The Wildlife Volunteers Association Incorporated is calling for more volunteers as the number of injured wild animals has continued to rise in the Sunshine Coast Region. 

Vice chairperson, Donna Brennan, says the rise is linked to the region’s rapid development, with the organisation receiving 1,000 additional calls in the past year.

She said volunteers are needed for many tasks such as transport, manning the 24/7 hotline, and carers.

The Hinterland Craft Beer Festival will be back on June 26 in Eumundi, after a forced hiatus by Covid-19.

The festival will showcase more than 40 craft beers with a lineup featuring the best of local taste and music talent.

Eumundi Brewery manager, Paul Thomas, said he is excited to be back for his third Hinterland Craft Beer Festival after what has been an unquestionably challenging year.

A new flagship program from the Palaszczuk Government will inject $1.8 billion into job creation in Queensland. 

The Queensland Jobs Fund includes a $350 million program that aims to support infrastructure and renewable energy industries to create around2,800 jobs for Queenslanders.

A 3 year old girl has been medically evacuated from Christmas Island to Perth for hospitalisation following a blood infection. The girl’s mother accompanied her daughter while other family members remained detained on the island awaiting news of her condition. 

Family spokesperson Angela Fredericks says, “this is another instance of lack of proper medical care for these little Biloela girls.”

The Peruvian presidential race is very close with 25,000 votes splitting the 2 candidates. 

Left wing candidate Pedro Castillo leads the race over 3 time presidential hopeful Keiko Fujimori by 0.1%. 

The winner will lead a country in crisis as Peru has been beset with constant political turmoil, a recession and the highest Covid-19 deaths per capita.

Indian businesses and shops are gradually reopening in the nation’s 2 large cities, Delhi and New Delhi. Businesses have resumed operations under limited hours and at 50% capacity.

COVID infections have been slowly declining in the country, with New Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal stating the economy must be rejuvenated as the country’s COVID situation slowly gets under control. 

However, health experts fear the restrictions are being eased off too soon as the virus is spreading rapidly in rural areas.

The Moreton Bay Regional Council has announced The Narangba Innovation Precinct Study is soon to commence to better understand the economic value and health impacts of the area. 

Deputy Mayor Denise Sims said the, "Moreton Bay Region is growing fast [and] The Narrangba Innovation Precinct is already an important economic centre [and] will continue to be a major enterprise and industrial area of regional significance to South East Queensland.'"

The whale watching season has started on the Sunshine Coast and it is expected to run until early November. 

Tourism companies are excited for the season as whale watching is an economic driver for the tourism industry and have said it is even more important this year as the region continues its recovery from Covid-19.

35,000 humpback whales are expected to travel north and south this winter,  giving locals and tourists many opportunities to catch a glimpse.