In Depth
Urgent action required, says Coast charity head
HOMELESSNESS IN-DEPTH SPECIAL By SAM DICKFOS and JANICE JOHANSEN The three levels of government must urgently work together to address Australia’s homelessness crisis, the head of a Sunshine Coast homeless help organisation says. Maroochy Neighbourhood … Read more »
‘I really didn’t see that on my horizon’: one man’s experience
HOMELESSNESS IN-DEPTH SPECIAL By JANICE JOHANSEN Fifty-three-year-old David Fletcher leans into the sofa, clean shaven and wearing a navy cap and “Shack” T-shirt, and it is hard to believe he’s homeless. David has lived on … Read more »
Transgender man’s rough road home
HOMELESSNESS IN-DEPTH SPECIAL By SAM DICKFOS Twenty-two years ago, a Sunday school teacher finished work, came home, and walked in on her 14-year-old daughter in a compromising position with another person. It’s an awkward moment … Read more »
International visitors flock to Sunshine Coast
By Abbey Cannan In the past five years, the rate of international visitors travelling to the Sunshine Coast region has increased by 30.97 per cent. According to data from the International Visitor Survey conducted by … Read more »
Cannabis on the coast: growing a fresh approach
By Cameron Brooks and Pat Gillett. After being catapulted from the shadows of illegality last year, medicinal cannabis will find an already-bustling marketplace, with thousands of patients desperate for the help it can offer. The … Read more »
A game changer’s journey
Medicinal cannabis has been legalised in many nations for the treatment of life threatening and limiting conditions. Pat Gillett spoke to the State Member of Parliament, One Nation’s Steve Dickson, who was the instigator of … Read more »