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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.

Jorina Maureschat

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Sunshine Coast

Renders of the proposed set of 24 townhouses for Park Avenue, Nirimba. Photo: OGE Group Architects

Plans revealed for ‘valuable’ housing in emerging suburb

A developer is awaiting the green light from the state government to build a residential estate containing 24 townhouses, with special buyer conditions at play.

Sunshine Coast

Music venue makes beer proposal to boost night entertainment

Several key groups have thrown their support behind a proposal to open a brewery alongside a current guitar workshop in an effort to bolster night-time entertainment on the Sunshine Coast.

Police & Courts

Police and ambulance at the scene of a stabbing in Nambour. Picture: Sam Turner

Man charged after alleged stabbing at Sunshine Coast venue

A 41-year-old man will face court after a man was allegedly stabbed in the head near a main street hotel at a Sunshine Coast suburb.

Sunshine Coast

‘Means a lot’: Teacher’s surprise over winning title of Coast’s best

A teacher at a Sunshine Coast school has given thanks for the recognition given to herself and her profession, after winning the title of best in the region.

Sunshine Coast

‘Forever 23’: Touching goodbyes to cherished FIFO worker after Bali death

Grieving family and friends paid a heartfelt, emotional goodbye to a respected, hardworking Noosa man after the 23-year-old’s mysterious death during a holiday in Bali earlier this year.

Mindfulness

Lyndsey walker said the burnout retreat made her feel like a new person.

I was exhausted and tired — so I paid $4500 for a ‘burnout retreat’

Luxury health retreats are charging people up to $25,000 to help manage their burnout. This is what happened when mum-of-three Lyndsey Walker went.

Sunshine Coast

An aerial view of the proposed site for the Sippy Cleantech Enterprise Park, taken from NearMap in April, 2025.

Job generator, easy access: Big pitch for new industrial park

A proposal for an industrial and business park a stone’s throw from a fast-growing Sunshine Coast suburb has landed with council.

Sunshine Coast

‘Precautionary step’: Luxury pet resort speaks out after appeal bid

A high-class pet resort on the Sunshine Coast has shared why it took a council enforcement notice to court.

Sunshine Coast

NAMED: Tradie accused of torching rest area camps

A Sunshine Coast powder coater who has been charged with setting fire to camping equipment in an alleged rest stop arson attack has been named in court for the first time.

Sunshine Coast

Zade Sakkarieh at the 91.1 Hot FM Ladies Oaks Day 2025.

WINNER: Stylish suit snags best dressed at Ladies Oaks race day

A young patron adorning a sharp grey suit has been crowned best dressed at the Ladies Oaks race day on the Sunshine Coast last month.

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