Tag: Maroochydore 4558
Student doctors face scholarship tax slug
At least 200 Queensland medical students on Queensland Health scholarships are being forced to pay thousands of dollars in tax.[MORE]
Killer Meninga moved to prison farm
The Opposition says prisoner Bevan Meninga, who is serving a life sentence for murder, should not have been transferred to a low-security complex on southern Queensland's Darling Downs.[MORE]
Man in hospital after kitchen sink blast
A man remains in a critical condition in the Royal Brisbane Hospital after an explosion in a Chinese restaurant at Cooroy on Queensland's Sunshine Coast yesterday.[MORE]
Fatal chopper crash sparks training review
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) released a report yesterday into a fatal helicopter crash on Queensland's Gold Coast. [MORE]
Opposition demands budget estimates process review
The Queensland Opposition says the budget estimates committee system needs an overhaul as it does not have enough time to ask State Government ministers questions about their portfolios.[MORE]
'Balmy' winter weather to continue
The weather bureau says southern Queensland will continue to experience unusually warm winter weather over the next few days.[MORE]
Coalition pledges cheaper internet alternative
The Federal Opposition says people in regional areas do not need the high speeds of internet that would be offered by Labor's National Broadband Network (NBN).[MORE]
Government should admit QR sale plan 'a mistake'
The Opposition has seized on briefing notes to a federal minister suggesting serious concern about the planned sale of QR's coal business.[MORE]
Abbott fishing plan 'a vote-winner'
Queensland's peak recreational fishing group says the creation of 'no-take' zones off the coast will influence how fishers vote in next month's federal election.[MORE]
Women in local government national conference begins
A conference starting today in Gympie in south-east Queensland aims to raise the profile of women in local government.[MORE]
Greens' chemical pledge angers farmers
Canegrowers says an election promise by the Greens that would ban the use of some pesticides will have an adverse impact on farmers.[MORE]
Resident blasts explosives plan
A Moy Pocket resident is concerned a local road will be even more dangerous if explosives are transported on it.[MORE]
Council to consider circus ban
The RSPCA wants the Sunshine Coast council to join other local authorities in banning circuses with exotic animals from operating on council land.[MORE]
Music event to muster up funds for charity
It is hoped this year's Gympie Music Muster can raise about $100,000 for Angelflight.[MORE]
Infrastructure 'vital' in election push
The LNP's federal Member for Fisher has highlighted infrastructure as a key election issue for the region.[MORE]
Immigration promises spark student tourism fears
A national tourism executive says restricting student visas would harm the industry and the Australian economy.[MORE]
Mourners gather to honour murder victim
More than 100 friends of murdered woman Justine Jones gathered at Alexandra Headland on Queensland's Sunshine Coast on the weekend for a memorial service.[MORE]
New retail centre 'a sign of economic recovery'
The head of national retailer Harvey Norman says the construction of a multi-million dollar retail store in Maroochydore on Queensland's Sunshine Coast is a sign the economy is improving.[MORE]
Labor to blame for Qld's bottom-ranked economy
The Qld Opposition says Labor mismanagement is to blame for the state having Australia's worst performing economy, along with NSW.[MORE]
'Flimsy' report doesn't mean Fraser Island dingoes healthy
The Opposition says a survey of dingoes on Fraser Island does not indicate the dogs are healthy.[MORE]
Qld Health defends errors in nurse practice manual
Queensland Health says patients are not at risk because of errors in a clinical manual sent to staff in rural areas.[MORE]
Hendra virus quarantine procedures revised
Biosecurity Queensland says it has made changes to its hendra virus quarantine procedures as a result of an outbreak of the disease on the Sunshine Coast in May. [MORE]
Garrett praises Qld oil spill clean-up
Today marks the end of the restoration program after the worst environmental disaster in Queensland's history.[MORE]
'Severe shortage' of aged care facilities in regional Qld
Aged Care Queensland (ACQ) says services in the state's regions are worsening due to limited resources and is appealing to both sides of government to reform the sector. [MORE]
Farm accidents cost $1b per year: research
A national farm safety researcher says farm accidents and deaths are costing the agricultural sector more than $1 billion per year.[MORE]
