A new honour board recognising Coolum’s Australia Day award winners has been unveiled today. Ninderry MP Dan Purdie hosted members of the Coolum Lions and Lionesses for the official unveiling of the Honour Board, proudly displayed at the entrance to his office. Constructed by long serving Coolum Lions member Doug
For the past five years, Coolum Hearts annual Christmas Day lunch has helped turn an otherwise lonely day into a memorable occasion for a growing number of less fortunate people in the local area. And in order to keep that tradition alive, Ninderry MP Dan Purdie is calling on the
A Christmas party turned into an impromptu birthday celebration for one of the local community’s oldest residents, Mrs Ivy Johnson, recently. Ninderry MP Dan Purdie surprised centenarian-to-be Mrs Johnson with a card and a flower arrangement when he attended the annual Bli Bli on Maroochy Historical Society’s Christmas party. Mrs
Investment in infrastructure will help ensure students at Coolum State High continue to kick goals, Ninderry MP Dan Purdie said today. Mr Purdie said the new $5.1million two storey learning centre, officially opened today at the school today, was yet another positive step forward in the school’s ongoing efforts to
What will it take for the Palaszczuk Labor Government to put our kids before paedophiles? That’s the question former Child Protection Officer and Ninderry MP Dan Purdie is asking following the government’s dismissal of plans for a national child sex offender register. Mr Purdie said the introduction of a public
The petition signed by nearly 8,000 people calling on the AG to appeal the weak sentence handed to a motorist who killed well known Coolum local Sharon Cuthbert in 2017 was tabled in Parliament yesterday. In tabling the petition, Ninderry MP Dan Purdie gave an emotional account of the lasting
Once he has made the 40 kilometre round trip to Kunda Park to deposit his eligible containers, Coolum’s Albert Hume is fairly confident his refund won’t cover the cost of the fuel to make the trip. And he’s not happy. Mr Hume is joining a growing number of local residents
A busy arterial road connecting the rapidly growing Bli Bli community is set to receive a multi-million dollar facelift. Ninderry MP Dan Purdie said he was happy to announce TMR had allocated $2.3million for the upgrade, which will see the section of Bli Bli Road east of the Bruce Highway
Less than 36 hours after it’s launch, a petition calling on the AG to appeal the sentence handed to the driver responsible for the death of popular Coolum local Sharon Cuthbert has received more than 3000 signatures, Ninderry MP Dan Purdie said today. Mr Purdie said he wasn’t surprised by
They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but the gift of giving doesn’t stop there, as Ninderry MP Dan Purdie found out when he visited Lifeline’s Kunda Park Superstore today. Mr Purdie presented staff and volunteers at the busy site with a $21,180 cheque for a new machine
