QUARANTINE requirements will be removed for close contacts from 6pm Thursday April 28 with Health Minister Yvette D’Ath stating that the relaxation of the rules was the next step towards managing COVID safely in the community and getting our lives…
Anzac Day 2022 was celebrated across the country on Monday, April 25 and the Coolum-Peregian RSL held their annual dawn commemorative service with close to 3,000 people turning up before dawn to show their respect for those who fought for…
Coolum local Shannon Sol Carroll will be bringing his surf funk original music to the Red Chair produced show at the Coolum Civic Centre on May 14. COOLUM is fast becoming a centre for unique performances and live music with…
HEALTH CARE Dear editor All the wealth in the world is useless without good health. The Liberal National Coalition denied during the 2019 election campaign that they would make cuts to Medicare. It was just a scare campaign and a…
THE RACE is well and truly on for the Federal Election which will be held on Saturday, May 21 and the official ballot has been drawn with the candidates officially listed on the voting cards for each electorate. The ballot…
There’s something about Dara AS THE name suggests, the Anywhere Festival is bringing theatre, spoken word, art, cabaret and other forms of performance to ‘anywhere’ but a theatre within local nooks, crannies, businesses, spaces and unique locations across the southeast…
Pricey band members Ben Meyer (bass) Josh Price (frontman) and drummer Jarvis Hopper are looking forward to the inaugural ‘The Big Weekend’ festival which will be hosting five bands on the evening of Saturday, April 30 at the Coolum Civic…
Ninderry MP Dan Purdie presenting the new Coolum Peregian RSL Sub-branch President, Peter Lloyd, with the ‘Supporting Local’ hampers to support their fundraising efforts. Photo: Contributed IN AN effort to continue the work of helping returned service personnel the Coolum-Peregian…
FUNDING NURSING Dear editor, At a recent forum about aged care, addressed by nurses who work in the sector, they acknowledged that it may take many years before aged care standards were as they should be due to staffing and…
Coolum Beach Quota members with Michelle Lipner (yellow shirt) from OzHarvest Sunshine Coast. Photo: Contributed Helping Gympie flood victims MEMBERS of Quota Coolum Beach were devastated to see and hear of the sheer destruction caused by the recent floods that hit so…