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JULY 8, 2025 | Edition 40-10
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CONNECTING CO C ON NN NEC E TING THE COMMUNITIES COMMUN OF GLASSHOUSE COUNTRY AND THE BLACKALL RANGE
Rates rise in ‘tough’ budget
NEWS
By Mitch Gaynor GENERAL rates will rise by 7.4 per cent next year - an extra $2.10 per week on the minimum levy - as Sunshine Coast Council looks to plug a $30 million hole in the 2025–26 budget caused by an historical accounting error. Mayor Rosanna Natoli delivered the delayed $973 million 2025–26 budget on Monday (July
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7), repeating warnings about the five-year asset depreciation error that damaged the council’s bottom line. “This budget reflects the increasing costs of maintaining and improving a large and fast growing region,” she told council. “We’ve inherited some very real problems. “We’ve agreed on a way forward. We are owning it. We are fixing it, as you our ratepayers and our residents would want and expect us to do.” More than 60 per cent of owner-occupiers will remain on the minimum general rate of $1,586.30 per annum. Full story p6-7
Qld Garden Show flourishes ‘I’ve never doped’ Bulldogs back to back GF wins p34
QUEENSLAND’S premier gardening event, the Queensland Garden Show, returns to the Nambour Showgrounds from July 11–13, offering a vibrant mix of horticultural displays, expert-led
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demonstrations and culinary delights. The three-day festival spans over seven hectares and features more than 360 exhibitors - including 55 nurseries with around 50,000 plants available for sale daily.
Gardening enthusiasts of all levels can immerse themselves in colourful blooms, native and exotic species, and endless ideas to transform their outdoor spaces. Full Feature p 19-23
By Kirra Livingstone DANA Coolwell has hit out at the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) after receiving what he described as an unjust 18-month suspension following a positive drug test in the United States. Coolwell, who
fought Albert ‘Chop Chop’ Gonzalez in Las Vegas on April 6, volunteered for drug testing conducted by the NSAC ahead of the bout. The Beerwah boxer said he was not informed until May 15 he had tested positive for oxymetholone, an anabolic steroid. Story p3
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