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Subscriber only A $1.5m expansion of a Sunshine Coast supermarket is a step closer after a court ditched some conditions council placed on it. Developer Bridgeman Enterprises no longer needs to install underground electrical cables and remove pole-mounted transformers at a cost of more than $150,000, as part of the extension to IGA Mooloolah. The company lodged an appeal with the Planning and Environment Court against Sunshine Coast Council to have the conditions removed. Bridgeman Enterprises - directed by Vincent Paul Ferraro - argued that the expanded supermarket would operate comfortably with existing electrical infrastructure. Judge Glen Cash agreed and said the two conditions would be set aside and instead the developer must raise and tension the overhead wires at Hatten Street.
“The train arriving at Maroochydore station on platform 2 is the express service to Brisbane. First stop Mooloolaba, then Kawana, Caloundra, Caloundra South, Beerwah then all stations to Caboolture.”
It’s a phrase that I hope to hear in my lifetime, but I’m afraid will not happen, due to inept successive governments, failing to deliver on countless proposals, studies and announcements about a Sunshine Coast Rail network since the mid-1990s.
The original Caboolture to Maroochydore Corridor Study (CAMCOS) was a proposal in 1999 for a passenger train service for the Sunshine Coast which would also provide travellers with a fast link to Brisbane. It included an upgrade of the North Coast rail line from Caboolture to Landsborough and a new line from Beerwah to Maroochydore. Over 25 years later we are still talking about it without a single sleeper being laid towards Caloundra and Maroochydore.
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Subscriber only The Sunshine Coast will come together on the weekend to honour the men and women who put their lives on the line as Anzac Day services are held across the region. Last year residents commemorated Anzac Day like never before as virus restrictions forced the cancellation of several marches and services. Some events will not go ahead on Sunday due to the recent outbreak in Brisbane as there was too little time to make suitable preparations under the previous guidelines. The Daily has listed all the services that are proceeding as normal, including business closures on Sunday and the public holiday on Monday below.
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Subscriber only The Sunshine Coast will come together on the weekend to honour the men and women who put their lives on the line as Anzac Day services are held across the region. Last year residents commemorated Anzac Day like never before as virus restrictions forced the cancellation of several marches and services. Some events will not go ahead on Sunday due to the recent outbreak in Brisbane as there was too little time to make suitable preparations under the previous guidelines. The Daily has listed all the services that are proceeding as normal, including business closures on Sunday and the public holiday on Monday below.
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