Community callout to help homeless pensioner
A LOCAL Coolum woman is asking the community to financially help in any way they can in an effort to buy a homeless pensioner a new bed. Pauline Edwards has… Read more »
Category: EGN
February brings the rains once again
If history likes to repeat, then floods seem to like to take hold in February with excessive rain events in February of 1992, 1999, 2011, 2015 and now 2022! The… Read more »
Clean up Australia Day this Sunday
Local residents are being urged to sign up now to join millions of volunteers around the nation for the 32nd annual Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday, March 6. This year… Read more »
Mozzie diseases on the rise after rains
South-east Queenslanders are being urged to take precautions against mosquito-borne illnesses in the wake of severe weather and the detection of Japanese encephalitis virus. Health Minister Yvette D’Ath warned on… Read more »
Community asked for input on new planning scheme for Sunshine Coast
If the past few weeks is anything to go by, the local community is proactive when it comes to letting council know what kind of development they want in the… Read more »
Coolum buskers raise funds for rare disease
Coolum musical friends and buskers, ‘The Shoplifters’ are using their musical abilities to not only entertain but to raise money and have managed to collect $2,000 for Genetic Cures for… Read more »
Letters to the editor 23/02/22
SCOMO REPORT CARD Dear editor, What have been the most pressing issues for Australians over the past three years? Getting Aussies home quickly and safely? Border controls/lockdowns? Quarantine centres? Vaccine… Read more »
Green waste bin set to be rolled out from July
No more trips to the tip for green waste will be needed with the garden organics bin collection service to be expanded across the Sunshine Coast from July of this… Read more »
Community wins Yaroomba development battle
Vanessa Bacon-Hall Editor In what was always seen as a David and Goliath battle, local community groups who took developer Sekisui House and Sunshine Coast Regional Council to court over… Read more »