Maroochydore and Sunshine Coast
Hospital crisis claims inappropriate: Robertson
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Health Minister Robertson has again rejected suggestions that problems in the health system are worse than ever before.
Laos jungle survivor's condition still improving
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The condition of an Australian man who was lost while trekking in Laos is continuing to improve.
Health council airs merger fears
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The Bundaberg Health Community Council (HCC) says it is concerned the community will be left in the dark after the Wide Bay health district is absorbed by the Sunshine Coast.
Study reveals cane crop rotation benefits
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A new study has proven that short-term rotation breaks between sugarcane crops helps boost productivity by up to 20 per cent.
Qld hospitals in meltdown, Oppn says
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Oppn Leader Lawrence Springborg says the worst health crisis ever seen in Qld has emerged this week.
Sun Coast growth tipped to slow
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The Sunshine Coast's population growth is expected to slow in the next 23 years.
Boswell fears Traveston timber plan to boost food price
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The Federal Opposition says the Queensland Government's plans to put a forestry plantation near the Traveston Crossing dam, in the south-east, will lead to higher food prices.
Kernaghan to take main stage at Gympie muster
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The Gympie Country Music Muster shifts up another gear tonight with Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan the headline act.
Qld hospitals playing 'musical bypass'
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A doctor has given the State Govt her evidence that emergency patients died because of hospital bed shortages.
Ambulance union backs dying patients claim
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The union representing Qld paramedics backs claims patients have died because they could not get a hospital bed.
Federal funds target Sun Coast black spots
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The Federal Government has provided more than $500,000 to improve roads on the Sunshine Coast as part of the black spot program.
Gympie Mayor says rate rise unavoidable
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The Mayor of the Gympie Regional Council says a 9.8 per cent rate increase in this year's budget was unavoidable.
MP angry over Traveston EIS snub
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The Member for Gympie says the Deputy Premier will not allow him to have a copy of the supplementary environmental impact statement (EIS) for the controversial Traveston Crossing dam proposal in south-east Queensland.
Supplementary EIS done for Traveston dam
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Queensland Water Infrastructure has completed a supplementary environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Traveston Crossing dam in the state's south-east.
Gympie budget delivers 9.8pc rate rise
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The Gympie Regional Council has handed down its budget today, with ratepayers hit with a 9.8 per cent rate increase.
Airport pushes for more Maroochydore flights
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The general manager of the Sunshine Coast Airport says he will continue to negotiate with airlines to get more flights into Maroochydore.
Crash renews calls for school bus seatbelts
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The Transport Workers Union has renewed its call for all school buses to be fitted with seatbelts, after a a logging truck hit a school bus near Gympie yesterday.
Govt plans Traveston tree planting
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The Queensland Government is aiming to plant up to two million forestry trees as part of the construction of the proposed Traveston Crossing dam near Gympie in the state's south-east.
Laos jungle survivor's condition improving
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The condition of an Australian man who was rescued after being lost in a jungle in Laos appears to be improving.
Hopes new drug may save Laos jungle survivor
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The mother of the Australian man who survived 11 days in a Laos jungle says a new drug may save her son's life.
Curry-Kenny back in hospital
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Olympian Lisa Curry-Kenny is recovering in hospital after complications from an operation she had in April.
Students in hospital after school bus crash
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13 school students have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after truck ran into their school bus.
Petition demands infrastructure for Sun Coast development
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More than 3,000 residents have signed a petition against the fast-tracking of development on the Sunshine Coast without appropriate infrastructure.
Police cutting Mooloolaba violent crime
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Sunshine Coast police say a crackdown on public order offences is reducing violent crime in the Mooloolaba tourist precinct.
Housing affordability task force set to meet
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The Sunshine Coast's housing affordability task force will meet for the first time next month to develop strategies to tackle the problem in the region.
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