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Thinking outside the square when it comes to the environments we live and work in could not only make us happier, but also boost creativity, according to new research.

Balancing energy ultimately makes the difference for those looking to live outside the system according to one woman who has done it, but is going off-grid really the best thing for the planet?

Police are looking for a female witness who might have seen Edan Huntington, 28, missing from the Sunshine Coast hinterland since January 18 in the early hours of that morning. 

Queensland's hospitality industry is booming but restaurant guests are being limited and hotel rooms are being left empty.

Sunshine Coast landmark The Dome turned 50 this year but, despite its colourful history, its future is uncertain.

Ian Lucas is living proof that practice makes perfect and that it is never too late to chase your dreams.

Fed up with waiting for authorities, stranded rural residents worked together to fix their flood-damaged road and rescue a beloved grandmother who had been trapped for weeks.

More than 2,000 members of the 30,000-strong force making up Queensland's volunteer firefighters are given their marching orders for failing to apply for a blue card.

Snap lockdowns have pushed the wedding industry to the brink with many vendors hanging on by a thread.

Sunshine Coast businesses that rely on Brisbane visitors say they're facing their toughest weeks since the first lockdowns of 2020 with attractions and food ventures closed and events cancelled.

Locals in the popular tourist town of Maleny are warned against "unnecessary hysteria" as Queensland Health traces contacts of a woman who has the more contagious COVID-19 variant.

Elopements and outdoor weddings are tipped to be the latest trends following the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to those in the wedding industry.

Dropping sawn-off sections of logs to the ground and hitting them with a hammer may sound like a weird way to farm, but it is all in a day's work for a young Sunshine Coast couple.

Queensland painter Wayne Malkin claims a record for creating the world's smallest painting on the end of a matchstick, but he won't make it into the record books.

PNG coffee grower Daniel Kinne, Montville Coffee's Sean McGowan and Fairtrade Australia New Zealand CEO Molly Harris Olson discuss the power of Fairtrade.

Powerful stories of the positive impact of Fairtrade have been shared by the largest delegation of the project's certified producers ever to visit Australia.

A Sunshine Coast woodworking group that makes about 1,000 toys for the Salvation Army annually is entering its 21st year.

Flamehill vineyard owner Tony Thompson and head chef Adam Lugg discuss the agritourism venture.

A vineyard in the Sunshine Coast hinterland offers beef, wine, eggs and produce all grown by the business.

Viticulturist Tony Thompson and soil consultant Dave Jarrett discuss using microbes to fight frost in grape vines.

A grape grower on the Queensland-New South Wales border is spraying microbes on vines in the hope of reducing crop losses to frost.

A job ad cheekily asking for teenagers who do not grunt, can load a dishwater and last eight hours without a phone, has opened up wider discussion about whether teenagers are being armed with the skills to succeed.

Conservationists have criticised a proposed tourism development in Qld's Sunshine Coast hinterland, amid fears it could damage one of the region's last rainforest habitats.

Environmentalists fear a proposed zip line through a Sunshine Coast gorge will damage rainforest habitat.

South-East Queensland's water authority says dry conditions have prompted it to start sending drinking water from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast for the first time.