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Slow down or lose, MP says

The site of a fatal two-car collision on the Cooroy-Noosa Rd near Tinbeerwah. The road’s speed limit has been reduced following five fatalities in recent times.

Now that Member for Noosa Glen Elmes has been guaranteed a full safety review of the Cooroy-Noosa Road, he has a message for motorists who continue to speed.
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Dingo neglect hidden: Elmes

The plight of Fraser Island dingoes has been reported to UNESCO.

D-minus is the mark Glen Elmes has given government bureaucrats attempts to preserve Fraser Island's natural values and its dingoes.
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Labor mocks reborn Noosa

Noosa's hopes of de-amalgamating have been scoffed at by Labor, with local government Minister Desley Boyle describing plans as a “recipe for chaos”.
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Tourism Noosa to cash in on series

Tourism Noosa will lever every marketing advantage it can out of the presence of the nation’s top ironmen and ironwomen competing at Main Beach in January.
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Ironman on a mission

Trevor Hendy (left) and Guy Leech.

Noosa will get to crown the king and queen of ironman racing in the revamped $300,000 Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain series.
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Tuesday may prove quite revealing

This Tuesday all roads may lead to Noosa J for some good old grassroots town meetings about issues of major concern.
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$6200 water bill concerns

Majestic Theatre Pomona board members Anne Coombes and Roy Harbour are shocked at the Unitywater bill issued for the Pomona landmark.

A $6200 Unitywater bill for the year without ongoing council subsidy support could bring down the final curtain on Pomona's historic Majestic Theatre.
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Noosa River Plan leading the way

The Noosa River plan regulates water activities and imposes speed restrictions.

For years it seemed like a backwater of government inaction, but the Noosa River Plan is now leading the way for the rest of the Sunshine Coast to follow.

 

Pirates give thumbs up to subsidy

Noosa Pirates president, Chris O’Grady.

Noosa Pirates rugby league president Chris O'Grady has given the thumbs up to Sunshine Coast Council's $1 million subsidy for Unitywater bills.

 

Fire boss denies 4WD safety risk

The fire-fighters' union is claiming that public safety has been compromised by a management decision to send four-wheel-drive vehicles home with senior...

 

Car parks versus transit centre

The Noosa Junction Transit Centre construction gets underway.

Somewhere amid the transit centre construction site, Lanyana Way and Noosa J, the truth about the Junction's carparking is out there.

 

What do you call your place?

Pomona resident Stephen Hilditch feels that Pomona suits the title of village.

Is it a town, a village, a hub or a hamlet? This question was raised after a Pomona identity was challenged on his hometown description of a village.

 

Jazz Festival coming

Don’t miss your chance to hear the legendary Warren Vache play.

Next weekend's (September 3-5) main stage for the Noosa Jazz Festival is truly one of the iconic jazz venues in Australia.

 

Market stallholders remain edgy

Judy Ditter is concerned that the new direction for the Eumundi Markets will mean that there will be less reporting to local groups involved.

Police brought in to ensure the peace between feuding factions at a Eumundi and District Historical Association meeting reportedly had a quiet night.

 

All charged up over battery fee

Doonan resident Howard Caton is upset the council charges for dumping recyclable goods and resells them.

It is the council charge that has left Doonan battery dumper Howard Caton feeling more than a little flat.
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Shark feeding frenzy near Noosa

Shark feeding frenzy near Noosa

HUNDREDS of sharks, some up to 4.5m long, have been filmed in a feeding frenzy off a beach north of Noosa this morning says an AGL Action Rescue Chopper crew.

 

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National News

Autopsies for PNG crash victims

Autopsies for PNG crash victims

THE bodies of the four victims of this week's plane crash in Papua New Guinea will be transported to Brisbane for autopsies, being released by a PNG coroner.

 

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