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'Blogs Central
Blog Central: Your Say Today This is the place to have your say about local issues. Whether traffic and carparking woes, overdevelopment, high-rise, violence on our streets, the music our kids are listening to, we want to hear your views.

Recent entries

Monday, April 14, 2008

Should gay partners be banned from formals?

Blogs Central: Comments20 Comments

Are same-sex students being discriminated against? >>

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Are home prices heading south?

Blogs Central: Comments8 Comments

What's your experience of the Coast's property market? >>

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

How old is old enough to drink?

Blogs Central: Comments17 Comments

The antics of drunk Sunshine Coast youths has sparked outrage. >>

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Do you want 'dropouts' teaching your kids?

Blogs Central: Comments19 Comments

Should our universities be lowering their education course entry standards? >>

Friday, January 11, 2008

Sunshine City or Sardine City?

Blogs Central: Comments27 Comments

Will planned population growth wreck our lifestyle? >>

Friday, January 4, 2008

Should tourism firms get a wild weather payout?

Blogs Central: Comments8 Comments

How have the storms impacted on your holiday plans? >>

Friday, December 28, 2007

Are you making a new year’s resolution?

What will you be giving or taking up in 2008? >>

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

What’s your Christmas wish?

Blogs Central: Comments8 Comments

Tell us what the festive season means to you. >>

Friday, December 21, 2007

Do we need more cabs?

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

What's the longest you've had to wait for a taxi? >>

Friday, December 14, 2007

Should our kids have a curfew?

Blogs Central: Comments11 Comments

Or is there a better way to deter young offenders? >>

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Do you want fluoridated water?

Blogs Central: Comments20 Comments

Anna Bligh has bitten the bullet on this controversial issue. >>

Monday, December 3, 2007

Drinking, gambling taken off the breakfast menu

Blogs Central: Comments6 Comments

Will you toast the government's new liquor laws? >>

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Share your carpark rage stories

Blogs Central: Comments7 Comments

Have you been the victim of a hothead driver? >>

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

What do you think of the vision for our CBD?

Blogs Central: Comments5 Comments

No mega high-rises, fewer parking spaces, new road linkages ... >>

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Is drug use out of control?

Blogs Central: Comments15 Comments

Are drug abusers a bigger cause of trouble than drunks? >>

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Time to protect our kids

Blogs Central: Comments6 Comments

We must stop the violence that's maiming and killing children. >>

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Is the Coast becoming more violent?

Blogs Central: Comments6 Comments

And are our courts tough enough on those found guilty? >>

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Are you suffering mortgage stress?

Blogs Central: Comments11 Comments

How will the latest interest rate rise affect your family? >>

Thursday, November 1, 2007

How sick is our health system?

Blogs Central: Comments10 Comments

What's the longest you've had to wait at a hospital? >>

Monday, October 29, 2007

Are our smoking laws tough enough?

Blogs Central: Comments11 Comments

Or would you support more restrictions? >>

Friday, October 26, 2007

Which roads make you snarl?

Blogs Central: Comments3 Comments

Are traffic jams driving you to distraction? >>

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Are you wooed by party promises?

Blogs Central: Comments8 Comments

Christmas seems to have come early for voters. >>

Monday, October 22, 2007

Is the worm or PM extinct?

Blogs Central: Comments13 Comments

So who wormed their way into your heart last night - Kevin Rudd or John Howard? >>

Monday, October 15, 2007

What poll issues matter to you?

Blogs Central: Comments13 Comments

Will Labor do any better for the Sunshine Coast? Can an independent make a difference in Canberra? Is it time for a change or are you afraid the unions will ... >>

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Are our rental prices out of control?

Blogs Central: Comments14 Comments

How has the spiralling cost of housing affected you? >>

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Do AWAs give workers a fair go?

Blogs Central: Comments14 Comments

Or is it too easy for bosses to dodge fairness tests? >>

Friday, October 5, 2007

Should we pay to attend local festivals?

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

Or is it unfair for organisers to seek donations? >>

Monday, October 1, 2007

Would you pass dinky-di test?

Blogs Central: Comments7 Comments

Do citizenship questions give new Aussies a fair go? >>

Thursday, September 27, 2007

What's the worst rage you've seen

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

We'd love to hear your stories of rage. What's the worst case of a dummy spit have you seen - and perhaps you're even brave enough to confess up to ... >>

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Who's the sexiest sports star?

Blogs Central: Comments9 Comments

And would you ditch a date for the grand final? >>

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Is the Coast full of dole bludgers?

Blogs Central: Comments11 Comments

Who wants to work when you can surf? >>

Friday, September 21, 2007

Should we hail new taxi service?

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

Will the FlatFare scheme curb drunken violence on Mooloolaba rank? >>

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Are there too many pokies?

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

Have we gone overboard in relying on poker machine revenue to fund surf lifesaving, community groups and schools. >>

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Is it time to put the clocks forward?

Blogs Central: Comments10 Comments

Should south-east Queensland have daylight saving? >>

Friday, September 14, 2007

Is 12 too young to model?

Blogs Central: Comments7 Comments

Is the fashion industry guilty of child exploitation? >>

Monday, September 10, 2007

What will be Beattie's legacy?

Blogs Central: Comments17 Comments

How will history remember Queensland's retiring premier? >>

Monday, September 10, 2007

Are older drivers a danger?

Blogs Central: Comments5 Comments

Has smug confidence made us careless on the roads? >>

Friday, September 7, 2007

Apec ass joke on purpose, or by assident?

Blogs Central: Comments7 Comments

Did the police over-react to the Chaser's stunt? Is the whole APEC seriousness a little silly? >>

Thursday, September 6, 2007

What are your kids doing online?

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

Who is responsible for how young people use the net? >>

Friday, August 31, 2007

Share your memories of Steve

Blogs Central: Comments7 Comments

How did the loss of our wildlife warrior affect you? >>

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Do you feel sorry for Johns

Blogs Central: Comments19 Comments

Should we have sympathy for Andrew Johns? Or does he legimitise drug use in our kids' eyes. >>

Friday, August 24, 2007

Share your flood stories

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

We'd love you to share your flood stories with us. How has the biggest flooding event since February, 1992 affected you? >>

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Are you guilty of road rage?

Blogs Central: Comments10 Comments

Coast drivers have been rebuked for their aggressive behaviour. >>

Monday, August 20, 2007

Should Rudd have visited a strip club?

Blogs Central: Comments12 Comments

What's your view on the latest scandal to embarrass Labor's leader? >>

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Should Beattie pull the plug on dam?

Blogs Central: Comments16 Comments

What do you think of today's senate report on Traveston dam? >>

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Who should lead our supercity?

Blogs Central: Comments13 Comments

Name your top candidates for the Sunshine Coast mayoralty. >>

Friday, August 10, 2007

Do you like Maroochy's new logo?

Blogs Central: Comments12 Comments

The Maroochy Council has just spent $25,000 on the design of a new visual identity for Maroochydore. Do you think the money was well spent? >>

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Who can afford to own a home?

Blogs Central: Comments8 Comments

The latest interest rate rise has increased the burden on Aussie battlers struggling to afford a home. >>

Monday, August 6, 2007

What should our new council be called?

Blogs Central: Comments17 Comments

Sunshine Coast Regional Council — does the name sing for you? >>

Friday, July 27, 2007

Do you want to live in a supercity?

Blogs Central: Comments72 Comments

Protest rallies, celebrity support and 31,000 submissions haven’t been enough to save Noosa. >>

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Is John Howard too old for the job?

Blogs Central: Comments11 Comments

The PM celebrates his 68th birthday today. Do you think he's still up to it? Does age matter any more? >>

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Should Noosa stand alone?

Blogs Central: Comments9 Comments

Noosa residents are maintaining the rage against plans to create a Sunshine Coast super-council and a growing band of stars are adding their voice to the campaign. >>

Saturday, July 14, 2007

How about a Sunshine Coast NRL team?

Blogs Central: Comments6 Comments

The Sunshine Coast could score its own NRL home team if former Maroon Origin greats Billy Moore and Dale Shearer get their way. >>

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Daggiest song ever written?

Blogs Central: Comments6 Comments

We all have a special song that makes us cringe. That tune that makes you reach for the dial and switch stations after hearing only the first few notes. Here ... >>

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

How do we put the brakes on hoons?

Blogs Central: Comments9 Comments

Speed kills. So does drink-driving. They also cause serious injury and heartache. >>

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Maroons: how did they rate?

Blogs Central: Comments2 Comments

Daily sports reporter Jon Tuxworth has given his scorecard. But what do you think? >>

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

How do we make Mooloolaba safer?

Blogs Central: Comments6 Comments

Blood on the streets, drunken thugs, hooning ... do you feel safe in Mooloolaba? >>

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Is stress making you fat?

Blogs Central: Comments7 Comments

Scientists have confirmed what many people battling the bulge have suspected all along. >>

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Daylight saving or daylight robbery?

Blogs Central: Comments13 Comments

Should Queensland join the majority of the country in winding back the clocks every summer? >>

Friday, June 29, 2007

As bold as brass

Blogs Central: Comments4 Comments

Would you like to see bronze statues on the beachfront? >>

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