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9 November 2024

Help donate smiles to Vanuatu kids

Duane Cambo is leading the donation drive, having posted the idea on social media as he is heading to Vanuatu for New Years. If 150 pairs are donated by Christmas, My Handyman & Maintenance Services is off ering to donate a weekend away at the Gold C...

9 November 2024

Lifting spirits and saving lives

Two purchases they were able to make thanks to their raffle, Containers for Change, and generous community donors were a Lifting Cushion and a Hover-Matt mattress. The Lifting Cushion, which costs approximately $6,000, is an inflatable cushion that h...

9 November 2024

Cent auction success for Caboolture seniors

Donations from Harvey Norman Morayfield, Jade Jewellers, Target Morayfield, Caboolture Sports Club, Member for Longman Terry Young, and Member for Morayfield Mark Ryan, along with member donations, made the repairs possible. “Thank you to everyone th...

9 November 2024

UQ calls out for quitters

Associate Professor Henry Marshall, a lung specialist involved in the study, highlighted that combining smoking cessation with screening can reduce lung cancer death rates by up to 38 per cent. “Lung cancer often develops silently, showing symptoms o...

8 November 2024

Bowls premier league coming this November

The Moreton Bay Pirates is the region’s local BPL team, with teams such as the Tasmania Tridents, Perth Suns, and Sydney Lions coming for the competition. BPL is a fast-paced, entertaining, television-ready version of the traditional lawn bowls you w...

8 November 2024

Come camp and jam

Ms Miller also acknowledged the risks and financial considerations the Esk Show Society has to take into account for holding the Camp and Jam festival, but added they “are feeling confident”. “Organising a festival always involves some level of risk,...

7 November 2024

Get ready for a jolly parade

Santa will be joined by special guests from Trolls, Kung Fu Panda, Shrek, Puss in Boots, Madagascar, and the Minions, plus all his friends from the North Pole. Santa and his merry crew parade through the centre spreading festive joy with meet-and-gre...

7 November 2024

New social housing

In line with Council’s Housing and Homelessness Action Plan commitments to support the urgent delivery of social and affordable housing, this approach will see Bric Housing and Coast2Bay Housing Group Ltd be given tenure over Council-owned land to de...

7 November 2024

Noise complaints can be criminal

Krystal Parnell was enjoying some music for an hour at her home when two police officers knocked on her door, asking for her ID and read her a warning that she was “not to be noisy” over the next four days. If they deemed her home was “too loud” over...