Sunshine Coast, Australia News

Moira was one of eight Palm Island students from Bwgcolman Community School and St Michael's Catholic School who spent the past week in Melbourne, thanks to the Cathy Freeman Foundation.

The Italian father of four girls, who were abducted by their Australian mother and taken into hiding on the Sunshine Coast, has hit out at accusations against him.

The Federal Government's Clean Energy Regulator has written to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council warning it of a possible substantial cost hit from the carbon tax.

May 22, 2012: Honda and Evans Motorsport, leading the two-wheel drive category of the 2012 Bosch ARC, aim to continue their winning ways at the Brakes Direct International Rally of Queensland this weekend.

The Queensland Government will trial a sand bypass system to try and open up Mooloolaba Harbour on the Sunshine Coast.

FOUND: The four Sunshine Coast girl with their great grandmother who had been on the run from authorities in an international custody dispute.

POLICE have found four sisters who have been in hiding amid a bitter international custody dispute, their great grandmother has told media.

A STELLAR field of classic rally cars is set to be unleashed on the Sunshine Coast next weekend in the Brakes Direct International Rally of Queensland.

THE Great Barrier Reef was just metres from a major oil spill when an out-of-control 26,070 tonne bulk sugar carrier was blown over Shark Reef, northeast of Cooktown.

A pretty young Australian teenager travels to Italy on a study tour. She meets a dashing Italian and marries him, at the age of 17.

RALLY car drivers are renowned for their sideways driving style, but they could meet their match when the stars of Pro Drift racing take to the track in the Main Event at the Brakes Direct International Rally of Queensland next weekend.

WEMBLEY will not be the only place turning tangerine tomorrow - foreign fans are on a mission to spread the Seaside gospel across the world.

The teenager had left behind the beaches of the Sunshine Coast to learn Italian and study the country's art and culture, planning to learn as she lived as the guest of a local family in a small village.

OPPOSITION powerbroker Christopher Pyne made direct email contact with Peter Slipper staffer James Ashby within minutes of leaving late-night drinks in the Speaker's office earlier this year.

A 70-YEAR-OLD woman who is on the run from authorities in Queensland with her four great-grandchildren would rather die than hand them over to their father in Italy, according to a family member.

Police are searching for four children from Queensland's Sunshine Coast who have gone into hiding to avoid being deported to Europe.

As the semester winds down, I took some time to reflect on what studying abroad has taught me.

The four girls from the Sunshine Coast, aged nine, 10, 13 and 14, have been ordered to board a plane to Italy by midnight on Tuesday night, according to media reports.

Emergency services have contained a gas leak at a service station on the Sunshine Coast in south-east Queensland which prompted authorities to evacuate the surrounding areas.

It is rather fitting that I am about to board on a flight to Wellington, New Zealand, as I write this; because when it comes to being unplugged, you couldn't get any better than the land of the long white cloud.