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Mt Coot-tha quarry vision channels honey and eucalyptus

A Brisbane design firm has released a vision to transform the Mt Coot-tha quarry into a connected green space, which acknowledges the area’s First Nation’s
Read more 6 August 2024
An artist's impression of the proposed development at 25 Fortescue St, Spring Hill. | Newsreel

Social and affordable housing for Spring Hill

Two multi-storey towers are proposed for Spring Hill, in Brisbane’s inner-city, to provide more than 250 social and affordable housing units. Property developers
Read more 5 August 2024
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Nation’s first blue carbon site in Coast’s heart

The Sunshine Coast will be home to Australia’s first blue carbon project. The blue carbon process involves rehabilitating and protecting marine and coastal ecosystems,
Read more 5 August 2024
Coastal pathway sign Sunshine Coast. | Newsreel

SEQ City Deal delivers ‘liveability’ funding

Enhanced Sunshine Coast walking trails and expanded sporting facilities in Ipswich are among 22 infrastructure projects to be funded in the first $200m allocation from
Read more 5 August 2024
Alexandra Headland Cemetery | Newsreel

Murray unearths cemeteries’ connections

Stories dating back more than a hundred years are being retold through a research project on the Sunshine Coast. Historian Dr Lisa Murray has combed the cemeteries of
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Tulmur-Place-in-Nicholas-Street-Precinct-Ipswich | Newsreel

More design recognition for Ipswich precinct

Ipswich’s Nicholas Street Precinct has added to its swag of design awards with the Minister’s Award for Urban Design and the Movement and Place Award 2024 now on
Read more 29 July 2024
Warning sign at Buddina on the Sunshine Coast.

Vandals poison Buddina turtle nesting area

Two sensitive coastal areas of the Sunshine Coast, including a turtle nesting area, have been scarred by illegal poisoning. Sunshine Coast Council has launched
Read more 27 July 2024
Sheraton Resort Hervey Bay artists impression. | Newsreel

Green light for $450m Hervey Bay Sheraton

The largest proposed new hotel between Brisbane and Cairns has been given the green light after developers reduced the height of the complex by three stories. Fraser
Read more 24 July 2024
Render Sunshine Coast Indoor Sports Centre. | Newsreel

EOIs released for Olympics sports centre

Another Brisbane 2032 venue project is out to market with EOIs released today for the new $142 million Sunshine Coast Indoor Sports Centre. Queensland Premier Steven
Read more 24 July 2024
Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli and local business people.

Sunshine Coast calls for full rail extension before 2032

Sunshine Coast Council wants the next Queensland Government to provide the $6.5 billion required to extend rail services to Maroochydore before 2032. The Direct Sunshine
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