Three Noosa venues shut their doors
Residents and staff were shocked by the news of three popular Noosa restaurants closing their doors this month.
Frenchies Brasserie Noosa, JD’s Chicken Co and Apero Noosa, owned by David Edward Myer Singer from Sydney have shut down.
According to documents lodged with Australia Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), JD’s Chicken Co went into liquidation on 7 August and Frenchies Brasserie Noosa was placed into administration in March with debts of more than $1 million.
Car rolls down embankment in Doonan
A car rolled down an embankment off Eumundi Noosa Road and Beddington Road at 5.53am on Thursday 8 August. A teen boy was assessed in a stable condition and no hospital treatment was required.
Manhunt ends in Little Mountain
Police have charged a man with several serious offences following two incidents at Gympie in July and August.
It will be alleged the 23-year-old man was involved in two domestic violence incidents at a Gympie residence on 20 July and 4 August.
Following investigations, the man was tracked to Baringa on the Sunshine Coast, where specialist police, assisted by PolAir, were able to take him into custody in bushland near Koala Court, Little Mountain around 1:10pm.
The 23-year-old man has been charged with four counts of contravention of domestic violence order, two counts each of assaults occasioning bodily harm (domestic violence offence), robbery with violence (domestic violence offence) and one count of contravention of domestic violence order. He was set to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on 7 August.
$88m to boost beds and workforce during one of the worst flu seasons
With the flu season weeks away from peaking, the State Government is investing $88.6 million to improve capacity at hospitals impacted by the rise in respiratory illnesses.
Admissions for influenza have already eclipsed Queensland’s 2019 flu season, one of the most severe on record, by around 1000.
Kids Helpline launches Australia’s largest anti-bullying classroom session
‘Kids Helpline at School’s Bullying – it stops with you’ session will take place on Friday 16 August as a virtual live-stream session across the nation focusing on supporting high school students.
“Our upcoming virtual event is our most ambitious yet, with Kids Helpline at School seeking to unite high schools across Australia on the same day as one big national classroom on Friday 16 August.
