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Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson was delighted with today’s budget announcement of funding to relocate Coolum Police Station to South Coolum Road adjacent to the Queensland Ambulance Service. Ms Simpson...

Queenslanders are being urged to get in quick with tickets now on sale for the biggest international football tournament Queensland and Australia have ever hosted. Minister for Tourism, Major Events,...

Research projects that could lead to a low GI sugar to help fight diabetes and tooth decay and another study that hopes to grow bones for bone grafts are a...

Mooloolaba boaties are now benefiting better access to the harbour thanks to the nearly $1 million worth of works to upgrade the two public boat ramps. Member for Maroochydore Fiona...

The Queensland Government has announced the Coral reef fin fish closed season dates for the next five years which will provide certainty and long-term planning for fishers. Minister for Agriculture,...

Five remarkable individuals and one outstanding institution have been recognised as this year’s Queensland Greats. The 2014 Queensland Greats are: community leader Dr Sallyanne Atkinson AO custodian of the country...

Labor’s carbon tax will add $170 to an average Queensland household’s electricity bill. Energy Minister Mark McArdle said the Queensland Competition Authority’s (QCA) announcement that electricity prices will increase by...

Queensland school children are celebrating three decades of safer road crossings, with the first school crossing supervisor introduced 30 years ago. Transport and Main Roads Minister Scott Emerson, Minister for...

The Speaker of the Queensland Parliament, Fiona Simpson, officially opened proceedings of the Sunshine Coast Youth Parliament this morning and then chaired its first and closing sessions.   Ms Simpson...

Helping people get home safely is the aim of a new late-night taxi pick-up zone at the Maroochydore bus station from Friday night.  Member for Maroochydore Fiona Simpson, who championed...

A blueprint for the future of Queensland’s construction industry is beginning to take shape with 75 industry leaders coming together for the first stage of the Queensland Government’s ConstructionQ initiative....

Helmet laws will stay in place and no bicycle registration will be required as part of the Queensland Government response to the cycling inquiry. Transport and Main Roads Minister Scott...