News

Drought dries up cattle slaughtering

June 15, 2017

Cattle slaughter numbers have reduced by 95,500 in five years from a ripple effect of persistent drought conditions within the industry.

Midwife pushes to close infant mortality gap

June 14, 2017

A Sunshine Coast Indigenous midwife is calling for a more realistic target to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infant mortality. Nicole Hegarty reports

Coast cleaners tidy beaches

June 8, 2017

Sunshine Coast beaches are being left cleaner with a group vowing to tidy them every day this month.

Coast development needs more direction, experts

June 8, 2017

Urban and social planning experts have called for a more united approach to development and infrastructure projects on the Sunshine Coast.

Young men fall through mental health screen

June 8, 2017

By Steph Allen A new report has found that standard health screenings often miss young men’s mental illness symptoms. Orygen, the National Centre for Excellence in Youth Mental Health (NCEYMH), released the report this week … Read more »

Double play for Hear & Say

June 8, 2017

By Caitlin Zerafa and Melissa Halsey

A cochlear implant helps little Koby Bevan hear his mum. Now the Sunshine Coast Hear & Say Centre is holding two events to raise funds to help other deaf children like Koby.