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Jorina Maureschat is a reporter for the Sunshine Coast region focusing on court, business and property. Jorina completed her cadet year with The Gympie Times in 2022. The masthead won a regional campaign award for the team’s Save Our Sport campaign advocating for sports communities affected by the 2022 floods.

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Sunshine Coast

Jerry Winch went missing Friday afternoon from his home near Burrum Heads, about 15km northwest of Hervey Bay, while taking his two dogs for a walk. He was rescued by LifeFlight on April 29, 2025.

Motorcyclist flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries

A helicopter has been called after a motorcyclist suffered serious injuries in a crash in a national park.

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Guests were milling around outside the Mantra Mooloolaba Beach Resort after an alarm sounded as smoke poured into the building from an air-conditioning unit on April 20. Picture: Facebook/Dale Jones

Guests evacuate as smoke pours into popular hotel

Smoke from an airconditioning unit in a popular Sunshine Coast hotel has caused some Easter Sunday drama.

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A man has been rescued by helicopter and flown to a Brisbane hospital after he fell 30m while hiking at Mt Beerwah in the Sunshine Coast hinterland on April 19. Picture: LifeFlight

WATCH: Man who fell 30m during hike on first date

A 27-year-old man on a first date with a woman lost his footing and fell 30m down a Sunshine Coast mountain in a busy day for emergency services.

Police & Courts

Tristan Gilbert, the driver of the car that crashed on the East Tamar Higway emerges from a bail hearing, to do with non related charges, at the Launceston Magistrates Court,

Tyre iron, balaclava: Man’s terrifying robbery at storage unit

A court was told how a man who robbed a woman with a tyre iron fled police and thrust himself into a stranger’s car the next day.

Sunshine Coast

Renders of the proposed data centre for 10 South Sea Islander Way, Maroochydore. Photo: Architectus

‘Rise of AI’: Second data centre plans revealed for CBD

A second data centre has been proposed to support the post-pandemic ‘work from anywhere’ surge and AI and cloud-based services.

Police & Courts

Joel Ernest Donaldson leaves Maroochydore Court House. Picture: Patrick Woods.

Holidays, crypto: PT lives it up on six-figure ‘escort’ scam

A personal trainer went as far as faking a photo shoot to try to cover up a six-figure scam for a ‘global escort company’.

Sunshine Coast

Jessie and Brandon's wedding photos by Frankie Hall Photography.

Just McMarried! Qld newlyweds’ sweet fast-food photos

From first date to first moments as husband and wife, a couple has returned to their local McDonald’s for a sweet wedding photoshoot.

Sunshine Coast

Surgeon’s wellness empire expands; exclusive health club pitched

A Qld surgeon is set to open his latest business, with cold plunges and float tanks in the mix, and another wellness warrior has pitched a separate luxe lifestyle club for a thriving industrial area.

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Centrepoint Arcade book seller Grant Howard says his dad cleaned up following the tragic incident.

Loved ones grieve over ‘gem of human’ after ‘distressing’ death

Friends and family have paid tribute to a ‘beautiful man’ following his death after a fight on a Sunshine Coast street.

Sunshine Coast

Mega-million dollar developments shaping future of Sunshine Coast

From residential towers and hotels to sporting venues, a church and a water park, here are 25 of the biggest developments and proposals in the pipeline on the Sunshine Coast.

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