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Was wearing body armor. The ohio shooting following another shooting in texas, at a Walmart Supercenter in el paso. Police are working through the night. The governor of texas says the el paso shooting will be prosecuted as a hate crime. First, to el paso, texas, where morgan is standing by. Bring us up to speed. Good morning. An active scene here in el paso, where this took place. The shooting was in this walmart, about 50 yards behind me. Thats where police say the man began making his way ins...

The 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit commences today at Speke Resort, Munyonyo, marking the beginning of Uganda's chairmanship of the 120-member country alliance until 2027. The summit...

The government has urged researchers to pursue research that will benefit Uganda and the world. The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rebecca Kadaga who...

The government has urged researchers to pursue research that will benefit Uganda and the world. The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs, Rebecca Kadaga who...

The Sunshine Coast could soon be a must-visit destination for Australian car enthusiasts, with billionaire Clive Palmer planning to open a museum with more than 1200 vehicles on display.

Premium Content Subscriber only Sekisui House is preparing for the start of development at its Yaroomba Beach site despite still waiting for a court appeal judgment. Over the next couple of months works including geotechnical testing and surveying will be completed at the site controversially slated for a five-star resort, residential and commercial development. Project director Evan Aldridge said it was important to collect site information, in preparation for the start of development, whil...

Council planning staff and former CEO Michael Whittaker appeared at-odds over conditions for a rooftop bar in the Sekisui House Yaroomba Beach proposal just weeks before its approval. Internal emails released as part of a recent Sunshine Coast Council Right to Information disclosure of more than 3000 pages revealed differing opinions over the conditioning of usage for the rooftop aspect of the proposed hotel. On May 24, 2018, Mr Whittaker requested planning staff make "some improvements to t...

Artists impressions of Sekisui Houses hotel and residential development at Yaroomba.   A hearing is due to take place next month. Development Watch Lyn Saxton earlier this month lamented the fact the revelations hadnt come out after the initial council approval, as they couldve launched a judicial review and sidestepped the costly process. She said she expected any issues raised with council processes would have to be dealt with separately, not as part of the ongoing legal case. The rev...

Councillors Greg Rogerson, Jason OPray, Jenny McKay, Ted Hungerford and Rick Baberowski voted against the development on June 21, 2018. Councillors John Connolly, Christian Dickson, Steve Robinson, Tim Dwyer, Peter Cox and Mayor Mark Jamieson voted in favour. Dickson had no knowledge of mooted refusal: Cr Dickson said his "only insight into the assessment" was that council planners had been concerned about a "number of matters ranging from height, density, traffic, environment and resident o...

Sunshine Coast Council has broken its silence after revelations about the controversial approval of Sekisui Houses Yaroomba Beach five-star resort and housing development in 2018. A recent Right to Information release published by the council showed planners had been preparing to recommend refusal of the billion-dollar project just weeks before it was eventually recommended for approval and secured councillors approval in a 6-5 vote at a special meeting. The council last week declined to res...