Coffs Coast Advocate

5200 jobs in $6 billion roads bonanza

In what is being touted as the state’s biggest year for road upgrades, nearly $6 billion will be spent and 5200 jobs...

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22nd Jan. 2020 7:01 PM

In what is being touted as the state’s biggest year for road upgrades, nearly $6 billion will be spent and 5200 jobs generated in 2020. SEE IF YOU’LL BENEFIT

Lack of parking provisions is abysmal neglect

To forego such an essential provision as parking is not an oversight but nothing short of abysmal neglect, a reader writes.

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13th Jan. 2020 12:01 AM

Council seeks balance for young and old

THE Sunshine Coast Council faces a challenge to balance the needs of both its burgeoning senior and younger cohorts.

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08th Jan. 2020 2:01 PM

Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Mark Jamieson.

Water plant standing between us and day zero

It has a controversial history, but the Tugun desalination plant on the Gold Coast is now playing a key role in keeping...

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04th Jan. 2020 12:01 PM

Further testing to be done on 150-year-old wharf

Why you’re likely to see more activity around Bowen Wharf starting next week.

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04th Jan. 2020 5:01 AM

CHECKS: North Queensland Bulk Ports undertook testing on Bowen Wharf in August.

$2B wind farm sure to be a ‘failed idea’: MP

‘There’s scant detail available on the giant wind turbine concept, but already there are many questions’

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22nd Dec. 2019 11:12 AM

More than 200 wind turbines are proposed to be built between Gympie and Maryborough.

Games to ‘fast track’ roads and railways

Our highways and railway lines hold the key to bringing business into regional cities in the lead-up to and during the...

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18th Dec. 2019 1:12 PM

Our highways and railway lines hold the key to bringing business into regional cities in the lead-up to and during the Olympics.

Work can start on centre rebuild after funding signed off

George Christensen explains why it's taken time to get to this point in the project.

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13th Dec. 2019 5:12 PM

Funding has now been signed off for the new Proserpine Entertainment Centre. Pictured here is the old centre.

Lengthy ferry cut-off avoided during Shute rebuild

Solution found after petition with hundreds of signatures was tabled at a council meeting.

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28th Nov. 2019 12:11 PM

The Shute Harbour ferry terminal pictured 12 months on from Cyclone Debbie.

The plan for Australia's fastest internet to be in Bundy

BUNDABERG Regional Council is looking to drive the delivery of Australia’s fastest internet with a new project it’s calling...

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26th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

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