THE 2016 federal budget has outlined major changes to taxes on superannuation for higher income earners and the tobacco tax...
04th May 2016 11:05 AM
ALFRED Date, Australia's oldest man, died at age 110 and lived out his last few years in Peninsula Village nursing home at...
04th May 2016 10:05 AM
TREASURER Scott Morrison has announced the biggest shake-up to Australia's superannuation system in a decade.
04th May 2016 9:05 AM
SCOTT Morrison's first budget will see the Federal Government save $51.4 million over the next four years by removing or...
04th May 2016 9:05 AM
THERE is one thing Outback Queensland offers apart from its well-known bush hospitality, the country air and big skies of a...
04th May 2016 9:05 AM
I AM on the hunt for my first home - so yesterday's rate cut to a new record low couldn't have come at a better time.
04th May 2016 7:05 AM
TREASURER Scott Morrison has foregone $9 billion in extra tax revenue to hand small business its second tax cut in as many...
04th May 2016 6:05 AM
"There’s not a lot of good news for Queensland in this Budget — the Sunshine State is now the forgotten state."
03rd May 2016 9:05 PM
HE IS not far off 75, but entertainer Max Gillies is approaching life with all the vigour of a man half his age.
03rd May 2016 11:05 AM
RESEARCHERS say they believe they have located the wreckage of the Endeavour, the ship sailed by British explorer James...
03rd May 2016 10:05 AM
AT MY age, 84 years, and having to live on the age pension, I know that I am not alone in having to be ultra-careful with...
03rd May 2016 9:05 AM
PUBLIC transport is “pitiable” on the Northern Rivers, U3A president David Parkinson said.
03rd May 2016 7:05 AM
MORE than half of the calls going to Lifeline are from people who live alone, new research has revealed.
03rd May 2016 5:05 AM
SENIORS on the Fraser Coast are poorer and more isolated than those in Brisbane, and the population is getting older...
03rd May 2016 5:05 AM
SOMEONE special in your life has given you a beautiful bunch of flowers – but now you’re thinking, what do I do with...
30th April 2016 1:04 PM
IT HAS been four years since the British comedy duo graced our screens, returning to star in a feature-length film, titled...
29th April 2016 2:04 PM
INSPIRED by the cactus, a new type of membrane has the potential to boost the performance of fuel cells and transform the...
29th April 2016 12:04 PM
THE Australian Border Force’s (ABF) Tobacco Strike Team this week dismantled another tobacco smuggling syndicate following...
29th April 2016 11:04 AM
THE inaugural Australian Dementia Forum 2016 will be held in Brisbane from 1 to 3 May 2016 and will feature an array of...
29th April 2016 11:04 AM
WHATEVER your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You aren’t a failure because you haven’t found fame and...
29th April 2016 9:04 AM
USUALLY on a lazy day off – you will be woken by the loud buzzing of a hairdryer, only to wish you had a solution to this...
28th April 2016 4:04 PM
PORT Arthur massacre survivor Cathy Gordon can finally say she’s found some peace over what happened on that fateful day...
28th April 2016 2:04 PM
A BUG that causes acute infectious gastroenteritis makes your stomach and intestinal tract become inflamed, causing...
28th April 2016 1:04 PM
IN ESTABLISHING the budget, Scott Morrison must tread carefully when tinkering with superannuation and pensions.
28th April 2016 9:04 AM
A MAN escaped without serious injury after his car ploughed into a Toowoomba home yesterday afternoon.
28th April 2016 8:04 AM
MILLIONS of prescriptions for common medicines, treating everything from cholesterol to high blood pressure, have dropped...
27th April 2016 1:04 PM
MOST of our hidden housemates are harmless. But when it comes to termites, some can literally eat us out of house and...
27th April 2016 1:04 PM
Ease up turbo: Mobility scooter users taught to share the footpath.
27th April 2016 12:04 PM
BOB Irwin has spoken about how much he is enjoying being involved with the animals at Wildlife HQ, at the Big Pineapple
27th April 2016 10:04 AM
International Guide Dog Day today sees the launch of a campaign which reminds people to resist patting dogs in harness.
27th April 2016 9:04 AM
YOUR STORY: Mt Lofty Heights Nursing Home has a new resident who is winning over hearts with his kind...
26th April 2016 1:04 PM
WHAT do you think NSW will look like in the future and what will be our main concerns and issues?
26th April 2016 11:04 AM
Juggling alpacas and business suits is all in a day’s work for David Vincent.
26th April 2016 6:04 AM
This weekend marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.
24th April 2016 1:04 PM
THE idea of working fewer hours after you reach 40 sound like an ideal work/life balance to many but the consensus is that...
24th April 2016 6:04 AM
A LABOR Party call to ban inshore net fishing in Cooloola and Fraser Coast would destroy the Tin Can Bay dolphin feeding...
23rd April 2016 5:04 AM
CELEBRITIES swear by it, politicians use it with mixed results, and yes, even the Pope has Twitter.
22nd April 2016 12:04 PM
RETIREMENT is supposed to be a time to relax and enjoy life, but for more and more Australian women that is not going to be...
22nd April 2016 11:04 AM
HE was known for his flamboyant stage performances and a range of unique styles that he accumulated together to create his...
22nd April 2016 11:04 AM
POP icon Prince has died at the age of 57.
22nd April 2016 8:04 AM
Prince was loved and admired around the world as a champion of individuality. He was certainly unique, with this host of...
22nd April 2016 5:04 AM
WHAT are the chances? You discover a tiny taverna on a Greek Island, so hidden it is invisible.
21st April 2016 6:04 PM
TODAY marks a milestone: the Queen turns 90.
21st April 2016 6:04 AM
THE Sunshine Coast is half a world away from Buckingham Palace but that will not stop local royalists from celebrating...
21st April 2016 5:04 AM
A THREE-DAY-WEEK gets the best performance from workers aged over 40, a study has found.
20th April 2016 6:04 AM
HER latest venture has Stephanie focusing on the ‘pleasure’ of food, educating children during their learning years, in...
19th April 2016 10:04 AM
TRIBUTES have been flowing following the death of American actress Doris Roberts.
19th April 2016 10:04 AM
CHANGES to the age pension are going to "hit retirees with substantial assets hardest".
18th April 2016 1:04 PM
AT 86-years-old Bob Hawke is talking about voluntary euthanasia. The man known as Australia’s most popular Prime Minister...
15th April 2016 9:04 AM
For the first time, the publicly funded vaccine program will offer the quadrivalent flu vaccine (QIV), which protects...
15th April 2016 8:04 AM
