VOTE HISTORY Dear editor, When USA voters remembered the first Trump government (2016), the next time they voted for the other side (2020). Then, forgetting history and believing the promises of the convicted criminal, they voted for him again (2024)…
IT WAS a very wet and stormy morning on Friday, April 25, and many planned Anzac Day services across the region had to be rearranged in order to accommodate the inclement weather. The Coolum-Peregian RSL Sub-Branch managed to hold their…
Independent candidate for Fairfax, Francine Wiig, at the Meet the Candidates forum in Bli Bli recently. Photo: Contributed WITH EARLY voting underway, independent candidate for Fairfax, Francine Wiig, enters the final stretch of her campaign with strong momentum and a…
Naomi McQueen is the Labor candidate for Fairfax. Photo: Contributed I’M A PROUD local and part of the Sunshine Coast community. It’s where my husband and I are raising our teenage children, and where I’ve built my career as an…
Member for Fairfax Ted O’Brien with local netball players. Photo: Contributed COOLUM and surrounding Sunshine Coast communities are set to benefit from more than $5 million in new community infrastructure funding, if an LNP Coalition Government is elected. While Ted…
Letters to editor 230425 ELECTION THOUGHTS Dear editor, When it comes to politics, I tend to be a listener and try and come to my own conclusion without the argument or heated discussion that often comes with the territory. But…
A rider at the Sugar Bag Road pump track. Coolum will soon have a similar pump track in the Lions and Norrie Job Park. Photo: Contributed COOLUM is set for a unique sporting attraction with a bike pump track earmarked…
POLICE are appealing to the public for assistance as part of investigations into a reported assault at Peregian Beach on April 8. Investigations indicate that around 9.15 am, a woman in her 60s was walking along the beach, near Beach…
COOLUM now has its own state-of-the-art, fully serviced radiology clinic, with Quantum Medical Imaging proudly introducing the first 3T MRI scanner to the region. Mayor Rosanna Natoli and Cr Maria Suarez joined the Quantum Medical Imaging team to celebrate the…
Unveiling the red bench at Holy Spirit Anglican Church in Coolum. ALL OVER Australia, red benches are popping up in communities, and the Holy Spirit Anglican Church of Coolum recently unveiled its red bench. These symbolic seats are placed in…