Dmitri, Violette (5), Ayala (9), and Ivy (7)St Andrew’s Anglican College in Peregian Springs has recently revolutionized its canteen to provide only healthy food, and in doing so has won an award…but that’s not all. Chef Dmitri Simons, and his daughters, Violette aged 5, Ivy aged 7, and Ayala aged 9, tell us about [...]

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(front l-r) students: Ophelia, Chloe and Mia (behind) teacher: ShelleyStockland developers have used their new ‘Doonella Noosa’ residential community to help 4 schools, including a group of Noosa Pengari Steiner School year 10 students, to become local ecology experts. They invited them to create an interpretive, signed nature trail at their lake Doonella development. Mark [...]

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By Diet Simon and Rob Baillie
You’re very likely one of the thousands of people shocked by their latest water bill, which came to you from a new authority, Unitywater, forced on us by the state government and operating since the 1st of July. The Noosa MP in the state parliament, Glen Elmes, of the Liberal-National [...]

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This month’s Friends of Noosa report addresses state government issues, especially those surrounding the handling of our water. Here’s Bob Ansett, their spokesperson.
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Noosa Arts Theatre is currently staging the play “The Fiddler on the roof.” Mark Rodriquez went to the full dress rehearsal. Here he shares his impressions of the night with Garry Tempest. For performance dates and tickets phone 5449 9343 Monday to Saturday 9am to noon, counter sales Monday to Saturday 9am to noon or [...]

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Councillor Debbie Blumel is hearing hundreds of complaints about water bills from the new Unitywater company, as she goes to the public with a plan to set up a community-owned water company based on roof harvesting of rain water – a technology being successfully trialled at Coolum Ridges. She talked to Diet Simon and [...]

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Mike Hogg is a truck driver. He was so concerned about road safety, he started a web presence at oztruckintv to share road safety tips, especially regarding sharing the road with heavy vehicles. He talks here to Mark Rodriquez about what he sees as the main issues.
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Recently on 101.3fm we looked at the different types of smoke alarms and their effectiveness. Mark Rodriquez talks to Adrian Butler, the founder of The World Fire Safety Foundation and Peter Enright from Planet Fire Safety, who made the DVD called “Stop the children burning” They talk about recent legal developments in the U.S. regarding [...]

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