It is often the canvasses themselves I find most offensive. >>

Club can no longer ignore players behaving badly. >>

But, they are not and our legacy is suffering. >>

The Charity Swim offers challenges to everybody. >>

A plan for the future? More like an expensive folly. >>

Why waste money on military misadventure and hypocrisy? >>

It's the only way to fight the government water war. >>

Two plans for our future, but only one is sustainable. >>

Highways are for going fast. Byways are for living in. >>

At last we're all reading from the same page. >>

Weak characters and fragile egos could kill good projects. >>

Why is the state forcing unsustainable solutions down our throats? >>

Iraq war will either enlighten or leave a horrible legacy. >>

Bloggers give insight into community attitudes to social issues. >>

Isn't it time they put the country's needs first? >>

It ignores the will of voters and the marketplace realities. >>

Our politicians need to stop the charade and get serious. >>

No risk of sudden homicide in this polite, courteous council. >>

But don't stick him on the streets and expect miracles. >>

So why are they creating jobs for more of them? >>

The government has fallen short on same-sex marriage. >>

Voters showed they support his vision for the Coast's future. >>

Federal budget will make or break Kevin Rudd. >>

The role is merely an expensive nod to the past. >>

While Anna's in Japan, critical questions are going unanswered. >>

And where will $9m come from for her drought-proof plan? >>

But despite Bob's mandate, don't expect the whining to stop. >>

Why it's crucial that 'sustainability' is more than a buzzword. >>

The media has a right to fully investigate the story. >>

Politicians fail to provide real alternatives in transport matrix. >>

Who do you trust to lead the Sunshine Coast? >>

Today should mark the beginning of a change in both white attitude and black circumstance. >>

Mr Robertson's testimony has surely given heart to any of us who have ever wondered at our own diminishing abilities. >>

Saying sorry isn't just about what happened 200 years ago. >>

Ultimately, the concept of fair play is its core value. >>

Why shouldn't David Hicks be able to sell his story. I would be interested to hear a full account from him. >>

We should all be interested in how this region’s future is shaped. >>

Daily acts of kindness still define this special place. >>

It's time to accept there are probably tough days ahead. >>

The world is a poorer place without Ginger Meggs cartoonist James Kemsley >>

It scarred his life and he still battles the demons. >>

Wars are never started by soldiers, but by politicians. >>

Do the party leaders really care about the community's needs >>

Alcohol is emerging as everyone’s favourite scapegoat. >>

Labor clearly intends to just hang on to the coat tails of change. >>

It doesn’t get more blatant than this … or predictable. >>

Liberal and Labor are locked in a death dance in their quest for power. >>

The grandiose scheme to preserve the Mooloolaba-Maroochydore beach strip with rock walls and rock groynes is an exercise in folly. >>

Who is counting the real cost of the Iraq invasion? >>

Premier's anointed successor will keep singing from the same song sheet. >>

Andrew Johns hasn’t filled our courts with values-ignorant car wrecks. >>

Never is the difference between them and us more defined than when world leaders meet. >>

The sanctimonious claptrap Rudd has had to endure would be enough to turn any sane person away from politics. >>

Planning lunacy has made getting to and from work a nightmare. >>

Beattie's attempt to placate Noosa has only left residents suspicious and scornful. >>

I simply don’t buy the “elitist” putdown of Noosa that is emerging in this debate. >>

I’m really glad I didn’t take a phone call on Monday from the father of the boys charged in relation to the shameless attack on a 61-year-old man at Kawana ... >>

Residents of Buderim Springs are fighting a battle they should never have been required to engage in. >>

The least you should be able to expect of our political leaders is that they show the honesty to accept responsibility for their actions and decisions. >>

Breast beating about economic credentials will become increasingly strident as this year’s federal election draws closer, but just what counts in matters fiscal is something voters should consider with care. >>

I watched the Wales/Australia rugby Test at Suncorp Stadium a couple of weeks ago with a former Wallaby who holds an enviable record in the sport. He had been to ... >>

By the time citizens of the state’s most densely-populated region have a vote at next year’s local government elections, the right to determine the nature of their communities will have ... >>

Caloundra mayor Don Aldous is a seasoned politician. He has has been around for a long time. But I don’t think he has ever made such a succinct point nor ... >>

And so, finally, five years after his capture, the known terrorist comes home. Instead of the ogre – yet still chained and colourfully suited – he turns out to be ... >>

The federal government may put little store in opinion polling that consistently shows it is on the nose with voters, but it’s a safe bet prime minister John Howard will ... >>

The federal budget brought down last night was the best, and some would argue, final chance for the government to stop the rot. Behind on opinion polling for many months, ... >>

Prisoners are to be co-oped to make rainwater tanks, and a political party has committed to providing $10,000 interest free loans to improve energy and water-use efficiency inside our homes. ... >>

The National Archive has successfully developed a database to enable the search of First World War Australian service records. Described as “A Gift to the Nation” it is much more ... >>

At the height of the furore over the Cronulla race riots, attention turned to the events and actions that had incited some 5000 people to gather on a hot December ... >>