RACQ’s 2022 Annual Road Safety Survey has revealed that more than one in ten drivers (13.3 per cent) have admitted to driving when they thought they might be over the blood alcohol limit in the last 12 months. Tragically, in the first six months of this year, we lost 37 lives in Queensland from drink…
DetailsThe FREE BreastScreen Queensland mobile screening service is visiting Bunnings Maroochydore from 10th to 16th January 2023. BreastScreen Queensland provides FREE high quality breast cancer screening to women aged 40 and over. Women aged 50 -74 are strongly encouraged to participate in regular breast cancer screening as the evidence of the benefits of regular participation…
DetailsIn September this year the ChaplaincyWatch world-class Rest and Recovery Centre was officially opened at 9 Ocean Street, Maroochydore. This space has been previously serving the Coast in a temporary capacity since New Year’s Eve 2019. Many have already been cared for, supported, given a safe space to rest and assisted to get home in…
DetailsThe YMCA Queensland Youth Parliament (QYP) is an opportunity for those ages 15-25 years of age to nominate to become a Youth Member. The six-month program will teach the Youth Member all they need to know about parliamentary debate, Bill writing, working with the media and more! QYP also provides a fantastic opportunity for personal…
DetailsFeedback for the two design concepts referred to as Concept Blue and Concept Yellow has closed. The council will now consider all community feedback along with engineering reports, authority approvals and funding requirements to assist in determining the final design and timeline for the Stage Two Central Meeting Place. Council have advised that they anticipate…
DetailsThe State Government has confirmed that funding for the M2M (stage 6) project to deliver a safer cycle and pedestrian pathway for the 1.2 kilometre stretch between Alexandra Headland and Maroochydore has been removed from the four-year funding program. This is a broken promise from the Government and until they restore it to four-year QTRIP…
DetailsFor those that haven’t already heard, late November we had win for the community with the Transport Department finally listening to what we have been asking for with an expanded dredging trial off Mooloolaba. Unlike previous programs which involved dredging the entrance to the channel, the trial will involve dredging sand banks to the west…
DetailsThere’s a lot of money being spent on business cases for Sunshine Coast Mass Transit and Heavy Rail to Maroochydore, but the big question is how much of this money is about kicking the can down the road and deliberate delaying tactics? $15 million is being spent on the Sunshine Coast Mass Transit business case…
DetailsThe State Labor Government has introduced legislation to effectively ban non-Labor aligned unions. Despite the fact Queensland teachers and nurses had been voting with their feet to join some of the other unions, Labor has now made these alternatives effectively illegal. This could cost teachers and nurses an extra $400 each in union fees than…
DetailsThe Palaszczuk Labor Government’s poor budget management has had a big impact on the cost-of-living crisis in Queensland. Queensland families are feeling the pinch more than ever as the cost-of-living crisis continues to spiral out of control. The soaring cost of petrol, electricity, vehicle registration and rent has also added thousands of dollars to household…
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