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BRISBANE AUTHOR EMILY O'GRADY WINS $20,000 VOGEL LITERARY AWARD
Brisbane author Emily O'Grady wins the prestigious $20,000 Vogel Literary Award for her novel, The Yellow House.
SUPER NETBALL DRAWS WORLD'S BEST, BUT QUESTIONS RAISED OVER IMPORT POLICY
Super Netball's season two gets underway this weekend, in the shadows of Australia's shock Commonwealth Games loss to England and amid a debate over the merits of including international players in the league.
PREDATOR GETS DEPORTED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING, FILMING BACKPACKERS
An Italian man with "voyeuristic fantasies" who sexually assaulted female backpackers and filmed them naked in Brisbane hostels is jailed for five years, with the sentence suspended so he can be deported.
'WE CAN PUT A BULLET IN YOUR HEAD': EX-ASIO OFFICER SUES POLICE OVER ARREST
A former ASIO officer is suing Queensland police for $750,000 in damages over what he claims was a wrongful arrest including a "deadly chokehold" during his honeymoon.
QUEENSLAND'S INTERSTATE MIGRATION 'SURGING' AS STATE ECONOMY TURNS AROUND
After years in the economic slow lane, Queensland is starting to surge with solid jobs growth and strong interstate migration driven by Sydney and Melbourne's high property prices, the latest Deloitte business report shows.
MAN STABBED TO DEATH AT MACLEAY ISLAND, WOMAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
A woman is taken in custody as police investigate the stabbing death of a man at Macleay Island, on Brisbane's Bayside.
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Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban area and the third most populated area in the Australian state of Queensland. Located 100 km (62 mi) north of the state capital Brisbane in South East Queensland on the Pacific Ocean coastline, its urban area spans approximately 60 km (37 mi) of coastline and hinterland from Pelican Waters to Tewantin. The estimated urban population of Sunshine Coast as at June 2015 was 302,122, making it the 9th most populous in the country. The area was first settled by Europeans in the 19th century with development progressing slowly until tourism became an important industry. The area has several coastal hubs at Caloundra, Kawana Waters, Maroochydore and Noosa Heads. Nambour and Maleny have developed as primary commercial centres for the hinterland, although Maleny falls outside the urban area defined by the ABS that this article refers to. The Sunshine... View More Information at Wikipedia
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