23 May 2013
FIFTEEN nurses have already been offered redundancy packages at the state-run Yaralla Place Nursing Home in Maryborough.
23 May 2013
AS THE finishing touches were put on merry-go-rounds ahead of the Fraser Coast Show, some students have sat in their classrooms for the first time.
22 May 2013
QUEENSLAND Nurses Union held a rally outside Maryborough’s state-run Yaralla Place nursing home on Wednesday morning to protest against privatisation.
22 May 2013
ELDERLY people on the Fraser Coast have been reassured in-home services funded by the Federal Government will continue with the appointment of a new provider.
22 May 2013
WIDE Bay is one of only two regions in Queensland that did not provide ophthalmology services last month, forcing patients to wait or get private treatment.
21 May 2013
A NEW focus on old traditions is on the agenda for first-time pub owners Gavan and Jessica Chin.
21 May 2013
DRIVING instructor Chris McFarlane has welcomed changes to driving tests that will see learners tackle more high-risk manoeuvres when going for their licence.
21 May 2013
HUNDREDS of patients have been left waiting years for cataract surgeries because Queensland Health will not pay for an ophthalmologist at local hospitals.
18 May 2013
A TWO-year early intervention trial to prevent child neglect on the Fraser Coast has begun taking its first clients.
17 May 2013
A BUSINESSWOMAN from the Noosa hinterland has been endorsed as Labor’s Wide Bay candidate for the federal election.