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HORRIFIED: Residents Greg and Margaret Onions, Jan Johnston and Jim Moore say the council’s plan to remove bats from Cassia Wildlife Corridor encompasses totally destroying all its trees.

Solution ‘worse’ than the bats

FLYING foxes might be driving them batty but many Coolum residents are horrified that a three-stage plan proposed by the council to manage the problem includes complete devastation of a much-loved wildlife reserve.

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Recycle your TV before switch

THE days of analogue television end on May 28 when the Sunshine Coast switches to digital.

Quarry battle is on

A DRAG queen and scrap metal are proving to be effective weapons in a community’s fight against an unwanted quarry development.

A testing season

Coolum club members muck in during the Bundaberg flood clean-up.

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Dawn service at Coolum Pergian RSL 2013

Coolum Anzac Day

Dawn service at Coolum Pergian RSL 2013

St Andrew's students Amber Chainey, Codie Wescombe, Brittany Fitzgerald celebrate the end of their school years.

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Coolum Carnival

All the fun of the fair

Darren Percival gave it his all, putting on a superb show at the Caloundra Music Festival.

Darren Percival at Caloundra Music Festival

Darren Percival gave it his all, putting on a...

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Nurse inquest still going on

THE coronial inquest into the murders of two Sydney nurses at Toowoomba in 1974 has not concluded and is still awaiting evidence from the final witness.

AFTER a horrifying week-long ordeal, Emma Green and her partner Eldean Blake returned to their Gladstone home yesterday afternoon.

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Couple return home without baby after ordeal at hospital

TWO Alstonville boys were passengers in a car that ran down a man in front of his family home but they only remember the car smashing into a brick pillar.

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Boys tell court they don't remember seeing fatal accident

A SIGN on the wall states “Sexual assault is not tolerated in correctional centres”.

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Prison Guard exposes true violence in our prisons

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Site crowdsourcing funds for video of mayor smoking crack

ONLINE news website Gawker is attempting to raise $200,000 to buy and publish a tape which they allege shows the mayor of Toronto smoking crack cocaine.

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FORMER liaison officer, once jailed for having “an unhealthy sexual obsession” with a 14-year-old girl, has been locked up again for preying on teen.

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Former Fraser Coast liaison officer gets jail again

TWO horses west of Allora have tested positive to Australian Bat Lyssavirus in what is a world first.

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Lyssavirus kills horses near Allora

RESURRECTING local businesses and the economy is crucial to help communities recover from natural disasters.

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Dire need for businesses and economy to recover after floods

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Drunken guide charges elephant

Drunken guide charges elephant

This video shows a drunken safari guide charging...

Gina Rinehart says mining industry used as govt ATM

Gina Rinehart says mining industry used as govt ATM

Gina Rinehart spoke by video link to the...

Clive Palmer in clash with TV journalist

Clive Palmer in clash with TV journalist

Clive Palmer didn't like the line of questioning...

Clive Palmer responds to Federal Budget

Clive Palmer responds to Federal Budget

Clive Palmer speaks at a press conference in...

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Chinese police seize millions of fake Durex condoms worth $7m

POLICE in China have busted an alleged counterfeiting ring after seizing more than 4.65 million fake condoms worth ¥47.7 million ($7.94m).

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AUCKLAND Transport has had to ticket one of its own vehicles after an employee parked illegally in a mobility space.

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NZ parking inspector's car ticketed and towed for illegal park

BARBIE'S Dream House has opened in Berlin with some unofficial additions – police guards and topless protesters brandishing burning crosses.

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CLEANING is one of life’s more mundane household chores, so Tracey Wright and Clint Clarke decided it needed a shake-up.

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Naked maid service promises to spice up domestic drudgery

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