photo: Nicola Brander / Sunshine ... >> view original

High yields for Sunshine Coast olive grower as harvest season comes to an end

An olive grower on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has just finished her harvest, and all of the produce is destined to become olive oil. Olives can be picked when they are purple or green Photo: Olives can be picked when they are purple or green (Marty ... >> view original

Coast students writing their own software

AGE 10 may seem a tad young to be learning software coding, but an innovative education program has found that Sunshine Coast students as young as this love learning about digital creativity early in life. CoreEd founding partner and chief digital ... >> view original

Police investigate Nambour jewellery store robbery

Megan Mackander Journalist After completing a journalism degree at the University of the Sunshine Coast, I joined the Sunshine Coast Daily in 2010. As the Daily's police reporter, the round is unprectible, diverse and challenging, but also exciting and ... >> view original

Youi pledges to make Sunshine Coast its permanent headquarters

"[The Sunshine Coast] had everything the business needed – abundant opportunities to source the right talent, it was a burgeoning region with growth to foster the development of new business and it is a great location with space and sunshine," he said. >> view original

Solar farm audit puts Sunshine Coast Council in the clear

Sunshine Coast Council has welcomed the outcome of the Queensland Audit Office (QAO) analysis of the Sunshine Coast Solar Farm project at Valdora which shows the audit results are satisfactory and there are no significant findings that need to be ... >> view original

Runners help put kids like Ted on Wishlist

PARTICIPANTS in this year's Run Sunshine Coast have extra motivation, knowing funds raised from the event go to Wishlist. This year's ambassador for the event is Ted Pearson from Kawana Forest, who was diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis in April 2014. >> view original

Coast man charged for allegedly assaulting boy, 2

SUNSHINE Coast detectives have charged a 33-year-old man after a child sustained critical injuries at Kin Kin on Wednesday. Around 3.30pm, the two-year-old boy was airlifted to the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital with serious injuries. Following ... >> view original