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Think and choose well when puppy love strikes

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019

Opinion by MADELEINE DOWLING Since adopting the most delightful bundle of joy – Barney the Golden Retriever – in 2010, I understand the meaning behind the push for adopting and shopping responsibly and ethically … Read more »

(Pole) Dancing away the stigma

By COURTNEY LYNCH When you hear the words ‘pole dancing’ what comes to mind? For many, the images conjured are of strip clubs, sex, scantily clad women serving drinks, high heels, and most … Read more »

Travel widely, treading lightly

May 22, 2019May 17, 2019

Australians love to travel almost as much as they love their country, with 11.1 million of them enjoying overseas trips last year alone. But at what cost?

Sustainable practices take to skies

May 22, 2019May 17, 2019

The world is awake to the large amounts of waste polluting our oceans, but what about the plastic waste being produced in our skies?

What’s the buzz? Five places to bee seen

September 13, 2018

By Emma Le Breton.
Buzzy, busy and bold, bees are vital to our ecosystem and our agriculture.

Colours from within

June 25, 2018June 6, 2018

James Norquay can’t see the world around him, but with a brush in his hand he is free to create his own, Tayla Larsen reports

Fifty men fighting fat

By Poppy Solomon

Fifty men hungry to lose weight have been training under TAFE students – and the results are heavy.

Adopt a cat and get it micro-chipped

June 5, 2018June 4, 2018

It’s Adopt a Cat Month and with so many of the pets around, it’s essential to have them micro-chipped, Bradman Wilson reports

Wheelie bins used to save native birds

A Sunshine Coast builder is creating habitats out of rubbish bins to avoid the extinction of large bird species like the black cockatoo and sooty owl

The selfless sand sculptor

June 4, 2018May 19, 2018

A two-metre sculpted wizard sits up in the green hills of Noosa Heads. It’s not a tourist attraction nor part of an art display, it’s simply guarding Dennis Massoud’s home, Tayla Larsen reports.

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